Cisco to Pay $8.6 Million to Settle Government Claims of Flawed Tech
The Silicon Valley company, a major government contractor, was accused of selling video surveillance software that it knew had a security is...
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The Tools for Covering Tech Are the Same as in 2009
John Herrman, who writes about the internet, is using many of the same tech tools as a decade ago — but the conversation around how we use t...
LightSail-2 Mission Shows Solar Sailing’s Potential for Spaceflight
The spacecraft’s controllers on Earth succeeded in steering the spacecraft, demonstrating that mylar sails used for propulsion.
And Now, a Bicycle Built for None
It’s not the first self-driving bike. But equipped with an A.I. chip, it may be the nearest to thinking for itself.
London Lab Advances Use of A.I. in Health Care, but Raises Privacy Concerns
DeepMind is at the forefront of bringing artificial intelligence to health care. That its parent company is Alphabet raises issues of patien...
For Big Banks, It’s an Endless Fight With Hackers
An engineer in Seattle was charged with stealing the information of millions of customers from Capital One. The incident was surprisingly co...
Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth, Again
The Silicon Valley behemoth said that its revenue rose slightly in the most recent quarter, but profits still fell as iPhone sales continued...
A New Way to Fight Crop Diseases, With a Smartphone
A hand-held device could help farmers identify blighted plants, and perhaps reduce agricultural losses. It’s a like strep test for tomatoes ...
Huawei’s Sales Jump Despite Trump’s Blacklisting
Executives at the Chinese tech giant sounded exuberant about the firm’s ability to thrive, even if it ends up fully cut off from American te...
Fortnite Is Here to Stay. Just Ask Its Competitors.
Battle royale, a “fight for survival” genre popularized by Fortnite, has inspired imitators hoping to cash in. But there are signs that the ...
Huawei’s Sales Jump Despite Trump’s Blacklisting
Executives at the Chinese tech giant sounded exuberant about the firm’s ability to thrive, even if it ends up fully cut off from American te...
Your Next iPhone Might Be Made in Vietnam. Thank the Trade War.
Samsung already assembles half of its handsets in the country, which got a big lift from U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. Now Apple is homing ...
Toby Walsh, A.I. Expert, Is Racing to Stop the Killer Robots
Autonomous weapons, capable of acting without human oversight, are closer than we think, Dr. Walsh believes, and must be banned.
Would You Want a Computer to Judge Your Risk of H.I.V. Infection?
A new software algorithm decides which patients are most likely to become infected with the virus. But this is not like other risk calculato...
Cuba Expands Internet Access to Private Homes and Businesses
While Cuba went online in the 1990s, it has lagged behind much of the world in the race toward greater connectivity. For years, access remai...
How Has Fortnite Affected Your Family?
We want to hear how parents and young players perceive the video game’s positive and negative impacts.
Uber Lays Off 400 as Profitability Doubts Linger After I.P.O.
The ride-hailing company’s cuts follow an internal reorganization and questions about whether it can make money.
In Brazil, Architects Explore ‘the Logic of the Weave’
Weaver and artist Alison Grace Martin employs non-Euclidean geometry in her small bamboo creations. Now she’s scaling up.
Facebook Connected Her to a Tattooed Soldier in Iraq. Or So She Thought.
Renee Holland sent her Facebook friend thousands of dollars. She became entwined in a global fraud that the social network and the United St...
5 Things to Know About Military Romance Scams on Facebook
Here’s how victims are hooked, and what Facebook and the United States military say they can (and cannot) do about it.
Why Whole Foods Hasn’t Satisfied Amazon’s Grocery Appetite
Instead of Whole Foods being the answer to the tech behemoth’s grocery ambitions, it seems to have encouraged executives to pursue other ide...
Everybody Hates the Key Card. Will Your Phone Replace It?
Technology that allows hotel guests to use their phones as room keys is expanding, taking aim at those environmentally unfriendly plastic ca...
Sprint and T-Mobile Loved to Attack Each Other. Then They Decided to Merge.
After years of public spats that took the form of attack ads and needling tweets, two longtime foes join forces at last.
Privacy Group Files Legal Challenge to Facebook’s $5 Billion F.T.C. Settlement
The Electronic Privacy Information Center says the deal would unfairly dismiss thousands of complaints against the tech giant.
Facebook Love Scams: Who’s Really Behind That Friend Request?
