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New York Times Tech
Jul 27, 2024

Memecoins, Cryptocurrencies Based on Internet Memes, Roar Back
One of the wildest, most scam-ridden corners of the cryptocurrency industry — memecoins, which are rooted in internet memes — has roared back.

New York Times Tech
Jul 27, 2024

Justice Dept. Defends TikTok Law That Forces App's Sale or Ban
In its first detailed response to a legal challenge, the agency said TikTok's proposed changes wouldn't prevent China from using it to collect U.S. users' data or spread propaganda.

New York Times Tech
Jul 26, 2024

Automakers Sold Driver Data for Pennies, Senators Say
Ron Wyden and Edward Markey urged the F.T.C. to investigate how car companies handled the data from millions of car owners.

New York Times Tech
Jul 26, 2024

When A.I. Fails the Language Test, Who Is Left Out of the Conversation?
The use of artificial intelligence is exploding around the world, but the technology's language models are primarily trained in English, leaving many speakers of other languages behind.

New York Times Tech
Jul 26, 2024

Kamala Harris's Bratty Coconut Memescape What Does $1,000 a Month Do? The Empire CrowdStrikes Back
An episode unburdened by what has been.

New York Times Tech
Jul 25, 2024

OpenAI Is Testing SearchGPT, an AI-Powered Search Engine
The prominent A.I. start-up said it planned to eventually fold the new technology into its popular online chatbot, ChatGPT.

New York Times Tech
Jul 25, 2024

Actors' Union to Go on Strike Against Video Game Companies
The SAG-AFTRA union wants higher pay for the use of voices and images and protection from losing jobs to artificial intelligence.

New York Times Tech
Jul 25, 2024

Uber and Lyft Drivers Are Gig Workers, California Supreme Court Rules
Passed by voters in 2020, the ballot measure classifies drivers of ride-hailing apps as independent contractors rather than as employees.

New York Times Tech
Jul 25, 2024

China Is Closing the A.I. Gap With the United States
In recent weeks, Chinese tech companies have unveiled technologies that rival American systems — and they are already in the hands of consumers and software developers.

New York Times Tech
Jul 25, 2024

AlphaProof, a New A.I. from Google DeepMind, Scores Big at the International Math Olympiad
A.I. is getting good at math — and might soon make a worthy collaborator for humans.

New York Times Tech
Jul 25, 2024

For Years, TikTok Told Us What to Buy. Now ‘Underconsumption Core' Is About Consuming Less.
The trend of "underconsumption core" romanticizes buying and using only what you need. Yes, being normal is now trending. Experts say it's a response to a period of economic hardship.

New York Times Tech
Jul 25, 2024

For Years, TikTok Told Us What to Buy. Now the Trend Is to Consume Less.
The trend of "underconsumption core" romanticizes buying and using only what you need. Yes, being normal is now trending. Experts say it's a response to a period of economic hardship.

New York Times Tech
Jul 25, 2024

X Uses Community Notes on Election Posts, but Misinformation Spreads
The social media company will use its Community Notes program to moderate lies about the election, but cracks are already appearing.

New York Times Tech
Jul 25, 2024

Microsoft's World of Warcraft Workers Vote to Unionize
The move adds more than 500 to the unionized video game staff at Microsoft, which has pledged to remain neutral on organizing efforts.

New York Times Tech
Jul 25, 2024

How US Chips Continue to End Up in Russian Missiles
Defying sanctions, Russia has obtained nearly $4 billion in restricted chips since the war began in Ukraine. Many were shipped through a cluster of shell companies in Hong Kong.

New York Times Tech
Jul 24, 2024

From Online Drug Lord to Crypto Entrepreneur, Blake Benthall Is Back in Business
After Blake Benthall was arrested for running Silk Road 2.0, the infamous illegal drug bazaar, things didn't go the way you might expect.

