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Midterm Disinformation Has Taken Over Pennsylvania
One state’s experience underscores how pervasive false and misleading information has become in the country’s electoral process, online and ...
FTC Accuses Chegg Homework Help App of ‘Careless’ Data Security
Chegg, a homework help app, exposed the data of 40 million users, including details about some students’ sexual orientation and religion, re...
Instagram Users Report Widespread Account Suspensions
Some users said they could not access the social media app and had been notified that their accounts were suspended.
Can Elon Musk Make the Math Work on Owning Twitter? It’s Dicey.
Mr. Musk faces financial challenges in owning Twitter. The site frequently loses money and took on $13 billion in debt for the blockbuster d...
Elon Musk, in a Tweet, Shares Link From Site Known to Publish False News
The tweet on Sunday posted an article that made baseless allegations about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband.
Elon Musk Is Said to Have Ordered Job Cuts Across Twitter
The billionaire planned to begin layoffs as soon as Saturday, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Elon Musk Starts Putting His Imprint on Twitter
The billionaire began as Twitter’s new owner by announcing a content moderation council and meeting employees, as some of the social media s...
Elon Musk Moves to Form Content Moderation Council. Here’s What We Know.
The announcement appeared to be a step back from Mr. Musk’s position that Twitter should be an anything-goes platform.
Here’s How Twitter Users Are Reacting to Musk’s Takeover
The discussion reflects the shifting landscape of social media ownership over the past year
Trump Says He’s ‘Very Happy’ About Musk’s Twitter Takeover
Former President Donald J. Trump said the social media platform was now in “sane hands” with Elon Musk at the helm.
Elon Musk Takes Twitter, and Tech Deals, to Another Level
Silicon Valley moguls used to buy yachts and islands. Now they are rich enough, and perhaps arrogant enough, to acquire companies they fancy...
Elon Musk Completes $44 Billion Deal to Own Twitter
The world’s richest man closed his blockbuster purchase of the social media service, thrusting Twitter into a new era.
Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter’s Top Executives
Some of Twitter’s top executives were fired on Thursday as Mr. Musk completes his takeover of the social media company.
Amazon Earnings: Return to Profitability But Slow Growth Signaled Ahead
The e-commerce giant, which also turned a profit in its latest quarter, indicated sales in the holiday period might rise at their lowest lev...
Elon Musk Reaches Out to Advertisers Ahead of Deadline for Twitter Deal
The billionaire posted a note to advertisers saying he wanted the service to be “the most respected advertising platform.”
Tech’s Biggest Companies Are Sending Worrying Signals About the Economy
A series of quarterly earnings reports is showing that even Silicon Valley’s most powerful companies are feeling the impact of inflation and...
Elon Musk Visits Twitter as $44 Billion Deal Nears Completion
The world’s richest man arrived at Twitter’s San Francisco offices on Wednesday ahead of a Friday deadline to complete the acquisition of th...
Ford Lost Money in the Third Quarter as Costs Surged
The automaker is struggling with supply chain problems and wrote off its investment in a self-driving technology business.
How Is Your Company Responding to Labor Organizing? We Want to Hear.
Employers are taking a variety of approaches to union campaigns.
The Latecomer’s Guide to TikTok
TikTok has become massively influential. We’re here to help you understand how it all works.
How Elon Musk Became a Geopolitical Chaos Agent
The world’s richest man has inserted himself in some of the world’s most combustible conflicts.
Elon Musk Seems to Answer to No One. Except for a Judge in Delaware.
Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, the chief judge of Delaware’s Chancery Court, gave Mr. Musk until Friday to acquire Twitter. She is also the jud...
Alphabet, Google’s Parent Company, Reports 27% Drop in Profit
Google’s parent company reported earnings that were below analysts’ expectations, bringing in $13.9 billion in profit on $69.1 billion in sa...
Microsoft Quarterly Earnings Show Slowest Growth in Five Years
The technology giant faced a strong U.S. dollar and weakening demand for personal computers in its latest financial results.
Russia’s Unsupported ‘Dirty Bomb’ Claims Spread Through Right-Wing U.S. Media
Russia’s unsupported claim was portrayed as believable in right-wing American media, and as a warning that could serve to escalate the confl...
