No one owns the law, and no one should be able to copyright it.
The social media company said it had signed 27 partners to its Libra project. But executives at some of those companies said they were approaching it warily.
Prime Day 2019 will be two days: July 15 and 16. Here are the deals to expect, how to shop if you’re not a Prime member, and how not to regret your purchases.
Chip makers’ deals underscore how difficult it is to clamp down on companies that the administration considers a national security threat.
Focusing on individual privacy consent does little to dismantle a system that’s clearly broken.
Current and former employees have been excoriating the federation’s top executives online in an effort to alert leaders to what they called a “toxic” culture.
Research released this week finds that many online retailers use so-called dark patterns to influence what shoppers decide to purchase. Cracking down on the practice could be difficult.
Despite warnings, New York City’s technology managers were blindsided by the so-called GPS rollover, failing to install simple but necessary upgrades.
The way we regulated social media platforms didn’t end harassment, extremism or disinformation. It only gave them more power and made the problem worse.
The country’s ambassador to the United States takes issue with an Op-Ed article.
The world’s largest drone maker is the latest Chinese technology company scrambling to retain their ability to sell to the United States.
The goal of automation has always been efficiency. What if artificial intelligence sees humanity itself as the thing to be optimized?
Popular novels, technical tomes and self-published books are pirated and sold on Amazon. That may actually be helping the company extend its grip on the book business.
The Microsoft case from the 1990s provides a road map for today’s tech giants and regulators.
Women and men are forecast to produce a similar volume of medical research by 2048, according to a new study. In computer science, that won’t happen until 2137.
The social network has ambitious plans to create a universal currency for the internet. Its reputation could get in the way.
To find real solitude, you have to go out of range. But every year that’s harder to do, as America’s off-the-grid places disappear.
The workplace messaging company’s shares rose in early trading on the stock market on Thursday, following last month’s rocky initial public offering for Uber.
The workplace messaging company’s shares rose on the stock market on Thursday, putting its value at nearly triple that of when it was a private firm.
Rules requiring users to prove they are over 18 were postponed because officials failed to adequately notify the European Commission about the changes.
Privacy is particularly important for L.G.B.T.Q. people.
For decades, antitrust regulation has focused on the welfare of the consumer. Now a backlash over Big Tech’s power has regulators and scholars trying to reverse years of established doctrine.
A man who met Denali Brehmer online offered her the money to arrange the killing of Cynthia Hoffman, 19, and document the crime with photos and video, the authorities said.
The video service has been under increasing pressure from parents and consumer groups for the way it handles children’s videos.
People consume news in many ways, which is why Anna Dubenko’s job — editor of off-platform strategy — takes her to platforms where others go for a break from theirs.
Amazon says it’s not responsible if its creations are abused.
The contacts list on your phone is probably less a list of people you talk to and more a list of everyone you’ve ever talked to. Here’s how to clean it up.
The social media giant thinks privacy is a you problem.
Google is the latest technology company to address the housing problems caused by the tech industry’s success.
It’s the latest technology company to address a problem caused by the industry’s success.
Despite skepticism and concern about Facebook’s reach, the company envisions an alternative financial system based on a new cryptocurrency called Libra.
We break down the new cryptocurrency and what the company hopes you will be able to do with it, even though it hasn’t quite arrived.
Could Facebook, Google or Apple be considered monopolies? Increased government oversight of the technology giants could consider that possibility.
From Calvin Klein to KFC, the rise of the computer-generated influencer on social media.
The neo-Nazi website falsely accused the comedian, Dean Obeidallah, of committing terrorism. He hopes to give money to organizations that fight white supremacy.
The state is teaming up with Silicon Valley to make mental health services more available. Promises abound, and so do potential problems.
Being cut off from American technology will hurt business at the Chinese company this year and next, Ren Zhengfei said, though he vowed a 2021 recovery.
Being cut off from American technology will hurt business at the Chinese company this year and next, Ren Zhengfei said, though he vowed a 2021 recovery.
It’s important to have diverse teams; when it’s just white men doing the programming, artificial intelligence systems are based on how they act.
Provisions set by the Justice Department, described by people familiar with the plan, could weaken a lawsuit that 10 attorneys general filed to try to block the $26 billion deal.
