Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.
Other apps from the company behind TikTok, including CapCut and Lemon8, went dark this weekend before flickering back. The federal law banning TikTok also applies to them.
OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank formed a new joint venture called Stargate to invest in data centers, building on major U.S. investments in the technology.
After the search giant welcomed more ads from small rivals like Ask.com, Google ad costs for some nonprofits ballooned.
The full-scale assault by the conservative movement on liberal domination of the nation’s culture has begun to deliver key victories.
Shortly after taking office Monday, the president issued the order to delay the app’s ban for 75 days. The law went into effect on Sunday.
New administrations move quickly to replace the site, and Mr. Trump’s struck a starkly different tone from the message the Biden administration had offered.
El presidente se apresuró a cancelar la aplicación que permitía concertar citas para ingresar a Estados Unidos, rechazando así a decenas de miles de migrantes.
Hubo un tiempo en que los gigantes chinos de internet parecían listos para conquistar el mundo, pero este parece haberlos olvidado, salvo para verlos como amenazas.
The president moved quickly to cancel the CBP One app, which allowed migrants to schedule appointments to gain entry into the United States, turning away potentially tens of thousands of migrants.
Algunos usuarios vieron cómo la aplicación de redes sociales volvía a estar en línea el domingo, luego de que dejara de funcionar al entrar en vigor una ley federal que exigía su venta o prohibición.
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
At the Microsoft Excel World Championship in Las Vegas, there was stardust in the air as 12 finance guys vied to be crowned the world’s best spreadsheeter.
The event’s organizer hopes to turn competitive Excel into a popular e-sport where pros compete for million-dollar prizes and big-league glory. That’s still a ways off.
China’s internet companies and their hard-working, resourceful professionals make world-class products, in spite of censorship and malign neglect by Beijing.
The app has repeatedly name checked the president-elect in pop-up messages and statements, as it navigates a ban in the United States unless it is sold to a non-Chinese owner.
No one was injured. The building, which includes a district office of a Wisconsin congressman who has been a critic of TikTok, sustained moderate damage in the fire on Sunday.
Instagram on Sunday rolled out Edits, a video-editing product that appeared similar to CapCut, which is owned by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.
La huella cultural de TikTok en Estados Unidos es enorme. ¿Por qué sus usuarios parecen aceptar su partida sin mayor interés?
The popular video app went dark in the United States late Saturday and then came back around noon on Sunday, even as a law banning it took effect.
Some users saw the social media app come back online on Sunday, following a shutdown when a federal law went into effect requiring a sale or ban.
What worries me most right now is the future of my generation.
The president-elect’s cultural victory has lapped his political victory.
TikTok is set to be blocked in the U.S. after the Supreme Court upheld a law that effectively bans the app. TikTok, a Chinese-owned social media platform, has drawn scrutiny from lawmakers for its national security risks and its ties to China. Sap...
Two decades of destinations amount to more than 300,000 words. To take a closer look, we needed more than the human eye.
The popular video app stopped working shortly before a federal law barring U.S. companies from hosting or distributing TikTok was set to take effect on Sunday.
The app gave places like an ice cream shop/wine bar fame, and sometimes overwhelmed them with crowds. Influencers and destinations await the fallout.
Users in the United States react to a nationwide ban of the app.
Trump’s unruly coalition is threatening to tear itself apart.
Banning the popular app is audacious. It’s also a sign that officials really believe the alternative is unacceptable.
TikTok’s cultural footprint in America is huge. Why is its disappearance being met with a shrug?
Start-ups with Chinese ties have found it increasingly difficult to do business and list shares in the United States.
The spy agency is trying to give its teams better tools and make it easier for the private sector to develop technology for their secretive work.
The 10-year-old company has ridden the popularity of its tech pants to the top rungs of the athleisure market. But “it’s still early days,” Vuori’s founder says.
The Chinese-owned company said it would cut off its services unless the U.S. assures Apple, Google and other companies that they would not be punished for hosting and distributing TikTok.
El programa VioGén identifica a posibles víctimas recurrentes a partir de un formulario. Una investigación del Times del año pasado detectó fallos en la operación.
After a decisive loss at the Supreme Court, the app is set to be blocked in the U.S. starting Sunday, ending its streak of Houdini-like escapes.
