Bits: The Week in Tech: Amazon’s Burning Problems
Technology publications are asking pointed questions about the online retail company. And Apple had rare, surprising bad news about sales.
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Hackers Leak Details of German Lawmakers, Except Those on Far Right
Twitter has shut down an account that had been posting personal data for weeks. Only the Alternative for Germany party appeared to be unscat...
Los Angeles Accuses Weather Channel App of Covertly Mining User Data
In a lawsuit on Thursday, the city attorney said tracking was used not just for local forecasts but also for commercial purposes like target...
Chinese Consumers’ Confidence Sags, Casting a Pall Over the Global Economy
Apple’s slumping Chinese iPhone sales are the latest sign that the country’s spenders are increasingly bothered by the economy, debt and oth...
Wheels: Car Tuneups That Require Audio Engineers
While carmakers and audio teams must battle over environment, budget, weight and space, owners simply want their vehicle to sound as if Aria...
Tech Fix: Devices That Will Invade Your Life in 2019 (and What’s Overhyped)
A.I. that responds to your voice. Next-generation wireless networks. If this year’s biggest consumer technology trends have a familiar ring,...
Apple Cuts Revenue Guidance Because of Slow Sales in China
A surprise announcement added to concerns about the ability of American tech giants to navigate an increasingly uncertain economy and a trad...
Tech We’re Using: Hurricanes. Shootings. Fires. Time for an Editor’s Emergency Kit.
When news of natural disasters or man-made ones break in the U.S., Julie Bloom taps a variety of tools to communicate with reporters, edit s...
Tesla Reports Record Output, but Cuts Prices, and Its Shares Plunge
The automaker said production of the Model 3 sedan increased 15 percent over the previous quarter, but the price cut could signal softening ...
Overlooked No More: Karen Sparck Jones, Who Established the Basis for Search Engines
A pioneer of computer science for work combining statistics and linguistics, and an advocate for women in the field.
The New New World: Censoring China’s Internet, for Stability and Profit
Thousands of low-wage workers in “censorship factories” trawl the online world for forbidden content, where even a photo of an empty chair c...
Netflix Blocks Show in Saudi Arabia Critical of Saudi Prince
The episode of “Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj,” which critiques the crown prince, was blocked from streaming in the country after the govern...
Curbs on A.I. Exports? Silicon Valley Fears Losing Its Edge
The Commerce Department is considering national security restrictions on artificial intelligence. Some worry they could stunt the industry i...
Big Tech May Look Troubled, but It’s Just Getting Started
Even as Facebook, Google and others confronted challenges in 2018, their ambitions were undimmed. After all, so much of life remains undisru...
Rocket Launches, Trips to the Moon and More Space and Astronomy Events in 2019
A busy year in space just ended, and this one will be full of new highlights in orbit and beyond.
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