His departure came days after the company cut 30 percent of the staff. He will be replaced in the interim by Jeff D’Onofrio, the chief financial officer, the company said.
The billionaire’s decision to merge his A.I. start-up with his rocket company will test investors’ interest in giant combinations of unalike businesses.
What does Amazon’s top choice product designation really mean? The authors Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu describe how the ranking is not based on quality but on the extraction of our attention and money.
Slop, rage bait, brain rot. The authors Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu explain how today’s internet keeps us hooked and makes us angry, and what we can do about it.
People may be able to pay less for prescriptions with their insurance rather than via the new government website. The Trump drugstore is meant to help people buy medications using their own money.
More than 800 employees delivered a petition to management, condemning the Trump administration’s use of Google technology in immigration enforcement.
Technology stocks and Bitcoin are showing signs of a rebound after a disastrous week. But investors remain on edge about whether more pain is in store.
European Union regulators said the app’s infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially among children.
The prospect of disruptions from artificial intelligence has hung over the economy for years. But this week advances in software tools precipitated a sell-off on Wall Street.
Cory Doctorow and Tim Wu explain why the internet failed to live up to its early promise.
The Factbook, a version of which dates to 1962, provided facts, figures, maps and more to generations of economists, professors, journalists and others.
The heart devices do not track location, nor do they transmit across large distances.
The company reported a strong holiday quarter on Thursday. But its spending, like that at other big technology companies, is starting to make investors nervous.
The price of Bitcoin is now lower than when President Trump was elected in 2024, raising concerns of a new “crypto winter” in the industry.
The disgraced financier regularly courted tech industry figures not just for their prestige but also for access to promising companies.
Profits jumped 30 percent to $34.5 billion last quarter, and the tech giant is increasing its capital spending this year to as much as $185 billion.
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The attempted “Great Meme Reset” reveals how inescapable the incoherent internet has become.
Three economists debate the effects that artificial intelligence is having on the job market.
On The Times’s Visual Investigations team, Christiaan Triebert combines social media sleuthing and traditional reporting to piece together complex stories.
Crossplay, the first of its kind from The Times, pits puzzlers against each other on a shared board.
Moltbook, habitado solo por bots, se ha vuelto un fenómeno en Silicon Valley y un reflejo de las expectativas y miedos sobre el avance de la inteligencia artificial.
A group of cryptocurrency investors backing a memecoin hopes the statue will soon be installed at one of Mr. Trump’s golf courses in Florida.
“A Reddit for A.I.” social media platform has taken the internet by storm. But we’re not having the right conversations about it.
Technological advances and an erosion of trust have transformed the way news unfolds online, distorting shared reality.
A little teasing has helped Danes manage their anger and anxiety over American threats to take a part of their territory. A Trump pincushion, anyone?
The self-driving car company, an arm of Google’s parent company, is rapidly expanding its service beyond a handful of cities.
El acuerdo entremezcla aún más las empresas de Musk y crea la empresa privada con mayor valoración del planeta.
The deal further intermingles Mr. Musk’s companies and creates the most valuable private company on earth.
In a shaky job market, Silicon Valley workers feel they lack the leverage needed to make their political views known.
A new website called Moltbook has become the talk of Silicon Valley and a Rorschach test for belief in the state of artificial intelligence.
Experts share their thoughts on the future of A.I. and how it will reshape society in the coming years.
Beijing wants to lead the world in developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence, but it also wants companies to adhere to an increasingly complex set of rules.
This is a presidency that is, by any measure, failing.
The company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, said this week that it would stop making the car, an electric pioneer in 2012, as well as the Model X.
Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said.
Almost three of every four restaurant orders in the U.S. weren’t eaten in a restaurant, according to recent data. We spoke to readers who are devoted to delivery but question the costs.
A federal jury found that Linwei Ding stole thousands of confidential files to help him start a company in Beijing.
New phone designs, coupled with robust holiday spending, continued to lift iPhone sales in the quarter and drove the company to record profits.
OpenAI’s discussions with Microsoft, Nvidia, Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and others could value it at $750 billion or more.
The German practice of “lüften” is gaining traction on social media. It may improve your home air quality.
French officials will soon be expected to use new French-made video conferencing software as part of an effort to “regain digital independence,” the government said.
A.I. companies are buying up memory chips, causing the prices of those components — which are also used in laptops and smartphones — to soar.
The rivals made billions of dollars in the business over the past year, showing other companies that Nvidia isn’t the only game in town.
The company said on Wednesday that revenue in the most recent quarter was $81.3 billion, but its share price dropped more than 5 percent in after-hours trading.
That would be a major jump from $72 billion last year, as the tech giant aims to compete in the artificial intelligence race.
AlphaGenome is a leap forward in the ability to study the human blueprint. But the fine workings of our DNA are still largely a mystery.
The e-commerce giant has been cutting costs while pouring resources into building data centers to compete in the race to dominate artificial intelligence.
Perel, a renowned psychotherapist, doesn’t really think society can — or should — fall in love with a machine.
Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of “Hard Fork,” contend that the most important A.I. release since ChatGPT is Claude Code.