A New TV Show from The New York Times on FX and Hulu
T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Is Approved by Justice Dept., Clearing Major Hurdle
The deal would reshape the wireless industry and create a formidable rival to AT&T and Verizon.
The Week in Tech: Huge Fines Can’t Hide America’s Lack of a Data Privacy Law
Rules protecting user data could encourage companies to behave better, but there’s little agreement in Washington about what they should loo...
In Hong Kong Protests, Faces Become Weapons
A technology-driven quest to identify protesters and police officers has people in both groups desperate to protect their anonymity. Some fe...
SoftBank Unveils New Tech Fund to Expand Its Sprawling Portfolio
The Japanese conglomerate behind investments in Uber, WeWork and Bytedance has attracted $108 billion for the new Vision Fund 2.
Alphabet Earnings: Profits Triple and Slump Worries Ease
Wall Street was concerned that ad sales were slowing for Google’s parent company. But analysts are still looking for growth in other busines...
Apple Pays $1 Billion for Part of Intel’s Modem Business
The iPhone maker is adding patents and 2,200 Intel employees as it tries to reduce dependency on another chip maker, Qualcomm.
Chris Hughes, a Facebook Founder, Is Working With the Government to Break It Up
Mr. Hughes has joined two leading academics to argue to government officials that Facebook has engaged in anticompetitive behavior for almos...
Amazon Earnings: Just How Impatient Are Shoppers?
Amazon has expanded one-day shipping options in hopes of increasing sales.
Tulsi Gabbard, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Sues Google
The candidate claims Google shut down her ad account after the first debate in June, preventing her from capitalizing on new interest.
Calls Mount to Ease Big Tech’s Grip on Your Data
The wealth of some tech giants is built on harvesting and commercializing personal data. Advocates for a new deal on data are gaining moment...
Instagram Is Great for Models. It’s Also Good for Predators.
The platform can create a path to success for many young women. Scammers and abusers know it.
Ad Tool Facebook Built to Fight Disinformation Doesn’t Work as Advertised
The social network’s new ad library is so flawed, researchers say, that it is effectively useless as a way to track political messaging.
Facebook Says F.T.C. Has Opened Formal Antitrust Investigation
The announcement of the investigation dovetails with a separate privacy settlement between the F.T.C. and Facebook announced Wednesday.
Tesla Earnings: Analysts Expect a Loss Despite Sales Surge
The carmaker delivered a record number of cars in the second quarter but is expected to have lost money because sales of higher-priced model...
A Guide to Picking the Right Phone Plan
When you prepare to buy a new phone, you should also assess whether it’s time for a new wireless plan. Here are some steps to make that proc...
When Online Procrastination Is Your Job
There’s a reason that logging off is very important to Amanda Hess, a critic-at-large who covers the internet and the culture it creates.
Facebook Fined $5 Billion and Ordered to Add Oversight of Data Practices
The F.T.C. placed new conditions on Facebook for privacy violations, but did not restrict the social network’s ability to gather and use peo...
YouTube Is a Big Business. Just How Big Is Anyone’s Guess.
As Alphabet prepares to report quarterly earnings, investors will largely remain in the dark about one of its most important businesses.
Justice Department Opens Antitrust Review of Big Tech Companies
The agency said it would look into concerns about anticompetitive behavior by some of the industry’s biggest companies.
Your Data Were ‘Anonymized’? These Scientists Can Still Identify You
Computer scientists have developed an algorithm that can pick out almost any American in databases supposedly stripped of personal informati...
Five Women Who Made the Moon Landing Possible
That “giant leap for mankind” happened thanks to plenty of women.
Sailing Through Space on Solar Wind? LightSail 2 Will Try
The Planetary Society will attempt to deploy LightSail 2 and further demonstrate the potential for solar sailing for space travel.
How to Get a $5,000 Amazon Credit: Buy a House
Amazon is teaming with Realogy, an owner of real estate brokerage firms, to offer home buyers free Alexa speakers and services like furnitur...
Two Police Officers Are Fired Over Facebook Post Saying Ocasio-Cortez ‘Needs a Round’
One police officer from Gretna, La., referred to the congresswoman as a “vile idiot” and suggested she should be shot. Another officer liked...
Bird Is Said to Raise New Funding at $2.5 Billion Valuation
The new valuation is only slightly above the $2.3 billion that Bird was pegged at last year.
