Snow Closed the Highways. GPS Mapped a Harrowing Detour in the Sierra Nevada.
Public safety officials warned that alternate routes offered by apps like Google Maps and Waze don’t always take into account hazards to dri...
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Are Apple AirTags Being Used to Track People and Steal Cars?
Privacy groups sounded alarms about the coin-sized location-tracking devices when they were introduced. Now people are concerned those fears...
Tesla Recalls More Than 475,000 Cars Over Two Safety Defects
The recalls, which Tesla initiated on Dec. 21, affect about 350,000 Model 3s and 120,000 Model S cars.
Apps for Travelers Dreaming of Their Next Trip
Yes, there’s turmoil in the travel world right now, but many people are still eager to linger over plans for future journeys. These new onli...
Big Tech Journeys Into the Virtual Reality Reaches of the Metaverse
Tech’s biggest companies are joining game makers and start-ups in pursuit of an immersive digital world that some have been working on for y...
The Metaverse’s Dark Side: Here Come Harassment and Assaults
As Meta and other companies bet big on an immersive digital world, questions about its harms are rising.
How John Madden Became the Face of a Video Game Empire
Madden, who died Tuesday, helped bring to life a series of football video games that has generated $7 billion in revenue since 1988.
How Discord, Born From an Obscure Game, Became a Social Hub
Jason Citron created a video game that was going nowhere fast. So he stripped it down to a chatting feature that eventually boomed during th...
28 Row, a New App for College Women and Influencers
A new social app called 28 Row aims to connect college-age women, both for business opportunities and emotional support.
About 20 Apple Stores Are Now Closed as the Omicron Variant Surges.
Some of the closures were precautionary; others were closed because not enough healthy employees were available.
About 20 Apple stores are now closed as the Omicron variant surges.
Some of the closures were precautionary; others were closed because not enough healthy employees were available.
The 2021 Good Tech Awards
This year, technology companies stepped up on housing and criminal justice — with a dash of whistle-blowers mixed in.
Jury in Holmes Trial Set to Deliberate for Fourth Day
A jury of eight men and four women deliberated for three days last week with no verdict in the case of the Theranos founder.
Crash Test Dummies Made Cars Safer (for Average-Size Men)
Designers and researchers are now trying to leverage cutting-edge technology to create a system that better protects every body, women’s inc...
OneTrust Grows While the Internet Breaks Apart
Companies have sprouted up to help others navigate the varied laws around the world governing websites.
Tesla Agrees to Stop Letting Drivers Play Video Games in Moving Cars
A federal regulator said the electric vehicle maker agreed to disable the feature after an investigation was opened.
Amazon Reaches Labor Deal, Giving Workers More Power to Organize
The agreement’s national scope and its concessions to organizing go further than any previous settlement that the e-commerce giant has made....
Tech Won. Now What?
We’re grappling with how to handle the tech we have, and imagining what to make of the tech of our future.
Amazon Reaches Labor Deal, Giving Workers More Power to Organize
The agreement’s national scope and its concessions to organizing go further than any previous settlement that the e-commerce giant has made....
The Latest High School Prank? Students Sleeping.
Instagram accounts featuring photos of students slouching, nodding off and parking badly took off this past semester at schools around the c...
TikTok Made Them Famous. Figuring Out What’s Next Is Tough.
This year, the app’s biggest stars — Charli and Dixie D’Amelio, Noah Beck, Addison Rae and others — leapt from the phone screen to other pla...
High Schoolers Are Posting Pictures of Each Other Sleeping, Eating, Slouching and More
Instagram accounts featuring photos of students slouching, nodding off and parking badly took off this past semester at schools around the c...
Elizabeth Holmes Trial: Jurors Deliberate for a Third Day
If deliberations do not conclude on Thursday, they will resume at a date to be determined by the judge.
Meta aims for ‘deep compatibility’ with blockchain, according to an internal post.
Andrew Bosworth, who will become Meta’s chief technology officer next year, laid out a vision for the social network to adopt and work with ...
Supply Chain Problems Mean Buying a Car Sometimes Takes a Plane Ride
The limited supply of new and used vehicles is forcing some Americans to go to great lengths to find and buy them, including traveling to de...
Pro-China misinformation group continues spreading messages, researchers say.
The network has promoted a variety of falsehoods about human rights abuses and the coronavirus.