New York Times Tech
Jul 24, 2024

A Kamala Harris Presidency Could Mean More of the Same on A.I. Regulation
The presumptive Democratic nominee has won concessions from Big Tech leaders on A.I., but she hasn't successfully pushed Congress to regulate.

New York Times Tech
Jul 23, 2024

Alphabet Reports 29% Jump in Profit as A.I. Efforts Begin to Pay Off
Google's parent company narrowly topped revenue and profit expectations, driven by its search engine and cloud unit, and it said A.I. investments were "driving new growth."

New York Times Tech
Jul 23, 2024

Tesla Q2 Earnings Report Reveals 45% Profit Drop Amid Weak E.V. Sales
The company led by Elon Musk is selling fewer electric cars, and its big bets on driverless taxis and artificial intelligence could take many years to pay off.

New York Times Tech
Jul 23, 2024

Alphabet Reports a 29% Jump in Profit
Google's parent company narrowly topped revenue and profit expectations, driven by its search engine, while growth in YouTube ad sales fell short.

New York Times Tech
Jul 23, 2024

G.M. Will Restart Cruise Taxi Operations
General Motors said the self-driving division's cars will run in Dallas, Houston and Phoenix after an accident last year. Human drivers will supervise the cars.

New York Times Tech
Jul 23, 2024

Mark Zuckerberg Stumps for ‘Open Source' A.I.
The chief executive of Meta said in an open letter that it was important that the technology was not controlled by a handful of giant companies — including his own.

New York Times Tech
Jul 23, 2024

Transportation Department to Investigate Delta After Flight Delays
Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary, made the announcement after the airline suspended travel for unaccompanied minors.

New York Times Tech
Jul 23, 2024

G.M. Will Restart Cruise Taxi Service
General Motors said the self-driving division's cars will operate in Dallas, Houston and Phoenix after an accident last year. Human drivers will supervise the cars.

New York Times Tech
Jul 23, 2024

Congress Calls for Tech Outage Hearing to Grill CrowdStrike C.E.O.
The House Homeland Security Committee called on the chief executive of the cybersecurity firm to testify on the disruption.

New York Times Tech
Jul 23, 2024

Artificial Intelligence Has a Math Problem
A.I.'s math problem reflects how much the new technology is a break with computing's past.

New York Times Tech
Jul 23, 2024

Google's Plan to Buy Wiz for $23 Billion Falls Apart
Wiz's chief executive said the company walked away from a "humbling offer" and would pursue an initial public offering instead.

New York Times Tech
Jul 22, 2024

Far Right Spreads Baseless Claims About Biden's Whereabouts
President Biden, who has been sidelined with Covid, is set to address the nation this week.

New York Times Tech
Jul 22, 2024

Congress Calls for Tech Outage Hearing to Grill Executive
The House Homeland Security Committee called on the chief executive of the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to testify on the disruption.

New York Times Tech
Jul 22, 2024

In Silicon Valley, Democrats Are Invigorated by Biden's Withdrawal
Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen and others have endorsed Donald J. Trump. But President Biden's withdrawal has re-energized Democrats across the tech industry and may blunt that momentum.

New York Times Tech
Jul 22, 2024

Delta Flight Cancellations Continue As It Struggles To Recover From Tech Outage
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg singled out the airline on Sunday for continued disruptions and "unacceptable" customer service as it canceled another 1,300 flights.

New York Times Tech
Jul 22, 2024

Elon Musk's Novel and Polarizing Cybertruck
Elon Musk's Cybertrucks are hitting the road. They're provoking strong aesthetic judgments — and assumptions about the people who drive them.

New York Times Tech
Jul 21, 2024

Corvette Bucked a Sports Cars Decline. Can It Thrive in an E.V. Era?
The General Motors sports car, which enjoyed strong sales after a big design change, now has a hybrid version and may get a fully electric model that may turn off some gas-loving customers.

