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Washington Post Tech
Dec 03, 2024

AI, huge hacks leave consumers facing a perfect storm of privacy perils
Nearly unlimited, highly personal information is available for anyone willing to pay. AI provides many ways to turn that into illicit profit or undermine national security.

Washington Post Tech
Dec 03, 2024

How to fix the iOS 18 changes some users hate
Apple's iOS 18 packs lots of new features -- and the occasional headache for people who liked things as they were.

Washington Post Tech
Dec 03, 2024

AI, huge hacks leave consumers facing perfect storm of privacy perils
Nearly unlimited, highly personal info is available for anyone willing to pay. AI provides many ways to turn that into illicit profit or undermine national security.

Washington Post Tech
Dec 02, 2024

Judge rejects Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package, despite shareholder vote
A Delaware judge rejected Elon Musk's $56 billion Tesla pay package for the second time, despite shareholders voting to reinstate it earlier this year.

Washington Post Tech
Dec 02, 2024

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger steps down as chipmaker's struggles continue
Pat Gelsinger will be replaced by two interim co-CEOs while the company searches for a permanent leader.

Washington Post Tech
Dec 02, 2024

Intel CEO retires as chipmaker's struggles continue
Pat Gelsinger will be replaced by two interim co-CEOs while the company searches for a permanent leader.

Washington Post Tech
Dec 02, 2024

Desperate for jobs, people try new social media tactics to stand out
Job seekers are offering rewards for referrals, making mini marketing campaigns and becoming brutally honest on social media.

Washington Post Tech
Dec 02, 2024

Biden tightens tech controls on China as clock ticks down
The Biden administration is set to announce restrictions on exports of semiconductor chips and chipmaking equipment to China.

Washington Post Tech
Dec 01, 2024

Trump and allies blur the lines between politician and influencer
The president-elect and some in his proposed Cabinet are adopting influencer tactics to hawk products, boost political points and promote their personal brands.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 30, 2024

Animations of coiled hair for Black film characters improve with new algorithms
New algorithms allow for more realistic coily hair animation, enhancing the representation of Black characters in film.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 29, 2024

Top Canadian publishers sue OpenAI, joining AI copyright fight
The lawsuit, brought by the CBC, Globe and Mail and others, shows how the battle over copyright and AI is expanding beyond the U.S.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 29, 2024

The best alternatives to Amazon for e-books and audiobooks
You have great choices if you want to skip Kindle and Audible for holiday gifts (or all year).

Washington Post Tech
Nov 29, 2024

YouTube is full of old, unseen home videos. Now you can watch them at random.
Riley Walz's website IMG_0001 serves up internet nostalgia in the form of old videos that few people have ever seen.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 28, 2024

The 2024 Help Desk Gift Guide: Tech we tested and recommend
The Post's personal tech team tries out loads of gadgets, apps and services every year. These are worth gifting.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 27, 2024

FTC launches antitrust investigation into Microsoft as Biden era ends
The Federal Trade Commission sent a broad request to the tech giant asking for information on its cloud, software and AI businesses.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 27, 2024

Interpol arrests 1,000 cybercrime suspects across Africa
Operation Serengeti — led by Interpol and Afripol, the African Union's policing organization — targeted online scams. Arrests were made in 19 countries.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 27, 2024

Can you stop a teen from using TikTok? Australia is about to find out.
Australia passed a law banning children under 16 from using social media apps like TikTok and Snapchat. Whether it can be enforced remains in question.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 27, 2024

TSA PreCheck vs. Clear: What's better for price and privacy?
Here's how ClearPlus and TSA PreCheck stack up for price, privacy and saving time at the airport.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 26, 2024

OpenAI hits pause on video model Sora after artists leak access in protest
OpenAI shut down its highly anticipated video generation service Sora, after artists invited to test its capabilities staged a protest that allowed anyone to use it.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 26, 2024