How Hillary Clinton's MasterClass Shows a Very 2021 Way to Be
Hillary Clinton delivered an unused election speech. Jennifer Aniston cried at Central Perk. It was a year for watching celebrities reinhabi...
The Tech I Want in 2022
Next year we need more creative ways to bring us together. (Laundry robots would be cool, too.)
Brands Find TikTok a ‘Sunny Place’ for Advertising
Brands are flocking to the platform like never before, drawn by its more than 1 billion users and its algorithm, which can make an ad seem l...
Lawmakers Urge Tech Companies to ‘Mitigate Harm’ of Suicide Website
A House committee is seeking briefings from search engines and web-hosting companies whose services might have been leveraged by the site, w...
How the Copy Cats Came for Clubhouse
The company showed that people would flock to an audio-only social media app. Can it fend off the imitators?
Brands Find TikTok a ‘Sunny Place’ for Advertising
Brands are flocking to the platform like never before, drawn by its more than 1 billion users and its algorithm, which can make an ad seem l...
How the Copy Cats Came for Clubhouse
The company showed that people would flock to an audio-only social media app. Can it fend off the imitators?
The jury deliberates for a second day in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes.
Closing arguments in the case concluded last week. On Monday, jurors began deliberating at around 8:30 a.m. They left the courthouse around ...
Oracle to Buy Cerner for $28.3 Billion
Cerner is No. 2 in the electronic health record business with 25 percent of the market.
The New Get-Rich-Faster Job in Silicon Valley: Crypto Start-Ups
Tech executives and engineers are quitting Google, Meta, Amazon and other large companies for what they say is a once-in-generation opportun...
Jury in Elizabeth Holmes’s Fraud Trial Set to Begin Deliberations
The trial, which has stretched nearly four months, has come to represent a critical moment for the tech industry and its culture of overly o...
Webb Telescope Approaches Launch, With an Eye Toward Cosmic Origins
The biggest space telescope in history aims to answer astronomy’s oldest question: How did we get from the Big Bang to here?
‘Q’ Has Been Quiet, but QAnon Lives On
With the absence of a leader, the movement has transformed into more of a “choose your own adventure” conspiracy theory.
Navigational Apps for the Blind Could Have a Broader Appeal
A proliferation of new apps designed to help blind and low vision people could prove useful for everyone.
Did You See What Big Bird Tweeted?
Social media is fueling our “parasocial relationships” with TV characters.
Elizabeth Holmes Trial Nears Finish as Closing Arguments End
On Thursday, prosecutors summarized more than three months of testimony in their closing arguments while rebutting some points made by Ms. H...
How Elizabeth Holmes Changed Her Style for Trial
As the fraud trial of the Theranos founder draws to a close, could her new courtroom image affect the decision?
Dan Ammann is out as chief of Cruise, G.M.'s driverless-car unit.
Expectations for autonomous vehicles have cooled since Mr. Ammann took over nearly three years ago, leaving his post as the president of Gen...
Elizabeth Holmes Trial: Closing Arguments Are Set to Begin
On Thursday morning, prosecutors are expected to begin their closing arguments as they try to prove that Ms. Holmes, 37, is guilty of 11 cou...
Someone Offered 'Harvard' Jobs to Known Women in India. It Was a Scam.
For over a year, prominent women in India, including journalists, were reeled into a labyrinthine online scam, offering work with Harvard Un...
Apple Pushes Return to Office Date Back to T.B.D.
Apple will also provide an additional $1,000 to each employee to help furnish home offices. The news came on the heels of Apple temporarily ...
Theranos and the Logic of Start-Up Bets
In the start-up world, there can be big payoff for investing and little incentive for asking questions.
Four Resolutions for a Healthier Tech Life in 2022
The tech world delivered many unpleasant surprises to us in the pandemic. We can learn from them.
That Viral Harry Styles Cardigan Just Got Auctioned as an NFT
Jonathan Anderson, the designer who made the original sweater, explains how it happened and what's next.
Toyota Outlines Electric Vehicle Expansion Plan
The company’s Lexus brand will only sell electric cars by 2030 in China, Europe and the United States.
The Dream of U.S.-Made Computer Chips
Before we invest in making more chips on U.S. soil, we should be asking what we’re trying to achieve.
Proud Boys Regroup Locally to Add to Ranks Before 2022 Midterms
The far-right nationalist group has become increasingly active at school board meetings and town council gatherings across the country.