With $1 Billion From Microsoft, an A.I. Lab Wants to Mimic the Brain
OpenAI, now managed by start-up guru Sam Altman, wants to create a machine that can do anything the human brain can do. Skeptics wonder if i...
Start-Up Says It’s Changing Eye Care for the Better. Others See It Differently.
Hubble offers customers contact lens subscriptions at low monthly prices. Critics say it bypasses eye care professionals, doesn’t properly v...
The Week in Business: A Suddenly Vulnerable Netflix
Plus, the fight for a $15 minimum wage and a Russian viral app that may be dangerous. (It’s not. It just makes you look older.)
Just Before the Eagle Landed, an Alien Arrived in Our Living Room
Until the Apollo 11 mission, my family didn’t have a television. Then, for one weekend, we joined the rest of Planet Earth.
Most Wikipedia Profiles Are of Men. This Scientist Is Changing That.
Jessica Wade has added nearly 700 Wikipedia biographies for important female and minority scientists in less than two years.
The Week in Tech: Some Workers Hate Robots. Retraining May Change That.
Striking Amazon employees complained about how robots changed their jobs, but the company may help them think differently.
How We Augmented Our Original Reporting for the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
The Times’s Graphics, Science and Immersive Storytelling teams shine a new light on the iconic photography from the first moonwalk.
Will Hiding Like Counts Be Good for Instagram Users? Test Is Expanded to 6 More Countries
The social media platform theorizes that the move may reduce pressure on users.
Sorry, You Won’t Be Hovering Over Paris Anytime Soon
Though the sky is ripe for disruption with jetpacks and flying cars, we are stuck on the ground partly because we want to be.
Why Are These Mice Hallucinating? Scientists Are in Their Heads
New laser technology appeared to trigger particular images in the brains of lab mice.
Microsoft Earnings: Tech Giant Keeps Focus on the Cloud
Can the largest publicly traded company continue to get more out of its cloud-computing business?
This New Liquid is Magnetic, and Mesmerizing
Scientists have created “soft” magnets that can flow and change shape, and that could be a boon to medicine and robotics.
8 Podcasts for the Tech Curious
Following the latest innovations in science and technology may seem daunting, but these podcasts can help.
Is Huawei a Security Threat? Vietnam Isn’t Taking Any Chances
As the world splits along U.S.-China fault lines, telecom companies in Vietnam appear to be quietly avoiding the Chinese tech giant in their...
Qualcomm Is Fined Again by European Regulators for Antitrust Behavior
The $272 million fine is for blocking a rival chip maker from the market. It is the second time in two years that E.U. authorities have pena...
How The Times Analyzed the Migrant Center Airstrike
It seemed too outrageous that such a place would be bombed, but if it were true it might be a war crime. It was the middle of the night in L...
FaceApp Lets You ‘Age’ a Photo by Decades. Does It Also Violate Your Privacy?
Some security concerns raised about the app at the center of a popular social media trend are exaggerated, but experts say the developer sho...
Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Faces Second Day of Critical Hearings
Skeptical House committee members said Facebook’s Libra plans could be a threat to central banks and aid tax evaders and drug dealers.
The Sad Truth About Sleep-Tracking Devices and Apps
Our personal tech columnist tracked his sleep for two weeks with an Apple Watch and some software. Here’s why he concluded it was a pointles...
Covering Protests Where There Is a Distrust of Social Media
Daniel Victor, a reporter in Hong Kong, on why protesters there chose not to go after the Instagram moments while marching.
When ‘Good Stories’ Happen for Bad Reasons
We take comfort in news about viral acts of kindness toward the sick, the poor and others in need, experts say, but there’s a catch.
Amazon Faces E.U. Inquiry Over Data From Independent Sellers
European regulators have opened a formal inquiry into the data that Amazon collects from third-party sellers on its website.
One Small Step for Experimental Space Gear. Many Giant Leaps of Imagination.
A gallery of scenes from when the space age was young and extraterrestrial travel looked fun.
Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Future’
Ford and other companies say the industry overestimated the arrival of autonomous vehicles, which still struggle to anticipate what other dr...
Google Glass Has an Afterlife as a Device to Teach Autistic Children
Privacy concerns caused the computerized eyewear to fail with the general public. But researchers believe it could help autistic children le...
Elon Musk’s Company Takes Baby Steps to Wiring Brains to the Internet
Neuralink, a San Francisco company funded by Mr. Musk, says it has created a device that could one day wire data links directly to the brain...
