The 5,000 workers at Facebook’s Seattle office have been advised to work from home until March 31, after a contract worker tested positive for the coronavirus. 

Folding@Home wants to use your computer's spare processing power to aid in coronavirus research. Anyone with a computer can download the program.

There is no way the coronavirus could be active long enough on a surface for it to become contagious through the touching of a package or a product from China.

ICE is using facial recognition software to target undocumented immigrants in Maryland by conducting unauthorized searches of state-issued driver's licenses.

An intruder was recently able to gain unauthorized access to Clearview AI's full customer list, which is comprised of various law enforcement agencies.

Virgin Galactic reopened its waiting list to fly to space, and you can put your name down for a $1,000 deposit to reserve your seat once they become available.

Tesla isn't doing enough to prevent the misuse of its Autopilot feature, according to the National Transportation Safety Board, which has called the firm out.

A new Juul patent suggests that the company might be looking to make a product that would help people quit nicotine through machine learning technology.

Apple wants to know if its Apple Watch can reduce the risk of stroke by detecting early signs of AFib through a new stroke study with Johnson & Johnson.

A travel app wants to reduce your carbon footprint if you must get in a plane with a carbon calculator and by pledging to plant trees.

More adorable Baby Yoda merchandise is coming our way, including an animatronic figure that will giggle and interact with you, a talking plush toy, and jewelry.

Apple, in an apparent response to critics, might let you set competitor apps like Google Chrome or Microsoft Outlook as the default apps on the iPhone or iPad. 

UCLA was going to be the first university in the U.S. to use facial recognition on its campus, but after backlash, the school has decided against it. 

A congressional committee wrote a letter to Ring over concerns about the company's partnerships with more than 400 local police departments across the country.

Sony announced that it won’t be attending the upcoming PAX East gaming event in Boston due to fears ties to the coronavirus, now officially called Covid-19.

Amazon’s very first employee from 1994 said in an interview that he is scared of how big the company has become since he left and that it should be broken up.

Amazon Ring is making two-factor authentication a top priority with a new mandatory second layer of verification each time someone logs in. 

Tesla CEO Elon Musk thinks that organizations that are developing A.I. technology should be regulated, including his own companies.

SpaceX has a new partner in its quest to conquer private spaceflight. Space Adventures will help send anyone who can afford it into space as soon as late 2021.

The U.S. Department of Justice has formally charged Huawei with conspiracy to steal trade secrets from rival technology companies to expand its own business. 

NASA updated the famous photo Pale Blue Dot taken by the Voyager 1 mission 30 years ago using modern technology, and it reminds us how big the universe is.

Uber introduced a new feature that basically turns the rideshare process back into a taxi service aimed at older adults, or for those that don't have smartphones. 

A new lawsuit against Juul alleges that the e-cigarette company advertised on websites like Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Seventeen Magazine, and Cartoon Network. 

Facebook is trying to fight fake news and misinformation on its platform by hiring Reuters to fact-check, but it’s still not fact-checking political ads.  

NASA hasn’t been to the moon since 1972, but starting in 2021, the agency plans to make trips every year through 2030, with the goal of landing humans in 2024.

Facebook removed fake accounts, pages, and groups originating from Russia, Iran, Vietnam, and Myanmar because of what it calls coordinated inauthentic behavior.

Huawei has reportedly long been able to access worldwide telecom networks through backdoors that are traditionally meant only to be used by law enforcement.

Google Nest is the latest smart home device to make it mandatory for people to set up two-factor authentication on their devices by using verification code.

Jeff Bezos has sold over $4 billion worth of Amazon shares, including more than $570 million worth just on Friday, February 7, but the reason remains a mystery.

From an all-female spacewalk to women-centered programs, women in the space industry are doing great things and creating a stronger female presence in space.

Apple patented a design for the Apple Watch that adds Touch ID. If Apple were to go through with the idea, the Touch ID would be on the watch’s Digital Crown.

SpaceX opened up applications for its rideshare program. Missions start as low as $1 million and use a Falcon 9 rocket to get a satellite up in space. 

The U.S. Space Force quietly conducted its first test launch of an unarmed ballistic missile overnight across the Pacific Ocean. The intercontinental ballistic missile launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 12:33 a.m. PT on Wednesday and traveled about 4,200 miles.

Twitter announced a new policy about manipulated media — namely deepfakes. Twitter’s new policy states that you may not “deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm.”

Britain unveiled plans to phase out the sales of gas, diesel, and hybrid cars by 2035 so that, eventually, only electric vehicles will be sold in the country.

Avid fans of The Mandalorian's adorable Baby Yoda can now own a life-size replica of the breakout star of The Mandalorian, but it’ll cost you a hefty $350. 

After a mixed earnings report and huge drop in share price, it looks like Facebook’s rocky past might finally be catching up to the social network in real ways.

Facebook has to pay Illinois members as part of a settlement. The company violated Illinois biometric privacy laws in its photo tagging using facial recognition.