Some users had accused the app of blocking them from posting videos about Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The app said it was a power outage issue.
The military tested a new approach in Venezuela and during strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, Microsoft is internally projecting that water use at its data centers will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face shortages.
The tech giant has spent more than $6 million on TV ads in state capitals and Washington, with the message that data centers create jobs.
The settlement means TikTok will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective and subject to personal injury liability.
Landmark trials beginning this week will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.
Starting this week, a series of trials will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.
Executives, investors and engineers are speaking out against the Trump administration after the killings of Alex Pretti and another protester in moves reminiscent of Silicon Valley a decade ago.
As a guest on “Hard Fork,” Jonathan Haidt, author of “The Anxious Generation,” discusses why he believes children should have internet access and how that differs from his views on social media.
A.I.-generated content of Victoria Beckham has spread as wedding drama has engulfed the celebrity clan and the public has clamored for receipts (even fabricated ones).
Ricursive Intelligence, founded by two former Google researchers and valued at $4 billion, is among several efforts to automate the creation of artificial intelligence.
Yann LeCun helped create the technology behind today’s chatbots. Now he says many tech companies are on the wrong path to creating intelligent machines.
Many in Iran are gaining brief and unexplained windows of online connectivity, offering a widening glimpse of the extent of the government crackdown.
Decídete a revivir, o deshacerte, de esos viejos reproductores de música y cámaras, pero antes recupera los archivos atrapados en los dispositivos.
Platforms that match partners in procreation are experiencing a post-pandemic uptick.
The changes came after the app’s Chinese parent company spun out an American entity to run TikTok in the United States.
ByteDance conservará el 19,9 por ciento y los inversores no chinos poseerán alrededor del 80 por ciento de la empresa estadounidense. Muchos tienen vínculos entre sí y con el presidente Trump.
The artificial intelligence tool generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps.
Chinese firms must contend with geopolitical tensions and mistrust to do business in the United States. Some are choosing to avoid the U.S. altogether.
The popular short form video app has a new corporate structure in the United States, which could result in some changes for the 200 million Americans who use TikTok.
Several big companies and investment firms are part of the new American TikTok. Many have ties to one another and President Trump.
La compañía informó que cedió el control mayoritario de su operación estadounidense para asegurar la continuidad de la plataforma en el país.
The Chinese parent company of the popular video app said a group of non-Chinese investors would create an American TikTok to avoid a federal ban.
A foot of snow in New York? Two feet? Well, it’s complicated.
Kevin Roose, a technology columnist at The New York Times, shared his recent vibecoding project with his co-host, Casey Newton on the “Hard Fork” podcast.
Defections, secret conversations, deal talks that fizzled and a battle for control: The turmoil at Thinking Machines Lab is the artificial intelligence industry’s latest drama.
Welcome to the era of the Polymarket sharp.
This month, resolve to revive or relinquish those old music players and point-and-shoot cameras — and retrieve any files trapped on the devices.
Over nine days, Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4 million images, of which at least 41 percent were sexualized images of women.
El asistente de inteligencia artificial de Google, Gemini, puede crear una lista de tareas pendientes a partir de correos electrónicos recientes, entre otras nuevas funciones, pero esto tiene implicaciones para tu privacidad.
The settlement means Snap will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective and subject to personal injury liability.
The agency is aiming to reverse a setback in the government’s campaign to rein in the power of the biggest tech companies.
Founded by researchers from Anthropic, Google and xAI, the new company, Humans&, is already valued at $4.48 billion.
Una tendencia en redes despertó nostalgia en los usuarios, pero los recuerdos compartidos apuntan a algo más.
Billions of dollars are trading hands on sites like Polymarket and Kalshi, where people bet on everything from Taylor Swift’s wedding date to election outcomes.
Even more likely than an all-out invasion of Taiwan may be “gray zone” pressures, such as cutting internet cables.
A new trend has some social media users feeling nostalgic for a decade ago, but the posts reveal something deeper about the state of the internet.
Five getaways, and other tips for disengaging on holiday.
The company said on Friday that it would start serving ads in the free version of its chatbot over the next several weeks.
On a new episode of “Popcast,” the rising alt-pop star 2Hollis spoke to Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli about his experience with the internet and limiting his social media use.
The shutdown of online discourse within Iran has allowed both the government and its critics to flood social media outside the country with disinformation campaigns and fake images.
The ride-hailing giant’s chief executive has made a bet on how it can finally grab a bigger piece of one of the world’s largest taxi markets.
Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce.
Many proposals have been introduced, but there is little consensus among governors, Congress members and tech executives about exactly how much the companies behind data centers should pay for electricity.
The top executive of the crypto exchange Coinbase scuttled a planned Senate committee vote on a major cryptocurrency bill after voicing his concerns, a sign of the company’s clout.
“I want to be very public that there’s a new cop on the beat,” said Samuel Levine, the new commissioner of New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
Bowing to pressure, the company said it would restrict X users from generating explicit images of real people in jurisdictions where such content is illegal.
Google’s A.I. assistant, Gemini, can create a to-do list based on recent emails, among other new tricks. There are implications for your privacy.