GM Reports Increased Profits in Third Quarter Amid High Inflation
General Motors sold more cars in the third quarter after struggling with a shortage of computer chips earlier in the year.
G.M. Reports Jump in Profit on Strong Sales
The automaker sold more cars in the third quarter after struggling with a shortage of computer chips earlier in the year.
WhatsApp Users in Several Countries Report Disruptions
The app was down on Tuesday morning. WhatsApp said it was working to restore service as quickly as possible.
Justice Dept. Charges 2 Chinese Citizens With Spying for Huawei
Huawei has been a persistent target of the United States government since the administration of President Donald J. Trump.
Tesla Cuts Prices in China in Sign of Slowing Demand
Shares of the company slumped as investors worried about increasing competition.
Why Am I Seeing That Political Ad? Check Your ‘Trump Resistance’ Score.
To help campaigns target ads, voter-profiling firms score millions of Americans on issues like guns, vaccines and QAnon.
Twitch’s Relationship With Its Streamers Shows Its Cracks
The service recently said it was going to take a bigger cut of the money it shared with streamers. At an annual gathering in San Diego, they...
Who Gets the Last Word on Steve Jobs? He Might.
When Laurene Powell Jobs unveiled a website dedicated to the story of her late husband, historians wondered if it could change how influenti...
Twitter Tries Calming Employees as Deal With Elon Musk Looms
With Mr. Musk’s $44 billion deal to buy Twitter set to close no later than Oct. 28, the company is trying to reassure workers about their em...
TikTok failed to stop most misleading political ads in a test run by researchers.
YouTube and Facebook fared better in the experiment.
Lenny Lipton, ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’ Lyricist and 3-D Film Pioneer, Dies at 82
He used the royalties earned from the hit folk song to fund decades of research into stereoscopic projection.
Generative A.I. Is Here. Who Should Control It?
Emad Mostaque, the founder of Stability AI, says his Stable Diffusion image generator is the key to unlocking creativity. His critics say it...
Instacart Is Said to Pull Plans to Go Public This Year
The food delivery company had been moving toward a public offering, but the window for such deals is shutting amid market turmoil.
Snap Reports Slowest-Ever Quarterly Growth but Adds New Users
The maker of Snapchat has been struggling with a sharp slowdown in its advertising business.
Are We Past Peak Newsletter?
The humble email newsletter, which became a star in its own right, appears headed back to earth.
How Disinformation Splintered and Became More Intractable
Ahead of the midterm elections, the proliferation of alternative social media sites has helped cement false and misleading information as a ...
Texas Sues Google for Collecting Biometric Data Without Consent
Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, said products like Google Photos and the Nest camera had violated Texans’ privacy rights.
U.S. Details How It Plans to Police Foreign Firms
A government committee issued new guidelines for how it determines penalties for foreign companies that break agreements to protect U.S. nat...
E.V.s Start With a Bigger Carbon Footprint. But That Doesn’t Last.
The manufacturing and disposal of electric vehicles result in more greenhouse gases than nonelectric models, but that difference will eventu...
Tesla’s Profit Jumped in Third Quarter on Strong Sales
The electric carmaker is growing fast but investors are worried that sales are starting to slow because of higher prices and interest rates....
E.V. Bonanza Flows to Red States That Denounce Biden Climate Policies
No Republican in Congress voted for the Inflation Reduction Act. But their districts and states will greatly benefit from the investments sp...
I Tried the $1,500 Quest Pro and Saw the Best of the Metaverse
It’s not what Mark Zuckerberg promises.
Some Republicans Want to Count Votes by Hand. Bad Idea, Experts Say.
Republican county officials, as well as candidates for statewide offices, suggest that counting by hand would be more reliable than machine ...
Netflix Reverses Decline, Adding 2.4 Million Subscribers
Netflix, which has about 223 million subscribers worldwide, will soon introduce a lower-priced service with ads in a bid to attract more cus...
Amazon Labor Union Loses Election at Warehouse Near Albany
By a 2-to-1 margin, the group marked its second defeat after a surprise victory in April on Staten Island.
New Crack in Apple’s Armor as Dozens Strike at Its Stores in Australia
The uprising will be of keen interest in the U.S., where a second Apple store voted to unionize last week.