What seems like a sensible decision to an algorithm can be a terrible misstep to a human.
The tech industry is caught in the middle of escalating trade tensions with China. And at home, regulators are getting serious about cracking down on Big Tech.
After posts on the social network contributed to Myanmar’s genocide of Rohingya Muslims, Facebook vowed to fix the problem. Then the vitriol moved to India.
A handful of companies already dominate the market for digital assistants. The implications for consumer privacy are a serious concern, researchers say.
Apps and trackers can flood users with confusing data, doctors say. Some warn against orthosomnia, an obsession with “perfect” sleep.
An attack against the messaging app Telegram and the arrest of a user show how the Hong Kong clash is unfolding digitally, with growing sophistication on both sides.
The demand, which could amount to a billion dollars, represents a new wrinkle in the tensions between the Trump administration and China.
I found something so rare it feels sacred — a digital space that values private, quiet contemplation.
The average policy took 18 minutes to finish and required a college-level reading ability.
Even in today’s digital world, notes sent under a formal letterhead can help get the right message across. Here’s how to make your own powerful design with just a few keystrokes.
What are Times readers hungriest for? Here’s how Jodi Rudoren, associate managing editor for audience, finds out and then works to serve them.
Last month, the social media company would not remove a doctored video of Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Facebook said the video of Mr. Zuckerberg will get the same treatment.
Local journalism has been pushed “to the verge of extinction,” said a member of a committee that plans 18 months of hearings and other scrutiny of the big technology platforms.
The offline roots of online radicalization.
It’s a pleasure to watch software improve. I read the change logs, and I think: Humans can do things.
The notorious Silk Road site was shut down in 2013. Others have followed. But the online trafficking of illegal narcotics hasn’t abated.
British lawmakers questioned a Huawei executive on Monday about American allegations that the company poses a risk to national security.
A wide range of companies are lining up to complain about Silicon Valley’s power as lawmakers and regulators step up their scrutiny of Big Tech.
Salesforce’s deal to buy the business tools maker Tableau, its largest ever acquisition, was pushed by the need to make business information understandable.
It will soon be as easy to produce convincing fake video as it is to lie. We need to be prepared.
After she died, breaking into her phone was the only way to put together the pieces of her digital life.
The agreement, with Aurora Innovation, underscores the heavy emphasis automakers are placing on autonomous cars.
Journalists create the content, and big tech companies are profiting off it, according to a new analysis. “We need to share the revenue,” a news publisher says.
Nobody knows how to run YouTube. Especially not YouTube.
Caleb Cain was a college dropout looking for direction. He turned to YouTube, where he was pulled into a world filled with conspiracy theories, misogyny and racism.
Kevin Roose gets into the future of technology, the anxiety of publishing a huge story and his newest hobby (no screens involved).
A month after Uber’s rocky I.P.O., its chief executive laid off two members of his executive team: the chief operating officer and the chief marketing officer.
The world’s top artificial intelligence labs are honing technology that can mimic how humans write, which could one day help disinformation campaigns go undetected by generating huge amounts of subtly different messages.
The legal action against Silicon Valley’s giants will be long, difficult, uncertain and, for some people, disappointing.
Prosecutors said Haisem Zahab sent his findings to the Islamic State through an encrypted messaging app.
A growing number of intensive programs offered online, or on campuses around the world, can help workers at all stages become more globally minded.
Google said it would acquire Looker for $2.6 billion in a bid to catch rivals in the cloud-computing industry.
Security experts warn that time is running out for campaigns to create protections against the cyberattacks and disinformation seen in recent elections.
He is funding a new initiative to monitor digital products and platforms by the nonprofit organization that warned you about cigarettes in the ’50s.
Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google, facing the growing possibility of antitrust action and legislation to rein in their power, are spending freely to gain influence and access.
His ideas led to early versions of modern computing and helped win World War II. Yet he died as a criminal for his homosexuality.
He’s not just a husband. The wife guy married a woman, and now that is his personality — perhaps even his job.
Adam Satariano, who covers technology in Europe, became a frequent user when he moved to London.
