Tech Companies Help Defend Ukraine Against Cyberattacks
After years of talks about the need for public-private partnerships to combat cyberattacks, the war in Ukraine is stress-testing the system....
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Tech Companies Help Defend Ukraine Against Cyberattacks
After years of talks about the need for public-private partnerships to combat cyberattacks, the war in Ukraine is stress-testing the system....
Ukraine War Tests the Power of Tech Giants
Google, Meta, Twitter, Telegram and others are levers in the conflict, caught between demands from Ukraine, Russia, the European Union and t...
David Boggs, Co-Inventor of Ethernet, Dies at 71
Thanks to the invention he helped create in the 1970s, people can send email over an office network or visit a website through a coffee shop...
Amazon Opens a Whole Foods With the Next Step in Automation
A newly revamped store in Washington shows how thoroughly Amazon has woven itself into the grocery shopping experience.
Why the Chinese Internet Is Cheering Russia’s Invasion
As the world overwhelmingly condemns the assault on Ukraine, online opinion in China is mostly pro-Russia, pro-war and pro-Putin.
Russia Intensifies Censorship Campaign, Pressuring Tech Giants
Google, Apple and others were warned that they must comply with a new law, which would make them more vulnerable to the Kremlin’s censorship...
Before Ukraine Invasion, Russia and China Cemented Economic Ties
Facing a wary United States and worried about depending on imports by sea, China is buying more energy and food from its northern neighbor.
What You Need to Know About Facial Recognition at Airports
Customs officials aim to save time and increase security by ramping up the use of facial recognition. But what about privacy? A biometrics s...
Absent or Swinging Prices Keep Consumers Guessing
Online shopping was supposed to give consumers more power and freedom. Instead, costs are so fluid that household goods fluctuate almost lik...
‘I’ll Stand on the Side of Russia’: Pro-Putin Sentiment Spreads Online
After marinating in conspiracy theories and Donald J. Trump’s Russia stance, some online discourse about Vladimir Putin has grown more compl...
‘I’ll Stand on the Side of Russia’: Pro-Putin Sentiment Spreads Online
After marinating in conspiracy theories and Donald J. Trump’s Russia stance, some online discourse about Vladimir Putin has grown more compl...
Facebook Will Make You Love Reels
Shoving these videos at us is a little bit sad, a little bit brilliant — and very much worth watching.
Qanon in America: 41 Million Believe in the Conspiracy Theory, a Survey Finds
The conspiracy theory is especially likely to attract white Republicans who trust right-wing media, according to the Public Religion Researc...
Justice Dept. Plans to Block $13 Billion Deal by UnitedHealth Group
The agency’s expected lawsuit against the deal for a health technology company would be the latest move by the Biden administration to quash...
Google Eases Pandemic Rules for U.S. Employees
The company also said it would restore many of its famed office perks.
White House Prepares Curbs on Russia’s Access to U.S. Technology
Biden administration officials have warned Russia that it could face further restrictions on technology that is critical to its economy and ...
Google eases pandemic rules for employees in the U.S.
The company also said it would restore many of its famed office perks.
Russia Could Use Cryptocurrency to Mitigate U.S. Sanctions
Russian companies have many cryptocurrency tools at their disposal to evade sanctions, including a so-called digital ruble and ransomware.
Fed Up With Google, Conspiracy Theorists Turn to DuckDuckGo
The embrace by some conservative influencers and conspiracy theorists is part of a broader effort to shift people away from Big Tech.
Why Apple’s Fight in the Netherlands Matters
Apple is making a stink over a Dutch regulator’s effort to change its app store. Here’s why the tech giant cares.
Big Tech Makes a Big Bet: Offices Are Still the Future
Even as they allow some employees to change how often they come into the office, tech companies are rapidly buying and leasing properties ar...
Big Tech Makes a Big Bet: Offices Are Still the Future
Even as they allow some employees to change how often they come into the office, tech companies are rapidly buying and leasing properties ar...
Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints
Using machine learning, separate teams of computer scientists identified the same two men as likely authors of messages that fueled the vira...