The Labor Department Is Investigating Apple's Treatment of Employees
A former employee said she had accused Apple of suspending her and then firing her in September in retaliation for reporting workplace healt...
The Labor Department Is Investigating Apple's Treatment of Employees
A former employee said she had accused Apple of suspending her and then firing her in September in retaliation for reporting workplace healt...
Masayuki Uemura, 78, Dies; Designed the First Nintendo Console
He developed the Nintendo Entertainment System in the 1980s, which laid the foundation for today’s enormous video game console market and fr...
OSHA Leads Investigation Into Amazon Warehouse Collapse In Illinois
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has had compliance officers on the ground since Saturday, the federal agency said.
Now in Your Inbox: Political Misinformation
One of the most powerful communication tools available to politicians teems with unfounded claims and largely escapes notice.
Looking for a Way to Soup Up Your Car? Go Electric.
It may not be cheap, but swapping the combustion engine in your car for an electric one is getting easier.
Her Instagram Handle Was ‘Metaverse.’ Last Month, It Vanished.
Five days after Facebook changed its name to Meta, an Australian artist found herself blocked, with seemingly no recourse, from an account d...
At Amazon Site, Tornado Collided With Company’s Peak Delivery Season
Amazon, which has its highest employment during the holiday shopping season, said the tornado formed at the site’s parking lot.
Congress, Far From ‘a Series of Tubes,’ Is Still Nowhere Near Reining In Tech
Holding a hearing that humbles the most powerful business executives in the world is much easier than legislating.
Alibaba Dismisses Employee Who Accused Her Boss of Rape
After initially supporting her #MeToo accusation, the company now blames her for damaging the company’s reputation with false claims.
The Game Awards Returns With Glitz and an Industry Asserting Its Muscle
On Thursday night, the video game industry held its big awards event, which is quickly becoming as important — and as long — as certain othe...
Elon Musk’s Latest Innovation: Troll Philanthropy
Some very wealthy people give their money away in an attempt to burnish their reputations. Not the Tesla C.E.O.
BuzzFeed Stock Drops Nearly 24 Percent
The speed and depth of the decline in BuzzFeed’s stock may in part be because there is a small number of shares available to trade.
Why Apps Suddenly Want to Protect Kids
New British guidelines are influencing what U.S. internet companies do to protect American children.
Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory.
Peter McIndoe, the 23-year-old creator of the viral Birds Aren’t Real movement, is ready to reveal what the effort is really about.
Gig Worker Protections Get a Push in European Proposal
A proposal with widespread political support would entitle drivers and couriers for companies like Uber to a minimum wage and legal protecti...
NHTSA Is Looking Into Tesla Video Games That Can be Played While Moving
“We are aware of driver concerns and are discussing the feature with the manufacturer,” the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration s...
How to Use Your Phone’s Privacy-Protection Tools
New settings in iOS 15 and Android 12 give you more power over your personal information and when (or if) apps and sites can see it.
How to Use Your Phone’s Privacy-Protection Tools
New settings in iOS 15 and Android 12 give you more power over your personal information and when (or if) apps and sites can see it.
Instagram's Adam Mosseri Takes Hot Seat Before Senate Committee
Lawmakers are expected to grill Mr. Mosseri over leaked internal research that said the app had a toxic effect on some teenagers.
Cryptocurrency Chiefs Go to Congress for Landmark Hearing
The chief executives of six cryptocurrency companies will face questions from the House Financial Services Committee about risk and regulati...
Group Backed by Top Companies Moves to Combat A.I. Bias in Hiring
The organization has created a format for evaluating the technology, which is often used to screen job candidates.
Seeking Space for Solar Farms, Cities Find Room at Their Airports
Airports around the nation are installing solar arrays on unused land, roofs and parking garages, helping them achieve self-sufficiency whil...
Elizabeth Holmes returns to the stand on Tuesday.
Prosecutors have shown personal documents like text messages and notes that Ms. Holmes wrote and have emphasized that she was ultimately res...
On the Banks of the Furious Congo River, a 5-Star Emporium of Ambition
As the clean energy revolution upends the centuries-long lock of fossil fuels on the global economy, dealmakers and hustlers converge on the...
Tesla Drivers Can Now Play Video Games Even With Car Moving
The feature raises fresh questions about whether Tesla is compromising safety as it rushes to add new technologies.