New York Times Tech
Jul 20, 2024

Global CrowdStrike Outage Proves How Fragile IT Systems Have Become
While in some corners of Silicon Valley people worry about the risks of A.I., a simple failed software update caused a worldwide outage.

New York Times Tech
Jul 19, 2024

CrowdStrike Issue, Not Russia or China, Caused Tech Outage
With each cascade of digital disaster, new vulnerabilities emerge. The latest chaos wasn't caused by an adversary, but it provided a road map of American vulnerabilities at a critical moment.

New York Times Tech
Jul 19, 2024

After CrowdStrike Causes Outage, Are U.S. Networks Safe?
With each cascade of digital disaster, new vulnerabilities emerge. The latest chaos wasn't caused by an adversary, but it provided a road map of American vulnerabilities at a critical moment.

New York Times Tech
Jul 19, 2024

25 Million Watched Trump's Speech at the R.N.C. on Thursday
Viewership peaked on Thursday night starting around the 15-minute mark of Donald Trump's speech, as he delivered a vivid reconstruction of last weekend's assassination attempt.

New York Times Tech
Jul 19, 2024

CrowdStrike-Microsoft Outage: What Caused the IT Meltdown
Airlines, hospitals and people's computers were affected after CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company, sent out a flawed software update.

New York Times Tech
Jul 19, 2024

What We Know About the Global Microsoft Outage
Airlines to banks to retailers were affected in many countries. Businesses are struggling to recover.

New York Times Tech
Jul 19, 2024

What We Know About the Global Outage
Everything from airlines to banks to retailers were impacted in many countries.

New York Times Tech
Jul 19, 2024

Social Media Reacts to an Attempted Assassination; Tech Elites for Trump; and TikTok's Jawmaxxing Trend
"The 2024 internet is just different than the internet we lived on four years ago."

New York Times Tech
Jul 19, 2024

Data for A.I. Training Is Disappearing Fast, Study Shows
New research from the Data Provenance Initiative has found a dramatic drop in content made available to the collections used to build artificial intelligence.

New York Times Tech
Jul 19, 2024

How Getty and Shutterstock Are Building AI Image Generators
Companies like Getty have begun developing A.I. models with their own data, part of a broader push to build artificial intelligence with licensed content.

New York Times Tech
Jul 18, 2024

Meta Exploring Stake in Ray-Ban's Parent Company
Meta is discussing taking a stake of as much as 5 percent of EssilorLuxottica, which makes eyewear brands like Ray-Ban and Oakley, people with knowledge of the talks said.

New York Times Tech
Jul 18, 2024

How Elon Musk Came to Support Trump and the GOP
The world's richest man, once deeply skeptical of Donald J. Trump, has now endorsed him and has emerged as a central character in the presidential race.

New York Times Tech
Jul 18, 2024

Ford Plans More Gas Trucks, Fewer Electric Vehicles
Ford will build large pickups at a Canadian factory that it had previously slated to produce electric vehicles, sales of which have slowed in recent months.

New York Times Tech
Jul 18, 2024

Carlos Espina is a One-Man Telemundo on TikTok
Carlos Espina is among a new kind of social media personalities whom politicians, especially those in the Biden White House, view as modern-day broadcasters.

New York Times Tech
Jul 17, 2024

Halloween in July? Welcome to ‘Summerween.'
Spookiness meets the heat in a holiday now gaining traction online.

New York Times Tech
Jul 17, 2024

J.D. Vance's A.I. Agenda: Reduce Regulation
Donald Trump's vice-presidential pick has indicated he favors a hands-off approach to A.I. but also wants to increase scrutiny of the biggest tech firms in the field.

New York Times Tech
Jul 17, 2024

How Trump's Running Mate J.D. Vance is Connected to Silicon Valley
Mr. Vance spent less than five years in Silicon Valley's tech industry, but the connections he made with Peter Thiel and others became crucial to his political ascent.