The company is one of the app’s leading server providers, managing the data centers where billions of 40-second videos are stored.
It is unclear if Mr. Trump, who has previously said he will spare the social media platform, will or can stop the ban.
Until this week, the app was little known outside of China.
The law that took aim at TikTok over national security concerns has prompted Americans looking for alternatives to download Xiaohongshu, a social media app that is popular in China.
A new report details how a covert influence operation linked to the Kremlin continued to place ads on Facebook despite U.S. and E.U. prohibitions on doing business with the organization.
La empresa argumentaba que la ley violaba sus derechos de libertad de expresión y los de sus 170 millones de usuarios estadounidenses.
A cold war between the United States and China has now truly begun.
A change to China’s export rules could give Beijing sign off on any deal that would force the internet giant ByteDance to give up TikTok.
While TikTok remains hugely popular in Brazil, Indonesia and other markets, its 170 million users in the United States are its most valuable.
Isaac Steidl fundó la plataforma Coco, que las autoridades relacionaron con actividades delictivas durante años. El esfuerzo por responsabilizar a Steidl pone a prueba una nueva frontera jurídica.
Users of the app are panicking about the prospect of a ban. Experts who study social media addiction say it’s easy to see why.
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that could result in the app going offline as soon as Sunday.
The company argued that the law, citing potential Chinese threats to the nation’s security, violated its First Amendment rights and those of its 170 million users.
With the court signaling it will release a decision on Friday, lobbyists for the app pushed lawmakers to shift course.
Isaac Steidl founded the Coco platform, which authorities tied to criminal activity for years. The effort to hold Mr. Steidl accountable tests a new legal frontier.
Marc Andreessen explains the newest faction of conservatism.
The MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes on why attention has become more valuable than money in politics.
Spain uses an algorithm to score how likely a domestic violence victim is to be abused again. A Times investigation last year identified flaws in the system.
More than 100 videos of child sex abuse material, some of which was computer generated, have been connected to Mr. Bell, 49, according to the authorities.
The company’s Apple Intelligence system has erroneously characterized news stories, provoking a backlash from media companies.
Online fund-raisers with stories of loss and desperation have become a symbol of the Los Angeles wildfires’ destruction. Officials warned of scammers using them to prey on people’s generosity.
Dylan seemed to be in on the joke, posting an old black and white clip of himself saying “Good God, I must leave right away.”
An investigation by the Federal Trade Commission determined that consumers had not been aware that the automaker was providing their driving information to data brokers.
The transfer-money app, owned by Jack Dorsey’s Block, racked up a hefty bill of fines and restitution for what federal regulators called “woefully incomplete” customer protections.
The move is under discussion as the Chinese-owned app faces a Sunday deadline to find a new buyer or shut down in the United States.
The cryptocurrency industry has pushed President-elect Donald J. Trump to establish one, creating real political momentum behind the plan.
Ahead of a Supreme Court ruling, they are mocking U.S. national security concerns about the Chinese-owned app.
The company said its Columbus plant could eventually produce tens of thousands of autonomous systems and weapons each year.
Hundreds of thousands of self-described TikTok refugees are flocking to Xiaohongshu, a Chinese social media app also known as RedNote. Americans users say they feel welcome, but politically sensitive topics are off limits.
Shou Chew will join tech moguls like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk at President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration as the fate of the app hangs in the balance.
Ante la inminente prohibición de TikTok en Estados Unidos y la incógnita sobre el futuro de la aplicación, este podría ser un buen momento para guardar tu trabajo.
The law, meant to shield minors from sexual materials on the internet by requiring adults to prove they are 18, was challenged on First Amendment grounds.
With a TikTok ban looming in the United States and the app’s future unknown, now might be a good time to save your work while you can.
In a letter, more than 400 employees asked Mr. Bezos, the company’s owner, to meet, saying they were “deeply alarmed” by recent decisions at the paper.
Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon Musk’s partner in an effort to cut government costs, could make decisions that ultimately make him and his investors richer.
The company is awaiting a decision over the constitutionality of a new law that aims to force a sale of the app to a non-Chinese owner under the threat of a ban.