Kazakhstan's Internet Shutdowns Could Be a Warning for Ukraine
Control of the internet is increasingly part of any modern conflict.
Trump’s Truth Social Is Poised to Join a Crowded Field
Truth Social, the former president’s hard-right alternative to Twitter, could open its doors next month. But as businesses go, outrage may n...
How China Uses Bots and Fake Twitter Accounts to Shape the Olympics
The country’s propagandists have used a variety of tools online to promote a vision of the Games that is free of rancor or controversy.
Dance Class Is in Session: Flail, Get Weird, Unlock Yourself
With collaborators like Miranda July and Evan Rachel Wood, Angela Trimbur stands out among social-media-savvy choreographers whose accessibl...
Google Invests in Skills Training Program for Low-Income Workers
The project is a big bet on scaling up programs that have proved effective in lifting low-income workers into middle-class jobs and careers....
Spotify's Joe Rogan Deal Is Said to Be Worth Over $200 Million
The deal that brought his podcast to Spotify is said to be worth over $200 million, more than was previously known. Accusations that he spre...
Regulators Investigate Tesla Over Reports of ‘Phantom Braking’
Some drivers have complained that cars using the company’s Autopilot system have been slowing down suddenly even when there are no hazards a...
Why Podcasts Are Becoming Netflix
Podcasts have been a freewheeling corner of digital life, but the potential for profits is changing that.
Patrick Gelsinger is Intel's True Believer
Patrick Gelsinger is back running a company he first joined at 18. The chip maker was a Silicon Valley titan that lost its luster. As the wo...
TikTok Star Ava Majury Discovers the Dark Side of Fame
Their daughter’s online venture plunged a Florida family into a nightmare, but they decided not to pull the plug.
Intel’s True Believer
Patrick Gelsinger is back running a company he first joined at 18. The chip maker was a Silicon Valley titan that lost its luster. As the wo...
A union election at the Amazon warehouse on Staten Island is set for March.
The timing of the vote coincides with an election at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., outside Birmingham.
Nope to Metamates, Googlers and Puritans
It’s time for tech employees to outgrow their cutesy names. Please.
Tech Companies Face a Fresh Crisis: Hiring
Recruiters in tech are desperate for workers. But candidates are the ones who hold all the power.
Out With the Facebookers. In With the Metamates.
Now that Facebook has renamed itself Meta, that’s what employees will be known as, the company said.
This YouTube Star Is Also a Retail Empire
Linus Sebastian started out making wacky videos. Now he employs fashion designers and logistics experts.
This YouTube Star Is Also a Retail Empire
Linus Sebastian started out making wacky videos. Now he employs fashion designers and logistics experts.
Office Lobbies Are Going Contactless Because of Covid
Subtle changes — like mobile apps that will replace ID badges for workers and visitors — are meant to ease the flow at the turnstile while m...
Office Lobbies Are Going Contactless Because of Covid
Subtle changes — like mobile apps that will replace ID badges for workers and visitors — are meant to ease the flow at the turnstile while m...
Canadians Donated Half of Funds for Trucker Protest, Leaked Data Shows
A close look at donor data — from crowdfunding campaigns to Bitcoin fund-raisers — reveals a cross-border mix of motives in support of the C...
China Not SpaceX May Be Source of Rocket Crashing Into Moon
The developer of astronomy software who said that Elon Musk’s company would cause a new crater on the moon says that he “had really gotten i...
BlockFi, a crypto firm, reaches a $100 million settlement for failing to register loan products.
The threat of S.E.C. scrutiny already had scuttled plans by Coinbase, the largest U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, to launch a loan produ...
Microsoft tells workers to prepare to return to the office.
Starting Feb. 28, “employees will have 30 days to make adjustments to their routines and adopt the working preferences they’ve agreed upon w...
Texas Sues Facebook’s Parent Over Facial Recognition Data
The state’s attorney general said the company repeatedly captured and commercialized biometric data in photos and videos for more than a dec...