New York Times Tech
Jul 16, 2024

Elon Musk Says He Will Move X and SpaceX Headquarters to Texas
The social media and rocket companies are headquartered in California, which the billionaire criticized for its recent transgender legislation.

New York Times Tech
Jul 16, 2024

Is It Silicon Valley's Job to Make Guaranteed Income a Reality?
The tech community, led by Sam Altman of OpenAI, has funded programs that give people unconditional cash. Some say it's time to scale up.

New York Times Tech
Jul 16, 2024

In the Age of A.I., How Much Is Silicon Valley Prepared to Give Back?
The tech community, led by Sam Altman of OpenAI, has funded programs that give people unconditional cash. Some say it's time to scale up.

New York Times Tech
Jul 16, 2024

Elon Musk Enters Uncharted Territory With Trump Endorsement
The owner of X broke with tradition at other social media companies to support the former president, as he drives political conversation on his site.

New York Times Tech
Jul 15, 2024

Donald Trump Was Shot. Then the Conspiracy Theories Spread.
Claims that President Biden and his allies ordered the attack on Donald J. Trump, or that Mr. Trump staged the attack, started quickly and spread fast across social media.

New York Times Tech
Jul 14, 2024

Google Close to Its Biggest Acquisition Ever, Despite Antitrust Scrutiny
The search giant's negotiations to buy Wiz, a cybersecurity start-up, for $23 billion, come as the Biden administration has taken a hard line against consolidation in tech and other industries.

New York Times Tech
Jul 14, 2024

Google Readies $23 Billion Deal for Wiz, a Start-Up, Despite Antitrust Scrutiny
The deal to acquire the cybersecurity company would easily be Google's most expensive acquisition.

New York Times Tech
Jul 14, 2024

Electric Vehicles May Become Harder to Rent
Rental car firms are offering temporary deals on electric cars, which they are selling after they lost value more quickly than expected.

New York Times Tech
Jul 14, 2024

How Microsoft's Satya Nadella Became Tech's Steely Eyed A.I. Gambler
Microsoft's all-in moment on artificial intelligence has been defined by billions in spending and a C.E.O. counting on technology with huge potential and huge risks.

New York Times Tech
Jul 14, 2024

A Reporter Who Sees Meaning in the Stars
As a science reporter, Katrina Miller covers the cosmos, innovations in physics, space exploration and more.

New York Times Tech
Jul 12, 2024

Saudi Money Makes a Big Splash in Video Games
For struggling American video game companies, Saudi Arabia's investments in the industry have been hard to resist. Not all gamers are happy about it.

New York Times Tech
Jul 12, 2024

SpaceX Rocket Fails in Orbit
The malfunction, the first since 2016, ended a streak of more than 300 successful launches for the Falcon 9 rocket.

New York Times Tech
Jul 12, 2024

The End of the Affair? Not for Eric Schmidt.
While Mr. Schmidt was chief executive of Google, he had an extramarital relationship with Marcy Simon, a public relations executive. A decade after they split, things are still messy.

New York Times Tech
Jul 12, 2024

SpaceX Rocket Fails, Breaking Apart in Orbit
The failure, the first since 2016, ended a streak of more than 300 successful launches for the Falcon 9 rocket.

New York Times Tech
Jul 12, 2024

Saudi Arabia Extends Its Embrace of the World of Video Games
For struggling American video game companies, Saudi Arabia's investments in the industry have been hard to resist. Not all gamers are happy about it.

New York Times Tech
Jul 12, 2024

Alison Roman Answers Your Hard Questions
Answers to your moral quandaries, ethical dilemmas and etiquette questions about technology.

New York Times Tech
Jul 12, 2024

How Biden's Stumbles Collided With a Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory
Some far-right commentators have long argued that Democratic Party elites were plotting to replace President Biden. Now those commentators say they'll be proved correct.

