Tech

D.C. residents will be getting alerts on their smartphones Tuesday, asking them to sign up for a new app that helps fight the spread of COVID-19.

The Justice Department has announced charges against Russian intelligence officers in cyberattacks that targeted a French presidential election, the Winter Olympics in South Korea and American businesses

Ever since Russian agents and other opportunists abused its platform in an attempt to manipulate the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook has insisted — repeatedly — that it’s learned its lesson and is no longer a conduit for misinformation, voter suppression and election disruption

When Facebook and Twitter moved quickly this week to limit the spread of an unverified political story published by the conservative-leaning New York Post, it led to predictable cries of censorship from the right.

A widespread Twitter outage on Thursday “was caused by a system change initiated earlier then planned, affecting most of our servers,” the company said.

A much-hyped network upgrade called “5G” means different things to different people

Newly introduced iPhone models will be 5G capable, giving them incredible download speed and capacity.

Apple unveiled four new iPhones equipped with technology for use with faster new 5G wireless networks.

Apple announced its new iPhone 12 on Tuesday with access to 5G wireless networks, providing a preview of a faster wireless internet.

Facebook is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources if they search for information about the Nazi genocide.

Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, Amazon wasn’t able to have Prime Day in July this year, but from midnight pacific time on Tuesday, Oct. 13 through Wednesday, Oct. 14, the sale is on with exclusive discounts for Amazon Prime members.  According consumer psychology expert Kelly Haws, like Black Friday or Cyber Monday, the idea with Pr...

On Tuesday, Apple is holding a launch event where it will reveal this year’s iPhone lineup.  In most years, Apple announces its iPhones in September, and they go on sale shortly after that. This year is different. Apple instead released new Apple Watches last month and pushed the iPhone announcement to October. Th...

Twitter is imposing tough new rules that restrict candidates from declaring premature victory and tighten its measures against spreading misinformation, calling for political violence and spreading thoughtless commentary in the days leading up to and following the Nov. 3 U.S. election.