‘I Don’t Trust You Guys’: Lawmakers Unite to Take Aim at Big Tech
A series of hearings on Capitol Hill showed the rising force of the political backlash against the country’s tech giants.
Europe Billed Its Answer to GPS as More Robust. It’s Been Mostly Down for Days.
The European Union sees the service as a way to end the bloc’s reliance on GPS, which the American military controls.
Senators Grill Facebook Executive on Company’s Cryptocurrency Plans
Members of the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday raised broad concerns about its Libra effort, which the company introduced last month.
As New Space Race Beckons, Astronauts Face Identity Crisis
With the private sector moving aggressively into space, NASA is no longer the only game in town for would-be space travelers.
Don’t Scoff at Influencers. They’re Taking Over the World.
As social media expands its cultural dominance, the people who can steer the online conversation will have an upper hand.
The 5G Health Hazard That Isn’t
How one scientist and his inaccurate chart led to unwarranted fears of wireless technology.
The Apollo 11 Mission Was Also a Global Media Sensation
The satellites were finally ready to beam images back to Earth in 1969. And some 600 million people watched the event live.
Broadcom’s Bid for Symantec Is Said to Have Stalled
The discussions were halted after Broadcom dropped its takeover price for the security software company during due diligence, said people br...
‘Storm Area 51’ Facebook Group Is a Million Strong. It’s a Joke, Kind Of.
A Facebook post invited people to swarm the secretive military base in Nevada on Sept. 20. The Air Force said they’d better not.
A Feisty Google Adversary Tests How Much People Care About Privacy
DuckDuckGo is trying to attract users with a privacy-focused search engine. But taking on an internet giant isn’t easy.
Alan Turing Will Be New Face of £50 Note, Bank of England Says
The mathematician and computer pioneer was chosen from 227,299 nominations for notable figures in the field of science.
Amazon Prime Day Brings Sales, and Risks, for Retailers
The emergence of a major discount shopping season in the middle of the summer may cost retailers scrambling to keep up with Amazon.
‘The Town Hall of Hollywood.’ Welcome to the Netflix Lobby.
Every day an entertainment’s who’s who passes through the 4,780-square-foot “creative gateway” — complete with 80-foot video screen — hoping...
Fighting Big Tech Makes for Some Uncomfortable Bedfellows
Conservatives are showing up at largely liberal conferences to call for breaking up Facebook and Google. Liberals are going on conservative ...
India’s Chandrayaan-2 Moon Launch: When and How to Watch
One of the largest countries on Earth hopes to become the fourth to land successfully on the moon’s surface.
India’s Going to the Moon, and the Country Is Pumped
India will launch an unmanned rover into space on Monday. If successful, India will join a select group of nations capable of reaching the m...
India’s Going to the Moon, and the Country Is Pumped
India will launch an unmanned rover into space on Monday. If successful, India will join a select group of nations capable of reaching the m...
The Week in Business: Amazon Won’t Let the Robots Take Over
Plus, the Trump administration has a big job opening, and there’s a new technology tax.
Facebook Dodged a Bullet From the F.T.C. It Faces Many More.
The social network may have escaped restrictions and financial bruising with the F.T.C.’s settlement, but its pain is just beginning around ...
Two Magical Places That Sent Apollo 11 to the Moon and Back
They’ve nearly vanished, but hubs in Southern California and on Long Island played key roles in the lunar race.
Facial Recognition Tech Is Growing Stronger, Thanks to Your Face
Large databases, built with images from social networks and dating services, contain millions of pictures of people’s faces. Some are shared...
Fernando Corbató, a Father of Your Computer (and Your Password), Dies at 93
In a breakthrough in the 1960s, he showed that computers could be used interactively with quick results, and also made secure from others’ u...
F.T.C. Approves Facebook Fine of About $5 Billion
If approved by the Justice Department, the settlement would be the biggest fine levied by the federal government against a technology compan...
Judge Clears Way for Amazon and Microsoft to Compete for Giant Pentagon Contract
Oracle had alleged that Amazon and the Defense Department biased the $10 billion JEDI contract in Amazon’s favor, but was unable to change t...
The Week in Tech: Big Brother May Be Watching, but for How Long?
Calls for outright bans on facial recognition are mounting. How likely are they to succeed?
