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News Outlet Blames Photoshop for Making Australian Lawmaker’s Photo More Revealing
9News apologized for the edited photo of the member of Parliament, Georgie Purcell, which it said was a result of “automation by Photoshop.”...
Meta Rejected Efforts to Improve Children’s Safety, Documents Show
Lawmakers released internal emails detailing the company’s failed efforts to add staff to focus on the online safety of minors, hours before...
Silicon Valley Battles States Over New Online Safety Laws for Children
Lawsuits filed by NetChoice, which represents companies including TikTok and Meta, have stalled protection efforts in three states.
G.M. Profits Hurt by Unsold Electric Vehicles and Strike
The automaker has placed a bet on battery-powered cars, but it has struggled to produce and sell the vehicles in large numbers.
Watch Me Lose My Job on TikTok
Some tech workers are filming their layoffs and sharing them on social media. They say it’s part catharsis, part transparency.
Amazon Scraps Deal to Buy Maker of Roomba Amid Regulatory Scrutiny
Amazon walked away from the $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot as it faces questions from regulators in the European Union and United States...
Nvidia’s Big Tech Rivals Put Their Own A.I. Chips on the Table
Chafing at their dependence, Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft are racing to cut into Nvidia’s dominant share of the market.
Hottest Job in Corporate America? The Executive in Charge of A.I.
Many feared that artificial intelligence would kill jobs. But hospitals, insurance companies and others are creating roles to navigate and h...
Ring to Stop Allowing Police to Request Videos From Security Cameras
Ring, a maker of internet-connected cameras that is owned by Amazon, said the police could no longer ask people to share video recordings us...
David L. Mills, Who Kept the Internet Running on Time, Dies at 85
He developed and implemented the protocol that synchronizes the digital clocks nestled within billions of networked devices.
Apple Takes Messaging Crackdown to Customers’ Macs
Beeper Mini customers were using their Mac computers to connect to iPhone messaging on their Android phones. Now, they say Apple has blocked...
Mediapocalypse Now, a16z’s Chris Dixon Defends Crypto, and HatGPT
Strangely a lot of pro wrestling in this episode.
Is Cryptocurrency Like Stocks and Bonds? Courts Move Closer to an Answer.
Federal judges are weighing whether digital currencies should be subject to the same rules as stocks and bonds. The outcome could shape cryp...
That Spotify Daylist That Really ‘Gets’ You? It Was Written by A.I.
The music-streaming platform’s new “daylist” feature serves users three personalized playlists a day, with titles ranging from quirky to bew...
Microsoft Cuts 1,900 Jobs in Its Video Game Division
The reductions come three months after the tech giant completed its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard and the Big Shift in True Crime
Not long ago, true crime storytellers had little in the way of first-person footage captured in real time to rely on. Now, as much of our da...
That Spotify Daylist That Really ‘Gets’ You? It Was Written by A.I.
The music-streaming platform’s new “daylist” feature serves users three personalized playlists a day, with titles ranging from quirky to bew...
Tesla Profit Doubles From Tax Effect, but Price Cuts Hurt
Quarterly earnings soared from a year earlier after the company booked a tax benefit, but increased competition and a price war took a toll,...
Making VR Headsets Cool Won’t Be Easy, Even for Apple
Starting with Google Glass, all have been plagued with the same issues, even as Apple plunges into the market with its Vision Pro.
Even Rats Are Taking Selfies Now (and Enjoying It)
A photographer trained two rats to take photographs of themselves. They didn’t want to stop.
New Hampshire Officials to Investigate A.I. Robocalls Mimicking Biden
The calls, in a voice most likely artificially generated, urged people not to vote in Tuesday’s primary.
Microsoft Executives’ Emails Hacked by Group Tied to Russian Intelligence
The hackers appeared to be trying to learn what the company knew about them, a regulatory filing said.
The A.I. Election, Bitcoin’s Wall Street Debut and TikTok’s Doodad Era
“Two truly terrible ways to make money this week.”
SpaceX Axiom Astronaut Launch: How and When to Watch
Astronauts from Italy, Sweden and Turkey will fly to the International Space Station on a commercially chartered mission on Thursday.
Deal Ends Dispute Over Records of Onetime King of Donkey Kong
Billy Mitchell’s records will be listed in a “historical database” but not the leaderboard, ending a dispute familiar from the 2007 document...
Kona Coffee Lawsuit: How Science Helped Farmers Look for Counterfeit Beans
A testing method borrowed from geology helped farmers sue a slew of stores selling supposed “Kona” coffee.
How to Cut Down Your Screen Time but Still Get Stuff Done
Google’s Routines and Apple’s Shortcuts combine multiple steps into one command to make your phone or tablet do more of the work for you.
A.I.’s Latest Challenge: the Math Olympics
Watch out, nerdy high schoolers, AlphaGeometry is coming for your mathematical lunch.
Hybrid Cars Enjoy a Renaissance as All-Electric Sales Slow
Automakers like Ford, Kia and Toyota are offering more hybrid options to appeal to buyers who aren’t ready for fully electric vehicles.
How to Cut Down Your Screen Time but Still Get Stuff Done
Google’s Routines and Apple’s Shortcuts combine multiple steps into one command to make your phone or tablet do more of the work for you.