The agreement with the start-up Cerebras is the latest in a series intended to expand the A.I. company’s computing power.
The state will examine whether xAI, which owns the social media platform X and created the A.I. chatbot Grok, violated state law.
Systems like OpenAI’s GPT-5 are accelerating research in math, biology and chemistry. But there is a debate over whether it can do that work on its own.
If SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they will unleash gushers of cash for Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
Under a near-total communications blackout, users of Elon Musk’s satellite service have gotten online without paying, an organization that works on web access said.
El presidente estadounidense ha amenazado con intervenir militarmente en favor de los manifestantes si Irán utiliza la fuerza letal.
The authorities say the decision was made to prevent the spread of misinformation as President Yoweri Museveni seeks his seventh term in office.
“HELP IS ON ITS WAY,” President Trump said on social media. He has threatened to intervene militarily on behalf of the protesters if Iran uses lethal force.
Te damos unos consejos para ayudarte a recuperar la concentración.
Even experts can’t tell what’s made by A.I. So what happens to trust now?
Artificial intelligence’s promise is real. But some of the most prominent A.I. companies might not make it.
Las empresas tecnológicas que quieran impedir seriamente las imágenes sexuales ilegales generadas por IA necesitan recibir los incentivos adecuados para proponer soluciones.
The layoffs are set to be announced this week and would affect Meta’s work on the metaverse, as the company spends heavily on building artificial intelligence.
Apple was facing increasing questions about its plans for artificial intelligence as other big tech companies invested tens of billions in the technology.
Tech companies that want to seriously prevent illegal A.I.-generated sexual imagery need to be given the right incentives to come up with solutions.
Starting the year with a broken brain? We asked experts how you can get your focus back.
Desde computadoras que hablan hasta vehículos que se manejan solos, hay una gran variedad de tendencias que habrá que seguir en 2026.
He spent two decades hosting the PBS series, during the formative years of personal computing. It was seen in more than 300 cities at its peak.
It started in a laboratory. No one could have predicted where it would end.
The show, streaming on HBO Max, doesn’t have one of the biggest audiences, but viewership grew very quickly in just a few weeks.
Strava logs all your fitness achievements — and then some.
Asking students to drill down on their schoolwork amid an array of digital distractions is inimical to learning.
The streaming platform unveiled its plan in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee.
The chief executive of Carvana, which sells used cars online, said President Trump’s tariffs could help his company by increasing demand for its vehicles.
The internet giant told employees on Monday that it expected them to return to the office full-time in January.
N.I.H. officials suggested federal record keepers helped them hide emails. If so, “that’s really damaging to trust in all of government,” one expert said.
Los expertos ofrecen consejos para reconocer las afirmaciones médicas falsas en internet y combatirlas en tus círculos cercanos, sin pelear con nadie.
Experts offer tips for combating false medical claims in your own circles.
A 24-year-old’s sudden death devastated his family — and caught the attention of the movement of vaccine opponents.
The company is requiring many employees to use an app that tracks their in-person attendance.
As it prepares to go public next week, Instacart shows that one secret to making money as a gig economy company is to become an advertising company.
The Democratic presidential challenger continues to espouse extreme ideas, but has dialed that messaging back in large public forums.
The candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination uses logical leaps and rhetorical devices to create false or misleading messages.
A late-summer rise in Covid-19 infections is bringing with it a wave of conspiracy theories.
Heavy reliance on online remote learning during the pandemic drew attention away from more equitable ways of teaching children at home, a UNESCO report says.
La operación de influencia comenzó al menos hace cuatro años y, según la empresa, abarcó miles de cuentas en Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, X, Substack y sitios web chinos.
The campaign began at least four years ago and spanned thousands of accounts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Substack and Chinese websites, Meta said.
Two weeks after employees filed to organize, the company told some they had to change cities or would lose their jobs. It said the plan had long been in the works.
The iPhone maker’s recent quarter benefited from strong sales in its App Store and other services businesses.
After years of steady growth, many technology companies are laying off workers and giving up millions of square feet of office space in the city.
Overall iPhone sales were up, and revenue for the company’s services business set a record.
A day after nearly 1,100 people were laid off, the struggling company told its remaining workers to prepare for a series of changes.
The rule on price disclosure was written before widespread use of the internet. Regulators are considering an update.
They got lost in this weird moment, where the world is caught between crisis and normalcy, nostalgic for house parties — and Houseparty, too.
The analyst Dan Wang takes stock of how the country’s growth trajectory has changed.
As tech companies cut costs and move to remote work, their left-behind office furniture has become part of a booming trade.
With loosened rules around remote prescriptions, a psychedelic-like drug has become a popular treatment for mental health conditions. But a boom in at-home use has outpaced evidence of safety.
As the companies have shed jobs recently, many teams assigned to combat false and misleading information have taken a hit.
The chief executive, under pressure from activist investors, seeks to do well and do good — but his options are narrowing.
The outcome of a case in federal court could help decide whether the First Amendment is a barrier to virtually any government efforts to stifle disinformation.
California’s law sought to punish doctors who give patients false information about Covid-19.
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