Workplace safety advocates sue for records in three Amazon deaths
Worker advocates sued federal workplace safety regulator OSHA seeking more details about three deaths at Amazon warehouses during a New Jersey heat wave.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 26, 2024

Five annoying tech things to turn off right now
You can put a stop to Apple's bonkers AI summaries and the clickety sounds as you type on your phone.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 26, 2024

‘Soros of the right' Elon Musk eyes progressive prosecutors as next target
Elon Musk has embraced comparisons of his big pro-Trump political donations to those of liberal donor George Soros and said he wants to copy his tactics.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 26, 2024

U.S. finalizes $11 billion for Intel as time runs out on Biden's chip plan
Troubled chipmaker Intel, which announced huge layoffs in August, will receive $11 billion under the Chips Act, in an attempt to cut U.S. dependence on imports.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 25, 2024

Microsoft outage disrupts Outlook and Teams, affecting many thousands
The company said a "recent change" impacted some of its services and it has deployed a fix.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 25, 2024

Justice Dept., Google make closing arguments in ad-market antitrust case
Judge will decide whether the internet giant, already facing the prospect of a breakup over its monopolistic search engine, also runs its advertising unit as an illegal monopoly.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 23, 2024

Meta scrambles to respond to upstart social platform Bluesky's surge
Threads, Meta's answer to Elon Musk's X, makes changes to incorporate features that have drawn millions to its much smaller rival.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 22, 2024

Trump's FCC pick Brendan Carr comes in swinging at Big Tech
Brendan Carr, the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has laid out an aggressive agenda for overhauling social media and boosting satellites.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 22, 2024

Trump's FCC pick comes in swinging at Big Tech
Brendan Carr, the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has laid out an aggressive agenda for overhauling social media and boosting satellites.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 22, 2024

Will AI kill Google? Past predictions of doom were totally wrong.
Past technology revolutions made Google even stronger rather than weaker, as many tech dudes predicted. So what about AI?

Washington Post Tech
Nov 21, 2024

Top senator calls Salt Typhoon ‘worst telecom hack in our nation's history'
The severity of the Chinese breach highlights the need for more telecommunications regulation, lawmakers say.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 21, 2024

Meta removes millions of accounts pushing ‘pig butchering' investment scam
Meta said it removed more than 2 million accounts this year alone that sought to trick internet users into putting their money into fake investment schemes.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 21, 2024

DOJ says Google should have to sell Chrome to end its search monopoly
The Justice Department recommendation is one of the final moves of Biden's aggressive antitrust enforcers before Trump takes the reins.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 21, 2024

Amazon and SpaceX aim to defang the federal labor board. Trump may help.
Trump allies have discussed breaking tradition and firing opponents on the National Labor Relations Board, which also faces legal challenges from SpaceX and Amazon.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 21, 2024

Elon Musk emails reveal OpenAI's history of struggles over money and power
Dozens of pages of correspondence between Elon Musk, Sam Altman and other OpenAI founders show how the conflict over control of the company is years old.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 20, 2024

DOJ seeks forced sale of Chrome, other big changes at Google in monopoly case
The Justice Department recommendation is one of the final moves of Biden's aggressive antitrust enforcers, before Trump takes the reins.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 20, 2024

Nvidia sinks after strong earnings amid questions about Trump tariffs
The AI chip maker reported a 94 percent increase in revenue but depends on manufacturing plants in Taiwan, which Trump claims "stole our chip business."

Washington Post Tech
Nov 20, 2024

Nvidia sinks after strong earnings but questions about Trump tariffs
The AI chip maker reported a 94 percent increase in revenue but depends on manufacturing plants in Taiwan, which Trump claims "stole our chip business."

