Technology
Brian Fung, CNN
FCC commissioner calls on Apple, Google to remove TikTok from app stores
A member of the Federal Communications Commission is renewing calls for Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, citing national security concerns surrounding TikTok's Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance.4 days ago
Rachel Metz, CNN Business
Instagram is testing AI that verifies your age with a selfie scan. It’s not perfect
Instagram is testing new ways to verify its youngest users' ages, including by using artificial intelligence that analyzes a photo and estimates how old the user is.6 days ago
Associated Press
Amazon’s Alexa could soon mimic voice of dead relatives
Amazon’s Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members - even if they’re dead.10 days ago
Matt Gephardt and Sloan Schrage, KSL TV
Congress considers crypto legislation: What you need to know
It's been a rough year for cryptocurrencies. Prices reached record heights this past November, but by last week, crypto has lost $2 trillion of its market value. Now, there's a new plan for the Feds to regulate cryptocurrencies.13 days ago
Associated Press
Musk aims to ease concerns in address to Twitter workers
In an unusual move for what’s been an unusual takeover bid for Twitter by the world’s richest man, Tesla CEO Elon Musk will address the social platform’s employees Thursday, even though his $44 billion offer has not yet been completed.17 days ago
Francesca Street, CNN
Here’s what it might be like to travel on a double decker airplane seat
Flying economy for any extended period of time is an experience usually endured rather than enjoyed, but one airplane seat designer reckons his design could revolutionize budget travel.18 days ago
RICHARD JACOBSEN, Associated Press
So long, Internet Explorer. The browser retires today
Microsoft has officially sent Internet Explorer into retirement. As of Wednesday, Microsoft will no longer support the once-dominant browser that legions of web surfers loved to hate — and a few still claim to adore.19 days ago
Associated Press
Musk to address Twitter employees for 1st time this week
Elon Musk will address Twitter employees Thursday for the first time since the billionaire and Tesla CEO offered $44 billion to buy the social media platform.20 days ago
AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press
White supremacists are riling up communities, thriving on social media
White nationalists and supremacists are building thriving, macho communities across social media platforms like Instagram, Telegram and TikTok. The accounts are using coded hashtags and innuendo to rile up thousands of followers on divisive issues like abortion and recent mass shootings.23 days ago
Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business
TikTok adds options to encourage users to take a break from endless scrolling
TikTok plans to roll out new options to encourage users to take a break from endlessly scrolling.24 days ago
Gregory Wallace, CNN
Biden administration wants to standardize electric vehicle charging, like gas stations
Its new proposed rule would require the half-million electric vehicle chargers it plans to fund to be interoperable, similar to the way a gas pump works with any vehicle.25 days ago
Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business
Apple unveils iOS 16 with revamped lock screen and big changes to iMessage
Apple kicked off its annual developer conference by unveiling its next-generation mobile software, iOS 16, with new features that will let users personalize their lock screens and change how they text friends through iMessage.27 days ago
TOM KRISHER and MATT O'BRIEN, AP Business Writers
Musk threatens to walk away from Twitter deal
Elon Musk is threatening to end his $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter, accusing the company of refusing to give him information about its spam bot accounts.27 days ago
Michael Houck, KSL TV
U of U study shows an increase of anti-Asian hate tweets after the COVID pandemic
Anti-Asian tweets increased across the United States during the first year of the pandemic, according to a University of Utah study.1 month ago
Deanie Wimmer, KSL TV
Too many texts: Cellphone experiment shows impact on learning
Cellphones are a distraction in school. That well-researched fact surprises no one. What may be a surprise is to what extent they impact concentration.1 month ago
Josh Ellis
Walmart drone delivery coming to Utah, five other states
Walmart has announced plans to bring its drone delivery service to several stores across the United States, including Utah's capital city.1 month ago
Jennifer Korn
Elon Musk’s bumpy road to possibly owning Twitter: A timeline
Even by the standards of Twitter, a company that has known plenty of chaos and dysfunction in its history, the weeks-long effort by billionaire Elon Musk to buy the company has proven to be uniquely tumultuous — and there's no clear end in sight.2 months ago
The Associated Press
Musk: Doubt about spam accounts could scuttle Twitter deal
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his deal to buy Twitter can’t move forward unless the company shows public proof that less than 5% of the accounts on the platform are fake or spam.2 months ago
KELVIN CHAN and TOM KRISHER, AP Business Writers
Musk puts Twitter buy ‘on hold,’ casting doubt on $44B deal
Elon Musk has put his plan to buy Twitter on temporary hold, raising fresh doubts about whether he’ll proceed with the $44 billion acquisition.2 months ago
Mike Anderson, KSL TV
USU tests locking down campus with just a push of a button
Utah State University tested its ability to respond to an active shooter on campus with the push of a button this week. It’s a new technology that can lock down the campus from a remote location.2 months ago
Rishi Iyengar and Rachel Metz, CNN Business
Google announces new smartphones, a watch and tablet at its I/O developer conference
Google on Wednesday unveiled an expanded lineup of hardware products in the latest sign it remains committed to moving beyond its core advertising business and competing with the likes of Apple.2 months ago
Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business
Apple is discontinuing its last iPod model
Apple said Tuesday it would discontinue production of the last iPod model, effectively bringing an end to the iconic product line that helped usher in a new era for the music industry and the tech giant.2 months ago
KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer
Musk says he’s ‘aligned’ with EU approach to digital rules
Elon Musk, who’s offering to buy Twitter, has given his support to a new European Union law aimed at protecting social media users from harmful content after he met with the bloc’s single market chief.2 months ago
