Jeffrey Wigand, who took on Big Tobacco, counsels insiders who think they have a story about wrongdoing. There are quite a few of them.
A trader placed well-timed bets on Polymarket and Kalshi in two Senate races. It was unclear if the person had access to inside information or simply made good trades.
This week on “Hard Fork,” Ezra Klein, an Opinion columnist for The New York Times, joins the show to discuss the midterm election, including voter concerns about A.I. and data centers.
As Microsoft pours billions into artificial intelligence, the company has offered buyouts to about 60,000 employees. The work force was already on edge.
A longstanding hypothesis held that some problems would always be hard for computers to solve quickly. But OpenAI disproved it — raising the possibility of radical new efficiencies.
Decades after the computer industry moved on, federal officials plan to finally ground the once-vaunted tech relic at the nation’s air traffic control centers.
Videos on social media often save key details for the end. One content creator, who goes by Heyitsyoon, skips the filler so viewers don’t have to wait.
The New York Times reported last week that Mr. Huang had a close relationship with an executive that U.S. officials determined was funneling information to Chinese intelligence.
Separate lawsuits were filed by Google, Meta and TikTok, which have been battling a flood of claims that their services are addictive.
Many donated money to President Trump’s favored causes and became his allies. Now that political alignment may be a liability.
Some call him a doomer. Others see him as a responsible technologist. Here’s how the Anthropic chief executive’s thinking on artificial intelligence was shaped.
The artificial intelligence company pledged to be more collaborative with the communities where it is building its data centers.
A student made plans to end her life after chatting with Google’s artificial intelligence, a new lawsuit claims, amid mounting concerns about online harms to children.
E-book reader sales are soaring as consumers seek technology offering respite from social media and artificial intelligence hype. It’s even better in color.
After two years of little A.I. oversight, voters on Tuesday rejected data center projects and swept into office Democratic candidates who promised to regulate the technology.
Fairshake, the major industry super PAC, spent $46 million on ads against the Democrat, Sherrod Brown, who won.
A.I. agents can make things easier. That’s not always a good thing.
This week on “Hard Fork,” the A.I. company Anthropic is getting ready to go public. As more and more investment dollars and the economy at large are wrapped up in these large A.I. companies, what’s at stake with this I.P.O.?
This week on “Hard Fork,” Max Read, guest host, and Erin Griffith, a tech reporter for The New York Times, discuss how Anthropic’s upcoming I.P.O. is a rare chance to see the financials of a major A.I. company.
A Chinese start-up has developed a device that uses artificial intelligence and lasers to kill mosquitoes. But there are safety concerns for people and other creatures nearby when the device is in action.
Fans lined up for hours outside stores of Apple stores on Friday to buy the iPhone Duo, the company’s first foldable phone.
More than a million people have watched a 24/7 livestream of six newborn puppies in Finland. The cameras will roll until the pups go to their permanent homes in December.
More American workers are strapping cameras to their bodies to collect data in order to help train robots. The New York Times met with several of them to find out why, and what this could mean for the future of work.
On Monday, Meta released two new A.I. models as it tries to catch up with rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI.
Radvinsky convirtió un diminuto sitio web llamado OnlyFans en una potencia del entretenimiento para adultos, redefiniendo el sector para la era de las redes sociales.
By leveraging social media and the influencer economy, he turned his website into a byword for online pornography in the 21st century.
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.