Washington Post Tech
Nov 19, 2024

3 ways TikTok might survive a ban, with or without Trump's help
Donald Trump or the Supreme Court could be TikTok's best hopes for survival. But there's no guarantee.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 19, 2024

Truth Social investors hoped to get ‘very rich' after Trump's win. Not quite.
Trump Media's revenue and share price have sagged as its losses have piled up. The president-elect's return to the White House could complicate things even more.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 19, 2024

Want to speak Italian? Microsoft AI can make it sound like you do.
A new AI-powered interpreter is expected to simulate speakers' voices in different languages during Microsoft Teams meetings.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 18, 2024

FBI investigating post-election text threats sent to Latino, LGBTQ people
The messages, which follow similar texts threatening Black people, claim recipients will be deported or sent to a re-education camp.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 17, 2024

Trump picks Brendan Carr, who laid out agenda in Project 2025, as FCC chairman
Carr vowed to take on "censorship" by Big Tech companies in Project 2025, which laid out a conservative agenda for Donald Trump's second term.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 17, 2024

Trump picks Brendan Carr as FCC chairman
Carr has vowed to take on "censorship" by Big Tech companies in Project 2025, which laid out a conservative agenda for Donald Trump's second term.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 16, 2024

iPhones and AirPods now come with hearing health tools. Here's how they work.
Apple's $249 wireless earbuds may now help some hear the world better, not just block it out.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 16, 2024

Trump's win has Bitcoin soaring. The ‘normies' want in.
Expectation that the new Trump administration will be favorable to cryptocurrency has sent prices soaring, luring in some investors for the first time.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 15, 2024

Musk expands legal assault on OpenAI to also target Microsoft
Billionaire Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI but now says the ChatGPT developer has betrayed its original mission of helping humanity with artificial intelligence.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 15, 2024

Love buying cheap stuff online? Thank a law that avoids Trump's tariffs.
A tax-free law used by American tourists also turbocharged bargain apps like Temu and Shein. The next White House could change everything.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 15, 2024

U.S. locks in $6.6 billion grant to Taiwanese chipmaker
The new Arizona factories of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. are expected to create thousands of jobs.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 14, 2024

GM's robot car unit Cruise will pay $500,000 over falsified crash report
General Motors' robot car unit Cruise will pay $500,000 to resolve criminal charges from the DOJ for falsifying a federal report after a grisly 2023 crash.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 14, 2024

The FTC is preparing to investigate Microsoft's cloud business
The agency's antitrust investigation continues Biden administration scrutiny of Big Tech as the industry waits to discover what policies Donald Trump adopts.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 14, 2024

Diversity will suffer with five-day office mandates, research suggests
Researchers say RTO mandates could hurt women and underrepresented workers, who are more likely to avoid companies that don't offer flexibility.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 14, 2024

ChatGPT is a poet. A new study shows people prefer its verses.
A new study finds that people prefer poems written by ChatGPT, a chatbot, over those written by human writers.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 14, 2024

E.U. fines Meta $840 million for ‘abusive practices' on Facebook Marketplace
European enforcers accused the tech giant of using its popular social network to unfairly advantage its classified-ads business.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 14, 2024

Silicon Valley eyes a windfall from Trump's plans to gut regulation
Some tech start-ups and investors anticipate a golden era when Donald Trump returns to office, thanks to government contracts and deregulation.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 14, 2024

Trump set to deepen tech Cold War with China
The containment policy set in the first Trump administration and continued under President Biden will get a harder edge, former officials say.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 14, 2024

Liberals are fleeing X again — this time for Bluesky
An upstart social network attracts news junkies and politicos from larger rivals.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 14, 2024

How to get started on Bluesky, the app some X users are defecting to
After X owner Elon Musk helped Donald Trump successfully run for office, some X users are jumping ship for the decentralized Twitter clone Bluesky.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 13, 2024

Trump pledged to gut Biden's AI rules, as OpenAI eyes landmark infusion
OpenAI's policy proposal warns that if the United States will lose its technological edge to China without investing in artificial intelligence, potentially aligning with Trump.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 13, 2024

So you want to ride a self-driving taxi? How Waymo compares in our tests.
Robotaxi services are slowly expanding to new cities — so we put one to the test.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 13, 2024

FTC antitrust case against Meta can move to trial, court rules
The decision marks a victory for the agency and its Democratic chair, Lina Khan, after early legal setbacks.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 13, 2024

Location sharing is making us miserable. It's time to say ‘no.'
Location sharing is eroding our trust and privacy. Is it too late to opt out?