Your Face Is, or Will Be, Your Boarding Pass
Tech-driven changes are coming fast and furiously to airports, including advancements in biometrics that verify identity and shorten securit...
Instagram Parental Controls Are Set Arrive in March
Adam Mosseri, the head of the company, is expected to face questions from lawmakers this week about whether social media harms children.
Intel Will Take Mobileye Public in 2022
The chip maker’s Israeli subsidiary builds driver-assistance technology for major automakers and is now testing self-driving cars.
Microsoft Seizes 42 Websites From a Chinese Hacking Group
The group was likely using the websites to install malware that helped it gather data from government agencies and other groups, the company...
Chanel, TikTok and the Beauty Advent Calendar Controversy
Some social media users are not feeling the Christmas spirit — or this box of mini lipsticks and branded stickers.
Companies Linked to Russian Ransomware Hide in Plain Sight
Cybersecurity experts tracing money paid by American businesses to Russian ransomware gangs found it led to one of Moscow’s most prestigious...
Why New York State Is Experiencing a Bitcoin Boom
Cryptocurrency miners are flocking to New York’s faded industrial towns, prompting concern over the environmental impact of huge computer fa...
Inside Tesla: How Elon Musk Pushed His Vision for Autopilot
The automaker may have undermined safety in designing its Autopilot driver-assistance system to fit its chief executive’s vision, former emp...
Is an All-Encompassing Mobility App Making a Comeback?
Versions of “mobility as a service,” or MaaS, apps exist, but companies and cities will need to come together for the idea to gain momentum....
When Did Spotify Wrapped Get So Chatty?
This year’s data dump from the streaming music service leaned heavily on contemporary buzzwords and slang — and inspired many, many memes.
Michael Montano and Dantley Davis to Leave Twitter in Shake-Up
Twitter’s head of engineering, Michael Montano, and its head of design and research, Dantley Davis, will leave the company by the end of the...
What Happened to Amazon’s Bookstore?
A 2011 thriller was supposed to cost $15. One merchant listed it at $987, with a 17th-century publication date. That’s what happens in a mar...
Didi of China Moves to Delist From New York Stock Exchange
The abrupt shift by the ride-hailing giant came as officials in Washington and Beijing have grown increasingly skeptical of Chinese corporat...
Why Didn’t the U.S. Detect Omicron Cases Sooner?
Genomic surveillance has improved enormously in recent months, but the system has built-in delays, and blind spots remain.
F.T.C. Sues to Block Nvidia’s Takeover of Arm
The proposed deal would give Nvidia control over computing technology and designs that rival firms rely on.
Why Hasn’t the U.S. Found More Omicron Cases?
Genomic surveillance has improved enormously in recent months, but the system has built-in delays, and blind spots remain.
Here Are The Most Used Emojis of 2021
Tears of joy prevailed as the most-used emoji in 2021, despite Gen Z’s stated contempt for it.
An Ex-Journalist, a Philosophy Major and the Mad Scramble for Video Game Consoles
New gaming consoles remain in short supply this holiday season, spawning cottage industries of tipsters and scalpers making money off their ...
Top Emojis of 2021
Tears of joy prevailed as the most-used emoji in 2021, despite Gen Z’s stated contempt for it.
Facebook and Twitter Remove Accounts Connected to China
The social media giants removed a large number of accounts that promoted Covid-19 conspiracy theories and undermined reports of human rights...
Square Is Renamed Block, Perhaps Signaling Jack Dorsey's Crypto Ambitions
Mr. Dorsey has in recent years grown more fascinated by cryptocurrencies and the promise of technological decentralization that blockchain t...
How Cute Cats Help Spread Misinformation Online
A mainstay of the internet is regularly used to build audiences for people and organizations pushing false and misleading information.
How Cute Cats Help Spread Misinformation Online
A mainstay of the internet is regularly used to build audiences for people and organizations pushing false and misleading information.
Big Tech ‘Amplification’: What Does That Mean?
Some lawmakers from both parties argue that when social media sites boost the performance of hateful or violent posts, the sites become acco...
How to Store Your Covid Vaccine Card or Test Results on Your Phone
To plan for safe travels and gatherings this holiday season, here are some simple ways to take your Covid-related health data with you.
What Will Art Look Like in the Metaverse?
Mark Zuckerberg wants us thinking about visual art when we contemplate his company’s new venture. Artists should take the suggestion serious...
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