As Nations Look to Tax Tech Firms, U.S. Scrambles to Broker a Deal
The proposed levies on firms like Facebook and Google are pitting traditional allies against one another and threatening to set off a cascad...
Neglected After Apollo, the Moon Comes Back Around
Something of a new lunar race is underway, but the motivations differ from what put men on the moon 50 years ago.
Trump Uses Twitter to Govern. I Used It to Cover His Social Media Summit.
The president held the first such gathering at the White House. Notably absent were Twitter, Facebook and Google.
Julie Sweet to Run Accenture, Adding a Woman to the Ranks of Corporate C.E.O.s
Her appointment raises the number of women at the helm of the most valuable U.S. public companies to 27, but that is just slightly more than...
F.E.C. Allows Security Company to Help 2020 Candidates Defend Campaigns
Federal lawyers previously advised the commission to block the company, Area 1, from providing services to presidential candidates at a disc...
Hold ‘Em or Fold ‘Em? This A.I. Bluffs With the Best
Pluribus, a poker-playing algorithm, can beat the world’s top human players, proving that machines, too, can master our mind games.
Amazon to Retrain a Third of U.S. Workers as Automation Advances
The company said it would spend $700 million to retrain about 100,000 workers by 2025.
Fed Chair Raises ‘Serious Concerns’ About Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Project
Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, was the latest central banker to express skepticism about Facebook’s cryptocurrency plans.
Trump’s ‘Social Media Summit’: All the President’s Memes
A White House gathering on Thursday illuminates the influence of pro-Trump trolls within the political establishment.
Trump’s ‘Social Media Summit’: All the President’s Memes
A White House gathering on Thursday illuminates the influence of pro-Trump trolls within the political establishment.
You’re Hired. Now Wear This Headset to Learn the Job.
Companies like Microsoft see a multibillion-dollar opportunity to get more personal technology to workers who don’t sit behind a desk.
Collecting Your Thoughts Is Good. Organizing Them Is Even Better.
Today’s apps, services and hardware make it easy to jot, sketch and save the things that inspire you.
How a Longtime Tech Editor Keeps His Tech Use Simple
Why complicate things with unproven bleeding-edge tech? Jim Kerstetter, deputy tech editor, also shops local and stays away from Uber and Po...
IBM Bets $34 Billion That Red Hat Can Help It Catch Amazon and Microsoft
With the acquisition of a leading business software company, IBM is presenting itself as an open, impartial player in the cloud computing in...
Twitter Backs Off Broad Limits on ‘Dehumanizing’ Speech
An effort to forbid “dehumanizing” tweets was scaled back after criticism and debate, and for now focuses only on those directed at religiou...
To Reduce Hospital Noise, Researchers Create Alarms That Whistle and Sing
Why do medical devices sound so terrible? A group of clinicians, psychologists, musicians and designers are developing signals that are less...
What if Being a YouTube Celebrity Is Actually Backbreaking Work?
Emma Chamberlain dropped out of school and changed the world of online video. It hasn’t been easy.
Kohl’s Is Betting on Amazon Returns to Drive Sales
The retailer wants to draw more people into its stores, and it hopes that packing, labeling and shipping returns for the online behemoth wil...
ICE Used Facial Recognition to Mine State Driver’s License Databases
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have analyzed millions of drivers’ photos without their knowledge, newly released documents sh...
Employee Activism Is Alive in Tech. It Stops Short of Organizing Unions.
Efforts to form unions at several smaller tech companies have stalled, showing the limits of how far a wave of employee activism can go.
Your Data Could Be at the Center of the Fight Against Big Tech
Germany’s top antitrust official is urging other countries to take on Facebook and its peers by attacking what the companies value most: dat...
An Online Preschool Closes a Gap but Exposes Another
It is not a program for children of the rich. It is geared to lower-income families who have fewer prekindergarten options.
Now Some Families Are Hiring Coaches to Help Them Raise Phone-Free Children
Screen consultants are here to help you remember life before smartphones and tablets. (Spoiler: get a dog!)
Samsung, Stung by Trade War, Expects a Big Plunge in Profits
The technology giant predicted a 56 percent drop in quarterly operating profit, as the trade war between the United States and China caused ...
As New Zealand Fights Online Hate, the Internet’s Darkest Corners Resist
If anything, the appetite for material connected to the Christchurch massacre is growing, even as New Zealand tries to deny the accused gunm...