People have been keeping personal diaries for several millenniums, but free smartphone apps now let you capture much more than words.
A 28-year-old woman with a busy social life spends hours on end talking to her A.I. boyfriend for advice and consolation. And yes, they do have sex.
Regulators filed a lawsuit in federal court stemming from Mr. Musk’s $44 billion purchase of the social media company now called X.
The layoffs come as Mark Zuckerberg pushes to remake his company for the Trump era and prepares to co-host a gala for the president-elect’s inauguration.
Para demostrar lo poco que les importan los vínculos de TikTok con Pekín, los estadounidenses están descargando Xiaohongshu, conocida como “Red Note”, una de las aplicaciones más populares de China.
As the popular video app faces a ban in the United States, Chinese officials are said to be weighing options to save it — including a sale to the tech mogul.
To show how little they care about TikTok’s ties to Beijing, people in the United States are downloading one of China’s most popular apps.
The lawsuit accuses Arity, an Allstate subsidiary, of collecting data about people’s driving behavior through mobile phone apps, leading to increases in drivers’ insurance rates.
Proving skeptics wrong, he shared a Nobel Prize in 2013 for using computers to better understand chemical reactions and biological processes.
The world’s richest person has stoked outrage about the devastating wildfires and efforts to tackle them. On Sunday, he said he would help provide internet access to areas in need in Los Angeles.
New rules aim to keep advanced technology out of China and to ensure that cutting-edge artificial intelligence is developed by the United States and its allies.
The maker of ChatGPT hopes to spur investment from the Middle East and avoid strict regulations on the development of new technologies.
It’s way too soon for ideological score settling.
All 50 states ban minors from purchasing adult material offline.
El frenesí de los juegos de azar digitales podría ponerle fin a una lotería vinculada a mafias asesinas y parte inamovible de la cultura popular brasileña desde el siglo XIX.
Digital gambling could spell the end for a lottery run by criminal gangs that has been a fixture of Brazilian life for decades.
The once high-flying platform for secondhand clothes was bought by a huge South Korean tech company. Can tech fixes make peer-to-peer selling seamless?
A nonprofit runs the app with volunteers and full-time employees, including retired firefighters and dispatchers, to provide live updates on fire conditions.
La prohibición de TikTok trastocaría el panorama de las redes sociales y la mercadotecnia, y dispersaría a sus 170 millones de usuarios mensuales en Estados Unidos.
ByteDance has pushed Lemon8 as a ban on TikTok looms, and Red Note is drawing interest, but the same law could apply to all Chinese-owned platforms.
Public safety officials fear that residents might ignore future, accurate alerts if they become accustomed to false warnings.
After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta’s speech policies. He asked a small team to carry out his goals within weeks. The repercussions are just beginning.
The plaintiffs include a Texas rancher and a hip-hop artist who say banning the app violates their First Amendment rights. TikTok is paying their legal bills.
Es probable que la aplicación desaparezca de inmediato de las tiendas de aplicaciones de Google y Apple. Pero no está claro si los usuarios perderán completamente el acceso.
Constellation Energy’s deal to buy Calpine is being driven by fast-rising demand for electricity in part by the technology industry’s investments in artificial intelligence.
Ro Khanna, a progressive from Silicon Valley, on Big Tech’s rightward lurch.
The justices are expected to rule quickly in the case, which pits national security concerns about China against the First Amendment’s protection of free speech.
The social media app is likely to disappear right away from the app stores of Google and Apple. But it’s unclear if users will completely lose access.
The site, coco.fr, was shut down in June after being linked to more than 23,000 sexual abuse and other cases in France alone, including the rape trial that shocked the country last year.
La red social está desafiando una posible prohibición o venta forzosa a nuevos propietarios en Estados Unidos, pero lleva varios años librando otras batallas en al menos 20 países.
The tech industry is fighting new regulations, expected soon, that aim to keep the cutting-edge technology in the United States and allied countries.
The court, which hears arguments on Friday in a challenge to a law banning the app, has issued varying rulings when those two interests clashed.
Billions in advertising flows through TikTok, which could be banned in the U.S. as soon as Jan. 19. Brands and creators are racing to prepare.