Fears about troubling videos and excessive screen time are legitimate. But the real threat is adults’ disregard for their children’s rights and best interests.
New versions of the Apple and Google operating systems are packed with hundreds of new features. Here are the few you should know about.
When it comes to warnings about limiting kids’ screen time, grandparents are, well, grandfathered in.
On Tuesday, the photo platform announced that advertisers could promote influencer-created content in people’s feeds, even if those people do not follow the influencer.
Sometimes it’s worth pausing to ask the simplest questions.
Suddenly regulators’ guns are blazing, but it looks thoughtless and is likely to prove pointless.
Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are all facing federal antitrust inquiries — a potentially long and painful period in their corporate lives.
Apple’s “spaceship” headquarters are in one of the few Silicon Valley buildings that use seismic technology to protect against earthquake damage.
The iPhone maker acted as tech giants faced more scrutiny over what critics argue is anticompetitive behavior.
Apple’s software changed the way we listen to music. And though it got a little bloated over the years, we will miss it.
The “Break Up Big Tech” billboard, paid for by the Democrat’s presidential campaign, doesn’t sit well with all San Franciscans who work in the industry.
Intense new scrutiny on companies like Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon could last years and lead to the first overhaul of antitrust rules in decades.
Apple plans to unveil software enhancements for its iPhone and other products at its annual developer conference, plus potential new features that address issues that its technology has wrought.
Apple rolled out ambitious updates to its apps and smartwatch at its annual developer conference.
The errors appeared to affect services that rely on Google’s technology. Google said the problems were not caused by a cyberattack.
The errors also affected businesses that rely on Google’s technology. Google said the problems were not caused by a cyberattack.
Stewart Butterfield, Slack’s chief executive, has been outspoken. Maybe too outspoken for a business software company that is about to go public.
Plus, Uber will give rude customers the boot, and a victory for gender-neutral parental leave.
The company said the suspensions were an accident. But the move showed starkly the global political ramifications of Silicon Valley slip-ups.
Images of the Starlink constellation in orbit have rattled astronomers around the world.
The tech cold war is heating up. U.S. companies that depend on the giant China market are preparing themselves for the fallout.
The phrase can’t remotely capture our ever-shifting digital experience, social scientists say. Say hello to the “screenome.”
Almost everybody wants something done about disinformation. So why does it seem that nothing is changing?
Without disclosing details, officials say they plan to retaliate against those who blockade Chinese companies, in an apparent response to Huawei’s problems.
Joseph Menn’s “Cult of the Dead Cow” is a narrative history of a group of hackers who went from apolitical hobbyists to security advisers for the world’s most powerful institutions.
How technology reshapes consciousness.
The ride-hailing giant’s earnings report raised questions about where the company will find new growth and if it can ever make money.
The ride-hailing giant’s quarterly report raised questions about where the company would find new growth and whether it could ever make money.
Singapore’s new legislation could force companies to tell the government what websites users have viewed.
Ms. Pelosi said the company’s decision to leave up manipulated videos of her demonstrated how the social network contributed to Russian manipulation of the 2016 election.
Ms. Pelosi said the company’s decision to leave up manipulated videos of her demonstrated how the social network contributed to Russian manipulation of the 2016 election.
Ms. Pelosi said the company’s decision to leave up manipulated videos of her demonstrated how the social network contributed to Russian manipulation of the 2016 election.
Miriam Jordan, who covers immigration for The Times, says that migrants crossing the border often use WhatsApp and that Google Translate can break the ice.
Neighborhood-watch networks are on the rise, even though crime is not. Here’s how to put the data into perspective.
While parents are, of course, worried about their teenagers’ phone use, that concern goes both ways, a new study found.
The Chinese telecommunications giant has filed for summary judgment against the White House as it challenges limits against it via the courts and public opinion.
The algorithms know what we’ll do, but not why we do it. At least not yet.
The noodles and barbecue arrive within 30 minutes. The containers they come in could be around for hundreds of years thereafter.
The tech company has long used contractors, but some employees worry that a growing reliance on them represents a shifting, less admirable work culture.
Washington argues that global leaders must choose between an internet of Western values and one based on an authoritarian regime. If they do, how will data be divided? And would a self-reliant China be an even greater threat?