Can Elon Musk and Tesla Reinvent the Way Cars Are Made?
Scrambling to turn out its first mass-market electric car, the automaker set up multiple assembly lines and is changing production processes...
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Newspaper Shooting Shows Widening Use of Facial Recognition by Authorities
The use of facial recognition to identify the suspect in the shooting at a community newspaper chain in Maryland revealed how pervasive the ...
Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Ajit Pai’s Family
Federal officials said the man said he made the threat because he was “angry” about the repeal of net neutrality regulations.
Wealth Matters: Can Artificial Intelligence Keep Your Home Secure?
Security companies are hoping to harness the potential of A.I., promising better service at lower prices. But experts say there are risks.
Time Split to the Nanosecond Is Precisely What Wall Street Wants
Driven by the needs of the financial industry, researchers are working on ways to manage vast computer systems down to 100 billionths of a s...
Life as a Runway: What 9 Instagram Employees Wore to Their New Offices
The company has a sunny new home in New York City.
Tech Tip: Dedicated App or Mobile Website?
A company’s app may offer more features than a visit to its site through the browser on your phone or tablet, but it may take up more space ...
Bits: The Week in Tech: Amazon Continues Its Quest for World Domination
This week alone, the e-commerce giant made news in pharmaceuticals, supermarket pricing and deliveries.
Tech Tip: Explore the Great Indoors
Map apps and websites have compiled quite a bit of outdoor cartography, but floor plans and diagrams for interior spaces are also available ...
NASA Again Delays Launch of Troubled Webb Telescope; Cost Estimate Rises to $9.7 Billion
The successor to the Hubble has had a series of mishaps during testing. An independent review board pushed back the launch for three years.
Tech We’re Using: Now He Pulls Data Off the Web. In 1979, It Was Clips From the ‘Morgue.’
Steve Lohr, a veteran New York Times reporter, reflects on how tech-free newsrooms used to be and how the progression to the internet has ch...
Facebook Halts Aquila, Its Internet Drone Project
The company had envisioned a fleet of solar-powered aircraft that would help bring more people online in remote parts of the world.
Tech Tip: Use the iPhone’s Sleep Diary
Apple’s iOS software includes a tool for planning a serious slumber schedule and sticking to it.
Trump Backs Softer Restrictions on Chinese Investment
President Trump has chosen a more moderate approach to limit Chinese investments in the United States, backing an expansion of existing gove...
State of the Art: We Have Reached Peak Screen. Now Revolution Is in the Air.
With smartphones, everything digital has been managed through screens. Now that all of our visual capacity has been captured, the tech giant...
Can This Exclusive Dating App Install a Wondrous Utopia While Also Helping Celebrities Hook Up?
The founder of Raya is stepping forward for the first time. Next up for Daniel Gendelman? Making our society more ideal.
Uber Wins Back London License, in Victory for New C.E.O.
The decision is a crucial victory for Dara Khosrowshahi’s efforts to revamp the company’s grow-at-all-costs culture.
Tech Tip: Find Free (Old) Feature Films Online
Like books that have lost copyright protection, thousands of movies are in the public domain — to watch on your computer or mobile device, o...
Robots? Training? Factories Tackle the Productivity Puzzle
With unemployment low and wages creeping up, companies have an incentive to become more efficient — an exercise that tends to drive economic...
Tech Tip: Taking a Vacation From Email
If you’re determined to enjoy time off without electronic interruption, set up an automatic reply message so your friends know you’re away.
China Extends Lead as Most Prolific Supercomputer Maker
China’s corporations and its government made 206 of the world’s 500 fastest machines, moving further ahead of the number made in the United ...
Advertising: Advertisers Sip Rosé and Ponder Ethics in South of France
The annual Cannes Lions advertising festival was an occasion for revelry, but marketers were also grappling with what kind of content they m...
Uber Claims to Have Changed. A London Judge Will Decide.
The ride-hailing company is appealing a ban in its largest European market. The case is a major test of changes made by its new chief execut...
Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse
Internet-connected home devices that are marketed as the newest conveniences are also being used to harass, monitor and control.
