Facebook Identifies Russia-Linked Misinformation Campaign
Facebook removed nearly 500 pages and accounts targeted at Europe and Central Asia. Some originated from an agency controlled by the Kremlin...
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Microsoft Pledges $500 Million for Affordable Housing in Seattle Area
The move is the most ambitious effort yet by a tech company to fund construction for local teachers, firefighters and other middle- and low-...
Huawei Said to Be Under U.S. Investigation in Trade-Secrets Case
The inquiry grew out of a 2014 civil suit and appears unrelated to other pressure faced by the Chinese company, two people familiar with the...
On Technology: How Secrecy Fuels Facebook Paranoia
The social platform knows everything that happens within its walls — that’s the whole point — but it is oddly reticent when it comes to misi...
Tech We’re Using: How to Sort Through a Cornucopia of Television Shows
Our assistant TV editor has a state-of-the-art setup for watching shows and movies. But here’s what happens when there can be too much conte...
Tech Tip: The Easy (and Free) Way to Make a Budget Spreadsheet
With a little time, typing and easy-to-use software, you can quickly see your financial picture much more thoroughly and better plan for the...
YouTube Bans Risky Prank Videos Amid Spate of ‘Bird Box’ Challenge Stunts
The video-sharing site said that it was clarifying its policies on the posting of harmful content to explicitly exclude pranks with a “perce...
Facebook Advertising Profiles Are a Mystery to Most Users, Survey Says
About three-fourths of the Facebook users in a Pew Research Center survey said they were not aware of the Ad Preferences page, which lists t...
Alan R. Pearlman, Synthesizer Pioneer, Dies at 93
Mr. Pearlman’s ARP synthesizers were once ubiquitous in pop and electronic music. By the mid-1970s, they commanded 40 percent of the market....
Nonfiction: Tracing the Rise of a Guardian Hacker
In “Breaking and Entering,” Jeremy Smith tells the story of a brilliant, larger-than-life computer scientist who runs her own boutique cyber...
In Portland, Scooter Start-Ups Played Nice. Regulators Took Note.
Three companies agreed to a pilot program with city. The results showed environmental benefits but left unanswered what tight controls mean ...
Huawei’s Reclusive Founder Rejects Spying and Praises Trump
Ren Zhengfei, C.E.O. of the Chinese tech giant, said he would wait to see if President Trump intervened in the case of his daughter, who is ...
Huang Qi, Online Dissident and Rights Advocate in China, Faces Trial
The case of the blogger behind the popular website 64 Tianwang has drawn intense international scrutiny, in part because he has a kidney dis...
An Egg, Just a Regular Egg, Is Instagram’s Most-Liked Post Ever
There’s nothing special about the egg. Seems like a fine enough egg. But more than 22 million people have liked it, dethroning Kylie Jenner’...
Electric Vehicles Are in the Spotlight at Detroit’s 2019 Auto Show
Automakers are rolling out models meant to widen the appeal of electric cars. But making it easier and faster to charge them is a crucial ch...
Robotic Milkers and an Automated Greenhouse: Inside a High-Tech Small Farm
Rivendale Farms outside Pittsburgh is a laboratory for applying technology to smaller farms.
Huawei Fires Employee Arrested in Poland on Spying Charges
The Chinese telecommunications giant said that the alleged actions of the employee, Wang Weijing, had nothing to do with the company.
Who Is MacKenzie Bezos?
Her divorce from the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has made this novelist, and her private life, a public fascination.
Mamá to Madre? ‘Roma’ Subtitles in Spain Anger Alfonso Cuarón
Netflix has dropped Spanish subtitles from “Roma" after the director Alfonso Cuarón called them “parochial, ignorant and offensive to S...
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