Ford and VW Are Set to Cooperate on Self-Driving and Electric Cars
An agreement to be formalized next week is the latest example of how rivals in the auto industry are sharing the enormous cost of new techno...
‘Eight’ Is a Breakthrough for Virtual Reality in Classical Music
In his latest work, the composer Michel van der Aa has fully integrated emerging technology with musical and theatrical ideas.
‘Prospective Threat’ of Chinese Spying Justifies Huawei Ban, U.S. Says
Government lawyers argued in a court filing this week that proof of wrongdoing by the Chinese tech giant was not required to justify barring...
Remembering Those Who Lived the Apollo 11 Mission
Portraits of people forever tethered to the moon landing.
The Week in Tech: What Should Your City Do if It’s Hit by Ransomware?
Taking a principled stand against hackers can be expensive, but paying a ransom could lead to more trouble.
Amazon’s Deliveroo Investment Is Halted for U.K. Scrutiny
A British regulator ordered that an Amazon-led cash infusion into the food-delivery start-up be paused to study whether it creates competiti...
G.M. Leaves Lordstown Behind in Hard Bet on Future
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The Horrible Place Between the Apps
Many of us have half-quit apps like Twitter and Instagram. It’s awful.
Broadcom Said to Be in Talks to Buy Symantec, the Security Software Maker
If an agreement is reached, it will underline how much Broadcom, a semiconductor giant, has had to change its acquisition strategy after a h...
Broadcom Said to Be in Talks to Buy Symantec, the Security Software Maker
If an agreement is reached, it will underline how much Broadcom, a semiconductor giant, has had to change its acquisition strategy after a h...
‘Fingerprinting’ to Track Us Online Is on the Rise. Here’s What to Do.
Advertisers are increasingly turning to an invisible method that pulls together information about your device to pinpoint your identity.
Two Voice Recorders on Hand, Because Congress Does Talk
Nicholas Fandos covers the Capitol, where “a lot of energy goes into being in the right place at the right time.” Some in-house resources he...
The Endlessly Frosty American Indoors
What has our obsession with air-conditioning made us? And what comes next?
Inside an Amazon Warehouse, Robots’ Ways Rub Off on Humans
A machine-dominated workplace can make employees more mechanical themselves. But there is room for initiative, and small acts of rebellion.
Tesla Says Deliveries in Quarter Set a Record
The electric-car maker said the 95,200 vehicles beat the mark set in last year’s final quarter. But it may be hard pressed to meet its 2019 ...
China Snares Tourists’ Phones in Surveillance Dragnet by Adding Secret App
Border authorities routinely install the app on the phones of people entering the Xinjiang region by land from Central Asia, gathering perso...
Netflix Has a Talk Show Problem
For sitcoms, dramas and reality shows, the jump to streaming was easy. But talk shows? It’s tricky.
R.J. Scaringe, Founder of Rivian, Quietly Builds a Tesla for Trucks and S.U.V.s
The company, which recently came out of stealth mode, has raised $1.7 billion from Amazon, Ford Motor and others without selling a single pi...
The Government Cut Their Internet. Will Abuses Now Remain Hidden?
With ethnic conflict spreading in Rakhine State in Myanmar, a government-led online shutdown could hide human rights abuses and leave vulner...
Man Is Charged in Twitter Threat to Lynch Muslim Lawyer
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Joseph Cecil Vandevere, 52. He is accused of threatening a man who is now running for office in ...
They Kinda Want to Believe Apollo 11 Was Maybe a Hoax
Conspiracy theories were once deadly serious. On the internet, skepticism about the moon landing shows how the mood has shifted.
Wired Bacteria Form Nature’s Power Grid: ‘We Have an Electric Planet’
Electroactive bacteria were running current through “wires” long before humans learned the trick.
Scientists Took an M.R.I. Scan of an Atom
The hospital technology, typically used to identify human ailments, captured perhaps the world’s smallest magnetic resonance image.
What Trump’s Huawei Reversal Means for the Future of 5G
Huawei is the top threat to American dominance in wireless technology. And the U.S. is woefully, even disgracefully, behind.
Al Kelly of Visa on the Reagan White House and the Politics of Guns
Everywhere and nowhere, he works to keep Visa at the center of the global financial system — and out of political disputes.
Genealogy Sites Have Helped Identify Suspects. Now They’ve Helped Convict One.
A new forensic technique sailed through its first test in court, leading to a guilty verdict. But beyond the courtroom, a battle over privac...
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