El director ejecutivo de Meta ya no opta por la estrategia de pedir disculpas sobre los problemas de sus plataformas y ha dicho que quiere volver a su ideal original sobre la libertad de expresión.
China’s primary goal is to damage America’s economy and pave the way for it to become the world’s pre-eminent power.
TikTok is challenging a possible ban or forced sale to new owners in the United States, but has for several years been waging other fights in at least 20 countries.
OpenAI’s chief executive and founder denies the allegations, which are similar to claims his sister has long made online.
He has leveraged his political ambiguity to strengthen Meta, with consequences for the future of Silicon Valley and for the truth.
Mark Zuckerberg is positioning his company for a second Trump term — and revealing the hollow identity at its core.
Mr. Musk has fallen out with prominent right-wing Americans who say they are worried that their agenda may be sidelined in favor of his own — and that he is willing to silence them on X.
Meta’s plan to end its fact-checking program shows how business leaders are shifting their priorities to adapt to another Trump administration.
The announcement follows a year of high-profile internet blackouts that hit several companies.
Meta is joining X and YouTube in shifting moderation to users. Are you ready?
The financing efforts follow new funding rounds by Elon Musk’s xAI and the market leader, OpenAI, which is now valued at $157 billion.
The energy that will power the booming data-center industry could end up increasing emissions, at least in the short term.
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. President-elect Trump and his conservative allies said they were pleased.
The self-help author Oliver Burkeman argues that the path to productivity — and peace of mind — begins with accepting your limitations.
The Taiwanese Coast Guard said seven Chinese nationals were aboard a ship suspected of causing the damage.
Mr. White, a close ally of President-elect Donald J. Trump, further strengthens the social media giant’s connections with the incoming administration.
The Brooklyn organization, seeking new audiences and pushing boundaries, debuts Techne, four digital installations from the Onassis Foundation’s ONX Studio.
La caricatura, realizada por Ann Telnaes, mostraba al propietario de The Post, Jeff Bezos, y a otros multimillonarios, arrodillados ante una estatua del presidente electo Donald Trump.
Una narración en segunda persona de las redes sociales.
The cartoon, by Ann Telnaes, depicted the owner of The Post, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Donald Trump.
The company introduced safeguards after readers flagged “bigoted” language in an artificial intelligence feature that crafts summaries.
Ten experts share what they think will happen in the world of dating, relationships and romance in the new year.
The agency imposed penalties on a company it blamed for supporting the Chinese hacking group Flax Typhoon in a 2022-23 infiltration.
The failure of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department’s computer-aided dispatch system in its vehicles had left deputies to resort to old methods as they responded to calls.
Companies’ use of foreign workers frequently leads to American layoffs.
Not in this universe, a new study concludes.
The problem we face is existential and spiritual, not situational.
Modern religious leaders are experimenting with A.I. just as earlier generations examined radio, television and the internet.
A second-person narrative of social media.
Turo, which investigators say was used to acquire the vehicles involved in the attack in New Orleans and explosion in Las Vegas, was emerging as an alternative car-rental service.
Joel Kaplan, a former senior adviser to George W. Bush, replaces Nick Clegg, a former deputy prime minister of Britain, as Meta’s head of policy.
After nearly two decades of fighting, the battle over regulations that treat broadband providers as utilities came to an end on Thursday.
Renters of both vehicles had used Turo, a peer-to-peer app. Officials are investigating possible connections between the two cases.
Two extremely online people on how the internet became so strange.
Planes didn’t fall from the sky on Jan. 1, 2000. A technology reporter who wrote a front-page article early that morning reflects on a crisis that never was.
Plus, what you might be eating in 2025.
In a year of continued A.I. progress, “founder mode” drama and a Trump election win, a few tech projects stood out for their clear benefits to humanity.
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s picks for the F.C.C. and F.T.C. have vowed to remove censorship online. That conflicts with European regulators who are pushing for stricter moderation.
Photographers and other men offer to build online followings for young girls, but some are pedophiles who work with parents to sexualize them.
He said in an interview that he had used the visas for skilled workers “many times.” But he has mainly used visas for unskilled workers like housekeepers.
In 2020, he moved to ban the Chinese-owned app. Now, he is opposing the Biden administration’s effort to do just that.