Synopsys Strikes $35 Billion Deal to Buy Ansys
The deal was the latest sign of changes in the tech sector, as artificial intelligence booms and sales of some hardware slows.
Musk Demands Bigger Stake in Tesla as Price for A.I. Work
Elon Musk, the electric car company’s chief executive, said he would “build products outside of Tesla” unless the board raises his stake to ...
How Group Chats Rule the World
They quietly became the de facto spaces to share dumb jokes, grief or even plans for an insurrection.
California Has Dealt a Blow to Renewable Energy, Some Businesses Say
Some companies are leaving the state or reducing their presence there after California greatly reduced incentives for homeowners to install ...
Microsoft Tops Apple to Become Most Valuable Public Company
The shift is indicative of the importance of new artificial intelligence technology to Silicon Valley and Wall Street investors.
Discord Cuts 17 Percent of Workers in Latest Tech Layoffs
In an internal memo, Discord said it had grown five times its size since 2020.
Federal Regulator Questions Carmakers About Unwanted Tracking via Their Apps
The Federal Communications Commission is concerned about abusive partners using connected car apps to harass and track their victims.
State Legislators Tighten A.I. Rules to Combat Deceptive Election Ads
Sophisticated political deepfakes have warped elections overseas. Can U.S. legislators act fast enough to make A.I. campaign ads more transp...
AI and Education: Will Chatbots Soon Tutor Your Children?
New A.I. tools could enable a Silicon Valley dream: bots that customize learning for pupils. Prior attempts have not lived up to the hype.
OpenAI Unveils App Store for Customized Versions of ChatGPT
People who subscribe to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus service will be able to browse the new store for tailored chatbots that perform different task...
The Best and Worst of Tech: Smartphones, Self-Driving Cars, More
The best tech, from universal power charging to foldable phones, solved practical problems. But the worst tech, including self-driving cars ...
The Next Front in the U.S.-China Battle Over Chips
A U.S.-born chip technology called RISC-V has become critical to China’s ambitions. Washington is debating whether and how to limit the tech...
SEC’s X Account Hacked, Causing Frenzy Over Bitcoin ETF
The X account of the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the approval of an investment product linked to Bitcoin. It wasn’t true.
Editor of Los Angeles Times Steps Down
Kevin Merida, who took over the job in 2021, said in an internal note that his last day would be on Friday.
A.I. Giant Tied to China Under Scrutiny
A congressional committee made the demand of the Commerce Department after The Times reported on concerns among U.S. intelligence officials ...
TikTok Quietly Curtails Data Tool Used by Critics
People and groups had harnessed the tool to scrutinize content on the site related to the Israel-Hamas war and other topics.
Dark Corners of the Web Offer a Glimpse at A.I.’s Nefarious Future
In the hands of anonymous internet users, A.I. tools can create waves of harassing and racist material. It’s already happening on the anonym...
Vulcan Rocket Lifts Off, First U.S. Moon Launch in Decades
The United Launch Alliance rocket will be the first in a series of new launchers that could chip away at SpaceX’s hold over the space busine...
Dark Corners of the Web Offer a Glimpse at A.I.’s Nefarious Future
In the hands of anonymous internet users, A.I. tools can create waves of harassing and racist material. It’s already happening on the anonym...
Switching to a Flip Phone Helped Me Cut Down on My Smartphone Addiction
Was it inconvenient? Yes. Did T9 texting drive me crazy? Definitely. Was it worth doing? Absolutely.
U.S. Moves Closer to Filing Sweeping Antitrust Case Against Apple
Justice Department officials are in the late stages of investigating the iPhone maker, focusing on how Apple has used its other products and...
The Times Sues OpenAI, a Debate Over iMessage and Our New Year’s Tech Resolutions
“This is sort of the big kahuna.”
The Times Sues OpenAI, a Debate Over iMessage and Our New Year’s Tech Resolutions
“This is sort of the big kahuna.”
Happy Puppies and Silly Geese: Pushing the Limits of A.I. Absurdity
A recent update to ChatGPT made it easier to create images. It wasn’t long before some began pushing the chatbot to its limits.
Museum World Hit by Cyberattack on Widely Used Software
Hackers targeted software that many museums use to show their collections online and to manage sensitive information.
SpaceX Illegally Fired Workers Critical of Musk, NLRB Says
The National Labor Relations Board said the rocket company had wrongly dismissed eight people for a letter raising concerns about the chief ...
General Motors Reports a 14% Jump in U.S. Auto Sales in 2023
The nation’s largest automaker sold more cars in 2023 than a year ago as supply chain chaos ended, but sales are now under pressure from ris...
Boy, 13, Is Believed to Be the First to ‘Beat’ Tetris
Willis Gibson, a competitive Tetris player prodigy from Oklahoma, advanced so far in the original Nintendo version of the game that it froze...
Chief Justice Roberts Sees Promise and Danger of A.I. in the Courts
In his year-end report, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. focused on the new technology while steering clear of Supreme Court ethics and Don...
A Stunning Eclipse, a Moon Race and Other Space Events in 2024
In April, people across North America will be able to gaze at a stunning total eclipse. And astronauts may get closer to that promised moon ...
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