Washington Post Tech
Nov 12, 2024

The Mike Tyson-Jake Paul boxing match shows streaming is just cable now
Netflix shunned live sports and events for most of its history. Advertising money changed everything.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 12, 2024

Game-changer for lost luggage: AirTags to share location with airlines
An iOS update will let travelers share AirTags location directly with airlines such as Delta and United.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 12, 2024

Apple is partnering with airlines to find your missing bags
An iOS update will let travelers share AirTags location directly with airlines such as Delta and United.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 12, 2024

Internet outage hits Verizon Fios customers across Northeast
Customers in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest lost internet access briefly before service was restored early Tuesday.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 12, 2024

Lina Khan's FTC went after Big Tech. Trump could dial that back.
The Biden administration's antitrust warrior has some populist GOP support, but the new president appears more focused on curbing regulations than corporate power.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 12, 2024

A breakthrough in timekeeping: Progress toward a nuclear clock
Physicists have made a breakthrough in the development of a nuclear clock, a new kind of ultra-precise clock that could revolutionize timekeeping.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 11, 2024

The election was exhausting. Here's how to survive work afterward.
The U.S. presidential election is over, but you may still be feeling the emotional side effects. These expert tips can help you reset.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 10, 2024

What next? Activists on how to move past the grief of defeat.
If the elections didn't work out the way that you had hoped, you may feel depressed and lost. We asked longtime activists how they move forward.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 10, 2024

Trumpism needed new blood. It turned to the bros.
Through TikToks, memes and podcasts, the Trump campaign harnessed mounting angst among Gen Z men to bring young voters to his White House comeback.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 10, 2024

Inside the online offensive that turned out a new generation of men for Trump
Through TikToks, memes and podcasts, the Trump campaign harnessed mounting angst among Gen Z men to bring young voters to his White House comeback.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 10, 2024

For legal disputes, Elon Musk's X picked a venue far from Texas HQ
By changing his company's terms of service, Elon Musk has ensured that lawsuits against X will be heard in courthouses that are a hub for conservative judges.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 09, 2024

Election betting markets take a victory lap after ‘predicting' Trump's win
Billions of dollars were staked on the election on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi, with betting now open on Cabinet positions.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 09, 2024

AI didn't sway the election, but it deepened the partisan divide
Artificial intelligence was predicted to disrupt the 2024 election. It ended up shaking people's faith in truth rather than influencing their vote.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 08, 2024

Silicon Valley protested Trump in 2016. Now it wants to work with him
Tech executives were upbeat about Donald Trump's win this week, after an industrywide shift toward more pragmatic politics.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 08, 2024

Silicon Valley protested Trump in 2016. Now it wants to work with him.
Tech executives were upbeat about Donald Trump's win this week, after an industrywide shift toward more pragmatic politics.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 08, 2024

Could your iPhone cost $300 more in the Trump administration?
Apple avoided tariffs on most of its products during the first Trump presidency. No one knows what happens with Trump 2.0.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 08, 2024

AI companies get comfortable offering their technology to the military
Social network giant Meta and leading artificial intelligence startup Anthropic are making it easier for U.S. military and intelligence to tap their algorithms.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 08, 2024

How tech leaders tied to Musk hope to steer the Trump administration
In Elon Musk's Trump-world ascension, tech leaders on the right see an opportunity to enact radical change and bring a start-up ethos to the federal government.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 08, 2024

How Harris won at TikTok but lost the election
The Harris campaign grabbed headlines for going viral on TikTok. It didn't translate to a win.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 07, 2024

How and why we built Ask The Post AI
A guide to the development, structure and purpose of The Washington Post's new AI product, Ask The Post AI