New York Times Tech
Jul 12, 2024

A Movie About Brian Eno Is Never the Same Twice Thanks to Software
Thanks to a software program, the length, structure and contents of the movie are reconfigured each time it's shown. It's the only way the musician would agree to the project.

New York Times Tech
Jul 11, 2024

Even the Best Tools to Fight Disinformation Are Not Enough
Researchers have learned plenty about misinformation and how it spreads. But they're still struggling to figure out how to stop it.

New York Times Tech
Jul 11, 2024

Germany to Strip Huawei From Its 5G Networks
Major telecom companies agreed to stop using critical components made by Chinese companies in their mobile infrastructure by 2029.

New York Times Tech
Jul 11, 2024

Apple Settles E.U. Case by Opening Its Payment Service to Rivals
Customers in Europe may see an influx of new apps and services for making tap-and-go purchases.

New York Times Tech
Jul 11, 2024

How Drew Afualo and Kacie Rose Deal With Rude TikTok and Instagram Comments
Ignore vitriol, or turn it into content? Creators like Kacie Rose and Drew Afualo share their tips for dealing with a harsh comments section.

New York Times Tech
Jul 11, 2024

Biden Offers $1.7 Billion to Help Factories Build Electric Vehicles
A Jeep plant that closed last year will be among those that will benefit from federal grants meant to help automotive manufacturers and protect jobs.

New York Times Tech
Jul 11, 2024

How Elon Musk and SpaceX Plan to Colonize Mars
SpaceX employees are working on plans for a Martian city, including dome habitats, spacesuits and researching whether humans can procreate off Earth. Mr. Musk has volunteered his sperm.

New York Times Tech
Jul 10, 2024

Microsoft Surrenders OpenAI Board Position
As regulatory scrutiny picks up, the tech giant says it is pleased with the progress OpenAI has made with governance and considers its oversight role unnecessary.

New York Times Tech
Jul 10, 2024

Amazon Says It Reached a Climate Goal Seven Years Early
The company said it effectively got all of the electricity it used last year from sources that did not produce greenhouse gas emissions. Some experts have faulted the company's calculations.

New York Times Tech
Jul 10, 2024

Defeated by A.I., a Legend in the Board Game Go Warns: Get Ready for What's Next
Lee Saedol was one of the world's top Go players, and his shocking loss to an A.I. opponent was a harbinger of a new, unsettling era. "It may not be a happy ending," he says.

New York Times Tech
Jul 09, 2024

Tesla's Share of U.S. Electric Car Market Falls Below 50%
A new report estimates that the company led by Elon Musk accounted for just under half of all battery-powered vehicles sold in the second quarter of the year.

New York Times Tech
Jul 09, 2024

FTC Bars Messaging App NGL From Serving Users Under Age 18
The move against the app NGL by the Federal Trade Commission was the first time the agency barred an online service from hosting minors.

New York Times Tech
Jul 09, 2024

U.S. Plans Up to $1.6 Billion in Funding for Packaging Computer Chips
The proposed funding, part of the CHIPS Act, is intended to stoke chip packaging, a process that helps drive progress in semiconductors but that takes place mostly in Asia.

New York Times Tech
Jul 09, 2024

Autistic Employees Find New Ways to Navigate the Workplace
As diagnoses of autism rise, Microsoft and other large companies are working to better support autistic workers so they can thrive without "masking."

New York Times Tech
Jul 09, 2024

David Ellison Poised to Become a New Mogul in a Diminished Hollywood
David Ellison is poised to soon run Paramount Pictures, among other entertainment assets. But what does that mean in a fractured cultural landscape?

New York Times Tech
Jul 08, 2024

U.S. Creates High-Tech Global Supply Chains to Blunt Risks Tied to China
The Biden administration is trying to get foreign companies to invest in chip-making in the United States and more countries to set up factories to do final assembly and packaging.

New York Times Tech
Jul 06, 2024

As the E.V. Revolution Slows, Ferrari Enters the Race
Growth in electric vehicle sales has been slowing, but the Italian luxury carmaker is stepping up investment and setting ambitious targets.