Bits: The Week in Tech: Silicon Valley Gets Even More Political
This week, tech companies weighed in on the separation of children from their migrant parents at the Mexico border. Here’s why tech has beco...
Tech Tip: Locked Out of Your iPhone? Here’s What to Do
Apple includes plenty of security features to protect your data, but if you forget your passcode and can’t unlock the phone, you can still r...
Inside a Heist of American Chip Designs, as China Bids for Tech Power
Micron, an American chip maker, says its designs were swiped to help a new Chinese plant. Washington sees a larger pattern, fueling tensions...
Art Review: This Artist Foresaw Our Digital Future in a Meadow of Dandelions
At the New Museum, Thomas Bayrle’s world of units, patterns, machines and pixelation merging with nature takes shape in a career-spanning su...
John Oliver, Having Mocked Chinese Censorship, Is Censored in China
The name of the “Last Week Tonight” host became a banned term on the Weibo social media service after he took China’s human rights record an...
Intel C.E.O. Resigns After Relationship With Employee
Brian Krzanich, who resigned after violating the company’s “non-fraternization policy,” will be replaced on an interim basis by the company’...
Tech Tip: Moving On From Picasa
Google’s old picture-editing program has been retired, but other free desktop or browser-based programs might be able to fill the void.
How a Few People Took Equifax to Small Claims Court Over Its Data Breach and Won
After 145 million Americans’ financial information was exposed last year, some of them won cases against the credit reporting agency in loca...
Tech We’re Using: By Subway, Bus and Uber in New York, With Twitter and Other Apps in Hand
Technology is helping to solve transit issues, even if progress seems slow. Emma G. Fitzsimmons, who covers New York City transit for The Ti...
Tech Tip: How to Organize Firefox Bookmarks
The Bookmarks Library window gives you a tidy place to sort, file, rearrange and otherwise manage the shortcuts to your favorite places on t...
State of the Art: How Tech Companies Conquered America’s Cities
Elon Musk is drilling tunnels, electric scooters command the sidewalks, and Amazon is throwing its weight around in Seattle. Welcome to the ...
The Glamorous Grandmas of Instagram
The subversive cadre of women over 60 prove that “old” is not what it used to be.
Tech Tip: How to Back Up Your Android Phone
Google saves your settings and some app content to its cloud, but third-party programs may give you a more complete backup.
Huawei’s New Front in the Global Technology Cold War: Australia
The Chinese telecom giant fears U.S. skepticism over the security of its products will spread to countries that have long been dependable cu...
How Apple’s Tim Cook Became Tech’s Top Diplomat
Caught in the trade fight between Washington and Beijing, Mr. Cook, the company’s chief executive, has become something of an envoy while tr...
Tech Tip: Two Tools to Protect Privacy Online
Virtual private networks and ad blockers shield you in different ways, and can work together.
Google, Rebuilding Its Presence in China, Invests in Retailer JD.com
Its search engine has been blocked in the country for years, but the company is looking for other ways to be part of the flourishing interne...
The Week Ahead: Central Bankers Will Debate Policy, and OPEC Meets on Output
The Senate will also vote on an amendment that would block President Trump’s ZTE deal, and the Fox board will weigh Comcast’s $65 billion of...
Amazon Tightens Grip on a New Medium: Live Streams of Video Games
Google and Facebook are struggling to catch up with Twitch, a service that Amazon bought four years ago for $1.1 billion.
Goodbye, Denver Post. Hello, Blockchain.
A group of journalists leaves a shrinking daily to start a new outlet, The Colorado Sun, in partnership with a blockchain company.
Are Genetic Testing Sites the New Social Networks?
Like Facebook, but for fifth cousins, adoptive mothers and sperm-donor dads.
Tech Tip: Get Gmail to Stop Archiving and Start Deleting
The mobile app for Google’s service may be set to automatically archive messages you’ve swiped past, but you can change the setting.
Bits: Farhad’s Week in Tech: Bitcoin and the Scams Under Everything
In this week’s tech newsletter, our tech columnist considers a study finding price manipulation in cryptocurrencies.
Corner Office: Marc Benioff of Salesforce: ‘Are We Not All Connected?’
A billionaire tech mogul with a spiritual side, Mr. Benioff riffs on his early days at Apple and Oracle, and what’s wrong with Facebook.
