Technology

Boasting about his $1 trillion infrastructure package, President Joe Biden overstated its reach by claiming it would result in 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations and meet his pledge to nudge half of U.S. drivers into EVs by decade’s end.

Blackstone Inc. is investing as much as $250 million in U.K. biotechnology company Autolus Therapeutics PLC to fund the final stages of development of a new therapy to treat a serious form of leukemia, the companies said.

Some big U.S. employers have dropped workplace mask requirements as COVID-19 cases fall and vaccination rates rise. Staffers at other companies are wondering whether they can ditch masks, too.

Japan will create a scheme to subsidise construction of domestic chip factories with a new plant planned by Taiwan's TSMC likely to be the first recipient, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Monday.

When Mark Zuckerberg announced ambitious plans to build the “metaverse” — a virtual reality construct intended to supplant the internet, merge virtual life with real life and create endless new playgrounds for everyone — he promised that “you’re going to able to do almost anything you can imagine,” but that might not be such a great idea.

Key sectors in the supply chain are being targeted by cybercriminals, a new report says.

Security-software company McAfee Corp.

Elon Musk asks followers on Twitter whether he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock

Two U.S. senators have introduced bipartisan legislation that seeks to make it harder for Amazon.com and other tech giants to make acquisitions.

The agency announced this week that it's sending nearly $60 million in funds that "Amazon allegedly illegally withheld from drivers between 2016 and 2019."

The agency will offer up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of any individual who holds "a key leadership position" in DarkSide and up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of any individual conspiring or attempting to participate in a "DarkSide variant ransomware incident."

Bitcoin Foundation Chairman Brock Pierce discusses the impact cryptocurrency will have on the world as El Salvador President Bukele and U.S. state leaders try to implement cryptocurrency into daily life.

Starbucks, the chain that turned regular drip coffee into a $5 half-caff, extra whipped cream mocha latte, is now laboring to produce dozens of bizarre concoctions dreamed up by TikTok's influential stars.

NASA's Crew-2 astronauts will be unable to use the toilet on SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft when they return home from the International Space Station in November.