Washington Post Tech
Nov 07, 2024

Viral breakdancer Raygun to stop competing after Olympics backlash
Australian B-girl Rachael Gunn said it would be "difficult" to compete now with the "level of scrutiny that's going to be there," although she still loved dancing.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 07, 2024

Trump win spurs interest in 4B, fringe South Korean movement to swear off men
In light of Donald Trump's victory, some American women say they are turning to a movement that advocates no sex, dating or marriage with men and no children.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 06, 2024

Supreme Court appears split in Facebook lawsuit tied to data breach
A group of Facebook investors sued in 2018, saying the social media giant gave misleading statements and omitted key information about a data breach.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 06, 2024

Elon Musk says Trump win is just the start of his political ambitions
Trump called Musk a "new star" during his victory speech early Wednesday morning. Musk said his political ambitions are just getting started.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 05, 2024

Russia blamed for bomb threats at polling sites in Georgia and other states
Federal officials say the false threats followed bogus fraud claims and didn't threaten the orderly voting process.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 05, 2024

Elon Musk will join Trump at Mar-a-Lago on election night
The tech billionaire is expected to join an evening of events and festivities, as wealthy donors descend on the former president's Mar-a-Lago residence

Washington Post Tech
Nov 05, 2024

Russia blamed for bomb threats at Georgia and Arizona polling sites
Federal officials say the false threats follow bogus fraud claims and won't threaten the orderly voting process.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 05, 2024

Russia blamed for bomb threats that briefly shut Georgia polling stations
Federal officials say the false threats follow bogus fraud claims and won't threaten the orderly voting process.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 05, 2024

Windows 10 has a ‘best by' date. Here's what you can do about it.
Your Windows 10 PC won't magically stop working, but it's time to start thinking about your options.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 05, 2024

The sane human's guide to ‘panic responsibly' on Election Day
Feeling election anxiety? Know what to expect, including days of vote counting and garbage information online, and how to put it in perspective.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 04, 2024

A deepfake showed MLK Jr. backing Trump. His daughter calls it ‘vile.'
A false video made with artificial intelligence showed MLK Jr., who was assassinated in 1968, praising Donald Trump. King's daughter condemned the clip.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 04, 2024

Election deniers were aimless. Now, with Musk's help, they're an army.
The fringe group that scrambled to subvert Trump's 2020 loss has spent years preparing online to contest this year's vote. This time, the world's richest man is on their side.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 04, 2024

Four years after ‘Stop the Steal,' an organized army emerges online
The fringe group that scrambled to subvert Trump's 2020 loss has spent years preparing online to contest this year's vote. This time, Elon Musk is on their side.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 04, 2024

Led by Musk and Trump, an army of online actors has laid the groundwork to contest the election
The fringe group that scrambled to subvert Trump's 2020 loss has spent years preparing online to contest this year's vote. This time, the world's richest man is on their side.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 04, 2024

Make election week less stressful, without putting down your phone
If you can't find time to meditate, or even put your phone down for more than 10 minutes, there are still ways to dissociate during the most stressful days of the year. Here are our tech recommendations to keep calm and carry on.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 03, 2024

You're overexposed online. This service fixes 223 privacy settings for you.
There's a simple and effective new way to deep clean your privacy and security on Facebook, Google, X and more, from a startup called Block Party.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 03, 2024

What's in your TikTok feed? As elections near, it may depend on gender.
A Washington Post analysis of six months of feeds points to gender differences in how the hugely popular platform serves up political news.

Washington Post Tech
Nov 02, 2024

Efforts to combat disinformation in retreat as voters head to the polls
Tech companies cut many of the programs they adopted in 2020 to fight election disinformation. Now, unsubstantiated voter fraud claims are spreading quickly

Washington Post Tech
Nov 01, 2024

Dow average gains Nvidia, loses Intel as one chipmaker replaces another
By adding AI darling Nvidia, the Dow Jones Industrial Average will better represent the modern semiconductor industry, S&P Dow Jones Indices said.

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