Elizabeth Holmes Case Takes On More Drama Ahead of Sentencing
The founder of Theranos, the failed blood testing start-up, asked for a new trial after a surprise visit from a key witness to her house.
Kanye West Agrees to Buy Parler, Company Says
The agreement in principle to buy the social media service comes days after Twitter and Instagram restricted the rapper’s account for violat...
The Rise of Salem Media, a Conservative Radio Juggernaut
Salem Media, which counts the conservative personalities Charlie Kirk and Sebastian Gorka among its radio hosts, has taken a pointed stance ...
Peter Thiel, Major U.S. Political Donor, Is Said to Pursue Maltese Citizenship
Obtaining citizenship in Malta would provide another passport for Mr. Thiel, who is one of the largest individual donors for the U.S. midter...
Apple Store in Oklahoma City Becomes Second to Unionize
Workers said pay was adequate and benefits were good, but complained that managers’ practices often seemed arbitrary.
Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Is Convicted of Fraud
Trevor Milton was accused of boasting about nonexistent technology to inflate the stock price of Nikola, a maker of electric trucks.
The Fight for the Soul of Pilates Moves From Instagram to Court
Long after the death of Joseph Pilates, the exercise program’s magnetic founder, his disciples are battling over his legacy.
Election Firm Knew Data Had Been Sent to China, Prosecutors Say
The executive of a small Michigan elections software company was charged with grand theft by embezzlement and conspiracy to commit a crime.
F.C.C. Readies Vote on Banning New Huawei and ZTE Devices
The vote, which is expected to pass, is required by a law that President Biden signed last year.
With New Crackdown, Biden Wages Global Campaign on Chinese Technology
U.S. officials pushed to choke off China’s access to critical semiconductor technology after internal debates and tough negotiations with al...
Gaming Is Booming. That’s Catnip for Cybercriminals.
Cybersecurity experts warn that threats lurk in cheat codes, microtransactions and messages from fellow players.
Lufthansa Says Apple AirTags Are Once Again Allowed in Checked Bags
The airline reversed itself Wednesday, saying it had consulted with German aviation authorities, who agreed that Bluetooth trackers were saf...
Lucid Increases E.V. Production but Still Faces Challenges
The maker of electric sedans said it would hit its scaled-back production targets for 2022 after facing supply hurdles.
The Google Watch Is Here. But You’d Better Love Android.
Developed with Fitbit, Google’s first smart watch takes a page from Apple’s playbook by requiring loyalty to its brand.
Human Brain Cells Grow in Rats, and Feel What the Rats Feel
Human brain “organoids” wired themselves into rats’ nervous systems, influencing the animals’ sensations and behaviors.
Misinformation Swirls in Non-English Languages Ahead of Midterms
More multilingual fact-checking groups are pushing back against misleading translations, manipulated images and outright lies that jump plat...
The E-Bike: The New Car Alternative
VanMoof, the Dutch e-bike company taking inspiration from Apple and Tesla, is one of the world’s hottest brands in a bike market remade by t...
Amazon Labor Union, With Renewed Momentum, Faces Next Test
A vote this week at a warehouse near Albany, N.Y., will help show whether the upstart union can win outside its home base on Staten Island.
Elon Musk Has the World’s Strangest Social Calendar
When the world’s richest man isn’t tweeting, he’s flying to Burning Man, trying to impress comedians and hopping on yachts.
Biden Administration Clamps Down on China’s Access to Chip Technology
The White House issued sweeping restrictions on selling semiconductors and chip-making equipment to China, an attempt to curb the country’s ...
Gig Workers Are Learning Their Worth With the Para App
A former Uber employee created an app to help drivers. The platforms that hire them are fighting back.
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Struggles
Meta’s push to develop virtual and augmented reality technology has had a bumpy year.
A Minecraft Player Set Out to Build the Known Universe, Block by Block
Christopher Slayton, 18, spent two months intricately designing the planets. He even went skydiving to get a better appreciation for Earth.
Under New Order, Europeans Can Complain to U.S. About Data Collection
The executive order, signed by President Biden, brings the United States and the European Union closer to a broader deal on the transfer of ...
