Technology News
Trump expands a voluntary pledge to protect consumers from high utility bills from AI data centers
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday had governors and electricity companies join a voluntary pledge to shield U.S. consumers from higher utility bills from data centers - a sign of how the artificial intelligence build-out has become...
Jul 23, 2026
EU hits Google with $1 billion fine over its Play app store and search
BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union on Thursday hit Google with a fine of 890 million euros ($1 billion) after it said the technology behemoth broke digital antitrust regulations by setting up Google Play and its ubiquitous search engine to corral con...
Jul 23, 2026
Democrats seize on AI data center backlash that's dividing rural Republicans in places like Texas
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - When Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, began her campaign last year, candidates weren't talking about - or hearing about - data centers that power artificial intelligence. But with barely three months un...
Jul 23, 2026
AI models' breakout from human control brings a told-you-so moment for technology researchers
It is the kind of development once seen only in science fiction: An artificial intelligence system, trained to probe for digital vulnerabilities, breaks free of human control and acts on its own to hack another company. The attack announced this week...
Jul 23, 2026
Google's Q2 earnings of $112.11B beat Wall Street's expectations on AI boom
Google parent company Alphabet Inc. posted stronger-than-expected results for its second quarter, a sign that it's massive artificial intelligence spending spree is paying off so far and advertising revenue is coming in strong. The Mountain View, Cal...
Jul 22, 2026
Need backup power? Automakers want you to look no further than their vehicles in your driveway
DETROIT (AP) - Winter Storm Uri, the multiday freeze that slammed Texas in February 2021 and pummeled the state's power grid, has been on Kenneth Kovar's mind ever since. Though the resident of New Braunfels, northeast of San Antonio, didn't lose pow...
Jul 22, 2026
FBI chief hold talks in Cambodia over closer security cooperation to combat online scam crimes
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - FBI Director Kash Patel held talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Wednesday on joint efforts to combat international online scam operations that cheat victims out of billions of dollars each year. A report issu...
Jul 22, 2026
OpenAI says its AI technology acted on its own in an 'unprecedented' hack of another company
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Tuesday that its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company on its own in what the company called an "unprecedented cyber incident." "We had a significant security incident during evaluation of our models,...
Jul 21, 2026
Wreckage found of Pan Am plane crash that helped lead to today's safety briefings on every flight
Searchers have found the wreckage from a Pan Am flight that plunged into the ocean off Puerto Rico in 1952, an accident that killed 52 and led to requirements for the passenger safety briefings given on every commercial flight. The plane, the Clipper...
Jul 21, 2026
French lawmakers approve a sweeping social media ban for children under 15
PARIS (AP) - France banned children under 15 from using social media on Tuesday, becoming the first country in the European Union to pass a blanket ban on the platforms as concerns grow worldwide over the harmful effects of digital content on kids. B...
Jul 21, 2026