Peter Thiel, the Right’s Would-Be Kingmaker
Peter Thiel, one of Donald J. Trump’s biggest donors in 2016, has re-emerged as a prime financier of the Make America Great Again movement.
Divorcing Couples Fight Over the Kids, the House and Now the Crypto
Dividing the family’s Bitcoin stash has become a major source of contention in divorce cases.
Making ‘Dinobabies’ Extinct: IBM’s Push for a Younger Work Force
Documents released in an age-discrimination case appear to show high-level discussion about paring the ranks of older employees.
Cisco and Splunk Have Discussed Acquisition Deal
No deal is currently on the table, according to two people familiar with the talks, but Cisco could pay more than $20 billion, one said.
Dance, I Said — Dance! And Leave the Package on the Porch.
The combination of next-day delivery, Ring surveillance footage and TikTok has put a spotlight on Amazon drivers. But it’s also created a ne...
I Used AirTags, Tiles and a GPS Tracker to Watch My Husband’s Every Move
A vast location-tracking network is being built around us so we don’t lose our keys: One couple’s adventures in the consumer tech surveillan...
NASA-Funded Satellites Lost in Setback for Astra, a Small Rocket Launch Start-Up
The mission’s failure to reach orbit highlighted the challenges of breaking into the space business, especially for companies that are publi...
California Sues Tesla, Saying It Permitted Racial Discrimination at Factory
The suit comes months after a jury awarded a former Black employee at the electric carmaker’s San Francisco-area factory $137 million.
What Is Starship? SpaceX Builds Its Next-Generation Rocket
The giant, gleaming spacecraft is being designed to carry NASA astronauts to the moon, as well as the dreams of Elon Musk’s space company.
Uber Says It's Bouncing Back From Pandemic In Earnings Report
Revenue in the last three months of 2021 was up 83 percent from a year earlier, the company reported.
A Gene Sequencing Pioneer Battles Over What It Can Buy
Is Illumina, a gene-sequencing powerhouse, trying to speed innovation in the field of cancer blood tests or thwart it with an acquisition?
Geomagnetic Storm Destroys 40 New SpaceX Satellites in Orbit
The geomagnetic incident resulted in the Starlink transmitters drifting back into Earth’s atmosphere, where they will burn up, potentially c...
Uber Says It's Bouncing Back From Pandemic In Earnings Report
Revenue in the last three months of 2021 was up 83 percent from a year earlier, the company reported.
Microsoft Starts Charm Offensive to Push Through Activision Deal
Regulators are expected to give Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard — the largest in Microsoft’s history — a tough revie...
Rivian Loses Its Shine as Investors Fret About Production Delays
The electric vehicle maker’s stock surged after a public offering last fall but has since plunged, in part because the company failed to mee...
Fine-Tune and Prune Your Phone’s Contacts List
Filling in more of the blanks and dumping duplicates opens up new ways to manage the people in your life.
Justice Dept. Seizes $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin and Arrests Married Couple
The couple were accused of conspiring to launder Bitcoin that had been stolen in 2016 from Hong Kong-based Bitfinex, one of the world’s larg...
Peloton’s future is uncertain after a swift fall from pandemic stardom.
The chief executive stepped down as a glut of unsold machines, negative TV portrayals, activist investors and a recall plagued the fitness c...
America’s Chinese Tech Conundrum
Treating any technology connected to China as a major crisis may itself be a risk to the U.S.
Meta está en problemas: te decimos por qué
El valor de mercado de la empresa antes conocida como Facebook descendió en más de 230.000 millones de dólares, el peor revés de su historia...
Meta está en problemas: te decimos por qué
El valor de mercado de la empresa antes conocida como Facebook descendió en más de 230.000 millones de dólares, el peor revés de su historia...
As Automakers Add Technology to Cars, Software Bugs Follow
Faulty computer systems are prompting class-action lawsuits by disgruntled car owners, a symptom of automakers’ bumpy transition to the digi...