24 Hours in the Metaverse Version of Facebook Was Surprisingly Fun
Every hour of the day and night with the gamers, parents, insomniacs, preteens and aspiring comedians who are the earliest adopters of the i...
Biden Visits IBM to Promote Investments in U.S. Semiconductor Production
President Biden traveled to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., to connect a $20 billion investment by IBM to the bipartisan bill meant to spur production o...
News on Fringe Social Sites Draws Limited but Loyal Fans, Report Finds
The appeal of platforms like Parler, Truth Social and Telegram is another symptom of the partisan divide in media, according to the Pew Rese...
What Does X Mean to Elon Musk?
The letter X has had significance in the billionaire’s life, from his early days as an entrepreneur to his personal life and now to his purs...
What Does X Mean to Elon Musk?
The letter X has had significance in the billionaire’s life, from his early days as an entrepreneur to his personal life and now to his purs...
News on Fringe Social Sites Draws Limited but Loyal Fans, Report Finds
The appeal of platforms like Parler, Truth Social and Telegram is another symptom of the partisan divide in media, according to the Pew Rese...
Elon Musk Offered to Buy Twitter at a Lower Price in Recent Talks
Before Mr. Musk renewed his $44 billion proposal, he and the company haggled in discussions that ultimately did not advance.
Former Uber Security Chief Joe Sullivan Found Guilty of Hiding Hack From Authorities
A jury found Joe Sullivan, who led security at the ride-hailing company, guilty on two different counts. The case could change how security ...
Can Car-to-Car Communication Technology Save Lives?
A system called C-V2X — cellular vehicle-to-everything technology — will allow vehicles to communicate with each other, with a goal to save ...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Will Be a Wild Ride
His deal to buy the company is back on. Here are six predictions about Twitter under Musk’s control, if it happens.
Election Software Executive Arrested on Suspicion of Theft
The executive, Eugene Yu, and his firm, Konnech, have been a focus of attention among election deniers.
Facebook Winds Down Its Newsletter Service
The Bulletin platform, which featured writers like Malcolm Gladwell and Mitch Albom, will be closed early next year, the company said.
Elon Musk Suggests Buying Twitter at His Original Price
The billionaire’s surprise move came months after he tried to back out of a $44 billion deal to acquire the company.
Amazon Freezes Corporate Hiring in Its Retail Business
It is the latest tech company to pump the brakes on hiring amid growing economic concerns.
‘Hard Fork’: A New Technology Podcast from The New York Times
A weekly look at the future that’s already here. Listen to the trailer of our new tech podcast.
The Board Chair Squaring Up to Elon Musk in the Feud Over Twitter
Bret Taylor, an understated executive, led talks with Elon Musk over his plans to acquire the company. Now, he’s leading the legal fight to ...
Micron Pledges Up to $100 Billion for Semiconductor Factory in New York
The company is planning a giant complex in Clay, N.Y., a sign that the government’s investments in semiconductors are steering firms’ decisi...
South Korean Internet Giant Buys Poshmark in $1.2 Billion Deal
With its new acquisition — the company’s largest to date — Naver has gained a sizable foothold in North America’s secondhand retail market.
N.L.R.B. Rules Activision Withheld Raises Because of Union Activity
The embattled video game company is in union negotiations with workers at its subsidiary Raven Software.
Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Social Media Platforms’ Shield
The family of a student killed in terrorist attacks challenged a 1996 law that gives websites immunity for suits based on their users’ posts...
A Silicon Valley County Battles With Uber Over Reporting of Sexual Assault
Uber does not inform the police of such incidents, citing advocacy group guidelines. But officials in Santa Clara County argue that it shoul...
Will Smith Film ‘Emancipation’ Will Be Released in December
Apple said the movie, Mr. Smith’s first since his infamous slap at the Oscars, would be in theaters on Dec. 2 and begin streaming on Dec. 9....
How a Tiny Elections Company Became a Conspiracy Theory Target
Election deniers catapulted a Michigan firm with just 21 U.S. employees to the center of unfounded voter fraud claims, exposing it to viciou...
A New Refrain From Artists: We ‘Almost Gave Up on Instagram’
Photographers and illustrators who once eagerly shared images of their work on Instagram are moving away from the site as it emphasizes vide...
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