2013-08-26 Google Glass Raises Privacy Concerns
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. The Internet company Google is testing its newest high-tech device, Google Glass. Most of the technologies for Google Glass are already…
2013-08-19 New Vietnam Law Bans News Stories From Social Media Sites
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Internet activists and human rights groups are criticising a decree that is set to go into effect in Vietnam on September…
2013-08-12 China’s Tianhe-2 Supercomputer Takes No. 1 Ranking on TOP500 List
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. China’s Tianhe-2 supercomputer has just been rated No. 1 on the top 500 — a respected list of the world’s most…
2013-07-29 New Digital Library to Display World On the Internet
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. What is a place where you could find old pictures of camels carrying people to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and also books…
2013-07-22 Internet Pioneers Share 1.5 million Queen Elizabeth Engineering Prize
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth presented her first ever Prize for Engineering, doing a ceremony in late June at Buckingham Palace. Some hope…
2013-07-08 U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Human Genes Are Not Patentable
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that businesses cannot control the rights to human genes in their natural state. Patients’ rights…
2013-07-01 Goal Line Technology Makes Its Debut in International Football
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Goal line technology made its debut in international football at the Confederations Cup in Brazil that ended on Sunday. The move…
2013-06-24 Amazon Launches Its First Shopping Website in India
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. The world’s largest online retailer company, Amazon has launched its first shopping website in India. The company hopes to make use…
2013-06-10 UN Investigator Calls for Ban on LARs
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. A United Nations special investigator recently called for a ban on the production and use of lethal autonomous robots, also known…
2013-06-17 New iPhone App Improves the Chance of Survival for Heart Attack Victims
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Researchers have developed an experimental iPhone application, or app, they can improve the chances of survival for heart attack victims. The…
2013-06-03 Safe Rooms Saved Lives in Tornado Disaster
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. The deadly tornado in Moore, Oklahoma has wind speeds of 400 kilometres an hour. 24 people were killed when the storm…
2013-05-27 New Generation of Laptops Spell Trouble for PCs
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Competition in the world of personal computers is fierce. Computer makers are working on new ways to persuade people to buy…
2013-05-20 Device Works On Any Available Internet or Power Sources
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. A team of Americans and Kenyans has developed an Internet router made specially for Africa. They say it keeps the Internet…
2013-04-29 Phone App to Assist Alzheimer’s Caregivers
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Alzheimer’s disease is mostly a condition of old age. Since life expectancy is getting longer around the world, the number of…
2013-04-15 Indonesians Using Smartphones to Connect to the Internet
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Twenty-three-year old Rio Safiyanto sells face masks, or coverings, for about 30 cents each in central Jakarta, Indonesia. He makes enough…