Facebook’s Head of Communications and Policy Is Leaving Company
Elliot Schrage, an architect of Facebook’s responses to recent scandals, said Thursday that he was ending a decade of service.
Facebook’s New Political Algorithms Increase Tension With Publishers
The company introduced new policies in response to criticism of its role in the 2016 election, but news outlets say journalism can now be mi...
AT&T Closes Acquisition of Time Warner
The Justice Department said it would not seek an injunction to stop the deal, which gives AT&T access to Time Warner’s vast media and en...
Safety Move by Didi, Chinese Ride-Hailing App, May Strand Women at Night
A company considered the Uber of China resumes late-hour car-pooling but says that men can’t pick up female passengers, a problem in a place...
Tech Tip: Coming Down From iCloud
Apple’s cloud service is intertwined with its operating systems, but you can move many of your files to a new online home.
Facebook confirms it tracks your mouse movements on the screen
The tech company most likely to morph into Big Brother has confirmed that, yep, it tracks users’ mouse movements on the screen in an e...
Amazing 18 Gmail settings that will change how you think about your inbox
Make your inbox more efficient and effective with these easily overlooked options. By JR Raphael When it comes to managin...
Stephen Bannon Buys Into Bitcoin
He was pushed out of the White House and then Breitbart News. Now he is focused on cryptocurrencies, which he thinks can disrupt the financi...
At Snapchat, Redrawing the Bounds of Reality
Augmented reality may change entertainment as we know it. For Snapchat, the revolution starts with 15-second cartoons.
Chicago Says Elon Musk’s Company Will Build Tunnels and Electric Cars to Go to O’Hare
Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that Mr. Musk’s company hopes to create a system of electric vehicles underground to carry people from downtown...
Tech Fix: Your Wi-Fi Security Is Probably Weak. Here’s How to Fix That.
After malware recently infected hundreds of thousands of Wi-Fi routers, our personal tech columnist came up with this guide for ensuring the...
ZTE’s Shares Plunge as Deal With Trump Comes Under Threat
Investors worry that American lawmakers will stop a White House agreement that would allow the Chinese company to resume buying U.S. technol...
Tech Tip: Battling Adware That Redirects Your Browser
If your browser is suddenly full of pop-up ads or taking you to sites you didn’t request, you probably have a malware infection.
Bitcoin’s Price Was Artificially Inflated Last Year, Researchers Say
A University of Texas team found evidence that a cryptocurrency boom may have been largely due to manipulation.
Seattle Officials to Consider Repealing Tax That Upset Amazon
The lawmakers said that reaction from businesses and community groups pushed them to revisit the tax.
Big Day for AT&T, Time Warner and U.S. as Court Rules in Antitrust Case
The AT&T-Time Warner antitrust ruling will be watched by corporate bosses and investment bankers for signs of how mergers will be able t...
AT&T Has Had Many Run-Ins With the Government
The ruling expected Tuesday in the AT&T-Time Warner case is just the latest chapter in AT&T’s tangles with United States antitrust l...
How Universities Deal With Sexual Harassment Needs Sweeping Change, Panel Says
Current policies and programs have failed overwhelmingly to address and prevent the problem, said a report from the National Academies of Sc...
If the Robots Come for Our Jobs, What Should the Government Do?
Some big ideas are starting to percolate. But less dramatic ones might work, too.
Tech Tip: Why That Digital Photo Print Is Fuzzy
If your pictures look blotchy and out of focus, you likely need to print them at a smaller size or find a version of the photo at a higher r...
Big Day for AT&T, and for Justice Dept., as Court Rules on Time Warner Case
The AT&T-Time Warner antitrust ruling will be watched by corporate bosses and investment bankers for signs of how mergers will be able t...
Tech Tip: Become a Guest on Your Own Computer
Using an account with limited powers may help protect the system from malicious software that is looking to dig deep.
The Net Neutrality Repeal Is Official. Here’s How That Could Affect You.
Net Neutrality rules that required internet service providers to offer equal access to all web content are no longer in effect as of Monday....
Amazon Studios’ New Boss Is Reshaping Its Strategy. Step One: Lure New Talent.
