Tali Arbel

AP Technology Writer

The technology that animated movies like 'Toy Story' and enabled a variety of special effects is the focus of this year’s Turing Award, the technology industry’s version of the Nobel Prize. Patrick Hanrahan and Edwin Catmull won the prize for their contributions to 3-D computer graphics used in movies and video games.

Computer-Graphics Pioneers Win Turing Prize

The technology led to animated movies like 'Toy Story'.

TikTok icon in New York, Feb. 25, 2020.

TikTok Draws Scrutiny Amid Soaring Popularity

The video app is the first China-owned social-media service to make serious inroads in the West.

T-Mobile chief executive John Legere speaks to reporters as he leaves the courthouse in New York.

Judge Clears Hurdle in T-Mobile's Sprint Bid

T-Mobile re-launched its bid for Sprint in 2018, after having been rebuffed by Obama-era regulators.

Senate Passes Anti-Robocalls Bill

The bill would require that phone companies offer free consumer tools to identify and block scam calls.

In this Dec. 6, 2018 file photo, a man lights a cigarette outside a Huawei retail shop in Beijing.

US Regulators Bar Govt Telecom Funds for Huawei, ZTE

The FCC voted unanimously Friday to bar U.S. telecommunications providers from using government subsidies to buy equipment from Huawei or ZTE.

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US Proposes Cutting Funds for Chinese Telecom Equip.

Regulators cite security threats.

In this May 23, 2019, file photo, a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket, with a payload of 60 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink broadband network, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla. It’s a 21st century space race: Amazon, SpaceX and others competing to get into orbit and provide internet to the earth’s most remote places.

Can a New Space Race Connect the World to the Internet?

More than a dozen companies have asked U.S. regulators for permission to operate constellations of satellites that provide internet service.

Storage tanks are seen at the North Jiddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. The weekend drone attack in Buqyaq on one of the world's largest crude oil processing plants that dramatically cut into global oil supplies is the most visible sign yet of how Aramco's stability and security is directly linked to that of its owner -- the Saudi government and its ruling family.

Oil Prices Surge After Aramco Attack

The attack may add to anxiety about the stability of the world's oil reserves.

This Dec. 11, 2018 file photo shows an Amazon package containing a GPS tracker on the porch of a Jersey City, N.J. residence after its delivery. News of an alleged Amazon theft ring involving contract delivery drivers is unlikely to make a dent in the online shopping giant’s massive business. But it may make people more wary of letting deliveries into their house when they aren’t there, a nascent project from both Amazon and Walmart.

Shoppers Won't Care About Amazon Thefts

But it may make people more wary of letting deliveries into their house when they aren't there — a nascent project from both Amazon and Walmart .

New tools are coming to help fight robocall scams, but don’t expect unwanted calls to disappear.

Regulators Have Tools to Fight Robocalls

The companies have been slow to act against such automated calls on their own.

In this Thursday, March 7, 2019 file photo, the Texas state flag files outside the Huawei Technologies Ltd. business location in Plano, Texas. President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday, May 15, 2019, apparently aimed at banning equipment from Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei from U.S. networks. It does not name specific countries or companies and gives the Department of Commerce 150 days to come up with regulations.

Huawei Hit by U.S. Export Controls

It appears the law invoked in Wednesday's executive order has never before been declared in a way that impacts an entire commercial sector.

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FCC to Spend $20B for Rural Internet

The agency will also hold a massive auction to bolster 5G service.