New York Times Tech
Jul 06, 2024

Students Target Teachers in Group TikTok Attack, Shaking Their School
Seventh and eighth graders in Malvern, Pa., impersonating their teachers posted disparaging, lewd, racist and homophobic videos in the first known mass attack of its kind in the U.S.

New York Times Tech
Jul 05, 2024

Mark Zuckerberg's Viral Surf Video
In a sequel to his much-mocked hydrofoil video, the Meta founder celebrates the Fourth of July in his own particular way.

New York Times Tech
Jul 05, 2024

Japan Finally Phases Out Floppy Disks
One of the world's most technologically advanced nations has held on to some of the most outmoded devices.

New York Times Tech
Jul 05, 2024

The Interview: The Netflix Chief's Plan to Get You to Binge Even More
Ted Sarandos, a chief executive of Netflix, on the future of entertainment.

New York Times Tech
Jul 05, 2024

On ‘Hard Fork,' a Hard Look at the Future of Technology
Kevin Roose and Casey Newton reflect on the success of their podcast and look toward what's next.

New York Times Tech
Jul 04, 2024

Ray Kurzweil Still Says He Will Merge With A.I.
Now 76, the inventor and futurist hopes to reach "the Singularity" and live indefinitely. His margin of error is shrinking.

New York Times Tech
Jul 04, 2024

A Hacker Stole OpenAI Secrets, Raising Fears That China Could, Too
A security breach at the maker of ChatGPT last year revealed internal discussions among researchers and other employees, but not the code behind OpenAI's systems.

New York Times Tech
Jul 03, 2024

Judge Backs Challenge to F.T.C.'s Noncompete Ban, at Least for Now
Granting an injunction to several plaintiffs, a judge said the Federal Trade Commission's pending ban on noncompete agreements was unlikely to prevail.

New York Times Tech
Jul 03, 2024

How to Clean Up Your Phone's Photo Library to Free Up Space
Deleting duplicates, bad shots and other unwanted files makes it easier to find the good pictures — and gives you room to take more.

New York Times Tech
Jul 03, 2024

Investors Pour $27.1 Billion Into A.I. Start-Ups, Defying a Downturn
Funding for A.I. firms made up nearly half the $56 billion in U.S. start-up financing from April to June, according to PitchBook.

New York Times Tech
Jul 02, 2024

How Tom Hanks's Son Spawned a Hateful Meme Online
When Chet Hanks first used the phrase "white boy summer," it seemed to be done ironically. Now it has been appropriated around the world by white supremacists and other hate groups.

New York Times Tech
Jul 02, 2024

U.S. Awards $504 Million for ‘Tech Hubs' in Overlooked Regions
Biden administration officials hope the money will help propel technological innovation in areas that have historically received less government funding.

New York Times Tech
Jul 02, 2024

Bruce Bastian, a Founder of WordPerfect, Is Dead at 76
A favorite of early personal computer users, his company was eventually overtaken by Microsoft Word. He later came out as gay and became an L.G.B.T.Q. activist.

New York Times Tech
Jul 02, 2024

Elon Musk's Politics May Be Pushing Some Buyers Away From Tesla
The Tesla chief executive's polarizing statements have alienated some potential customers and may be partly responsible for a recent slump in sales.

New York Times Tech
Jul 02, 2024

In Ukraine War, A.I. Begins Ushering In an Age of Killer Robots
Driven by the war with Russia, many Ukrainian companies are working on a major leap forward in the weaponization of consumer technology.

New York Times Tech
Jul 01, 2024

Supreme Court Declines to Rule on Tech Platforms' Free Speech Rights
The justices returned both cases, which concerned state laws that supporters said were aimed at "Silicon Valley censorship," to lower courts. Critics had said the laws violated the sites' First Amendment rights.

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