Jennifer Salke, the new head of the tech giant’s TV and movie division, is letting Hollywood know that the door is open for creative talent ...
The New New World: Near-Collapse of ZTE May Be China’s Sputnik Moment
The tech giant’s experience made many people in China see how far the country still has to go. “We realized that China’s prosperity was buil...
Deal Makers Brace for Ruling in AT&T-Time Warner Case
The path of many blockbuster deals could be transformed in an instant on Tuesday, when a judge is expected to release an opinion about the m...
Trilobites: This Device Helps Fish Make It Out of the Twilight Zone Alive
A portable decompression chamber helps scientists protect fish from injury when they are brought to the ocean’s surface.
Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and the Feud Over Killer Robots
As the tech moguls disagree over the risks presented by something that doesn’t exist yet, all of Silicon Valley is learning about unintended...
Verizon’s Deal-Making C.E.O. Retires; Top Tech Executive to Take Over
The choice of Hans E. Vestberg points to the importance that Verizon places on next-generation 5G mobile technology. He will succeed Mr. McA...
Tech Tip: Get a Wi-Fi Tablet on a Cellular Network
Even if your iPad or Android tablet does not have its own cellular chip, you might be able to borrow a data connection from your phone.
Kevin and Farhad’s Week in Tech: Did the ‘Techlash’ Matter?
In this week’s tech newsletter, our columnists wonder whether the backlash against tech has amounted to anything. Also, news from Apple’s bi...
For Chinese Pedestrians Glued to Their Phones, a Middle Path Emerges
Chinese pedestrians who stare at their mobile phones are known as the heads-down tribe. In one Chinese city, a lane for distracted walkers p...
While You Were Gawking at Snapchat Posts, One Artist Was Listening to Them
Christian Marclay worked with Snapchat engineers on an installation that harvested and manipulated the sounds of publicly available posts.
Tech Tip: Keeping Coffee Off the Keys
You may not be able to prevent every potential beverage spill into your keyboard, but when it happens, know what to do.
U.S. Strikes Deal to Help China’s ZTE
The Chinese telecommunications company has been at the center of a wide-ranging and complex trade dispute between Washington and Beijing.
Amazon Wins U.K. Broadcast Rights to Premier League
The push by the online retail giant highlights the seismic shifts happening in the world of entertainment, as digital outlets compete for ey...
Tech Tip: Stepping Up iOS Security
Apple’s mobile gadgets may not need the same type of antivirus protection that desktop computers need these days, but there are other things...
Tech Tip: Weave Together Your Twitter Thoughts
When just one tweet isn’t enough, you can use Twitter’s threading tool to write and publish a series of connected posts on a topic.
Tech Tip: Replacing the Dead ‘Live Mail’
Windows Live Mail 2012 has been retired, but several other desktop programs can manage your inbox if you don’t want to wade in with a web br...
Microsoft Buys GitHub for $7.5 Billion, Moving to Grow in Coding’s New Era
The acquisition of the software development company is meant to help Microsoft gain ground in the area of so-called cloud computing.
Apple’s WWDC 2018: What to Watch For
Apple plans to use its five-day software conference to address two themes hovering over the tech industry: an erosion of privacy and smartph...
Trump Breaks Protocol With Tweet About Jobs Report Before It Is Released
A tweet “looking forward” to a Labor Department report an hour before its release drew swift condemnation. The report showed strong job grow...
Tech Tip: Let Gmail Finish Your Sentences
Google’s new machine-learning tools for its mail service can save you time and typos — as long as you are comfortable sharing your thoughts ...
Bits: Kevin’s Week in Tech: Pity the Tech B-List
There seems to be a growing rift between the largest tech companies — Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook and Microsoft — and the rest of the in...
Corner Office: Katrina Lake of Stitch Fix on Building Diverse Teams
While working at a venture capital firm, Ms. Lake saw that many entrepreneurs were “totally unqualified, totally normal people.” That inspir...
SoftBank Fund Puts $2.25 Billion in G.M.’s Driverless Unit
The magnitude of the deal reflects the growing confidence that commercial use of autonomous cars is in sight, despite recent setbacks.
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