Why This Could Be a Critical Year for Electric Cars
Booming in a depressed market, battery-powered vehicles are a plus for the climate but pose a big threat to carmakers and parts suppliers th...
Nvidia Deal to Buy Arm From SoftBank Is Off After Setbacks
The deal, which was initially valued at $40 billion, encountered regulatory scrutiny, including an F.T.C. lawsuit.
Peter Thiel to Step Down from Meta’s Board
The tech billionaire, who has been on the board of the company formerly known as Facebook since 2005, is backing numerous politicians in the...
Chip Errors Are Becoming More Common and Harder to Track Down
As the largest computer networks continue to grow, some engineers fear that their smallest components could prove to be an Achilles’ heel.
Is Confidence the Secret to Success? Not Exactly.
Shani Orgad and Rosalind Gill discuss their book, “Confidence Culture,” which challenges the idea sold to women that self-esteem will set th...
They Made Millions on Luna, Solana and Polygon: Crypto’s Boom Beyond Bitcoin
The ranks of cryptocurrency speculators have swelled, with even obscure tokens minting the newly wealthy: at least on the blockchain.
Helium Network Hints at Crypto's Practical Uses
Helium, a wireless network powered by cryptocurrency, hints at the practical promise of decentralized services.
Air Force Taps Clearview AI to Research Face-Identifying A.R. Glasses
In a flyer, Clearview said the product “saves lives,” “saves time” and “improves health” by increasing social distancing and keeping officer...
Amazon Posts Record Revenue; Cost of Amazon Prime Is Rising
Revenue rose to a record $137.4 billion, just slightly under forecasts.
6 Reasons Meta Is in Trouble
The company formerly known as Facebook has hit major turbulence as it suffered its biggest one-day wipeout ever.
Un adolescente rastreaba el paradero del jet de Elon Musk y lo tuiteaba. Luego llegó un mensaje directo
Jack Sweeney, estudiante de 19 años, dijo que Musk le hizo saber los problemas de privacidad y seguridad que planteaba su popular cuenta @El...
Meta Says Apple’s Privacy Changes Could Cost the Company $10 Billion
After Apple made it harder to track people on the internet, even tech giants felt the effects.
What Big Tech’s Riches Mean for Our Future
Five superpower companies — yes, even Facebook after recent news — are completely enmeshed in our world.
Rotterdam to Dismantle Bridge for Jeff Bezos’ Superyacht
The middle section of the Dutch port’s historic Koningshaven Bridge will be temporarily dismantled so that a boat being built for Jeff Bezos...
A Teenager Tracked Elon Musk’s Jet on Twitter. Then Came the Direct Message.
Jack Sweeney, a freshman at the University of Central Florida, said that Mr. Musk raised privacy and security concerns about his popular Twi...
Meta Spent $10 billion on the Metaverse in 2021, Dragging Down Profit
Quarterly profits decreased 8 percent, to $10.3 billion, from a year earlier. Shares of Meta’s stock plunged about 22 percent in after-hours...
Americans Can’t Quit SMS
The world loves WhatsApp and other texting apps. Americans are chatting in their own bubble.
OMG, You’ll Never Believe What the Laser Vacuum Revealed
High-tech vacuums and robotic mops are having their moment in a pandemic that has contributed to never-ending messes at home.
NYT Hits Goal of 10 Million Subscriptions, Closes on The Athletic
The deal for the sports site, which was finalized on Tuesday, helped the company reach that goal a couple of years early.
Google Faces New Antitrust Law in Europe
A small search engine company in the Czech Republic helped inspire a law that is poised to put major limits on tech giants like Google.
Alphabet’s profit increased 36 percent to $20.64 billion in fourth quarter.
The earnings by the parent company of Google were above analysts’ estimates.
The Collateral Damage of Facebook’s Flops
Experimentation is great, yada yada. But it costs us when influential companies change their mind.
Tesla Recalls Cars With Full Self-Driving to Prevent Rolling Stops
Tesla told the federal regulator that rolling stops were allowed only at intersections when no cars, pedestrians or bicyclists were detected...
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