Hezbollah and other groups classified as terrorist organizations by the United States have changed their social media strategies to stay on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
The rater has become the rated.
A billion-dollar investment is meant to prop up a money-losing unit before Uber makes its pitches ahead of a planned I.P.O.
The company had long struggled to gain traction in China despite operating there for more than a decade.
If your phone is feeling a little laggy, here are some tips to clear out old apps and other things that may be slowing it down.
The company said some of the problems described in reviews of its nearly $2,000 Galaxy Fold phone might be due to the removal of a protective film from the display.
The Silicon Valley food-drink of choice is now a ‘complete nutrition platform.’ The beverage plot thickens.
Coming into these I.P.O.s, there were many questions about whether investors were willing to swallow the risk of the latest crop of tech companies.
The shares will begin trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PINS.
Once, it was easy to be obscure. Technology has ended that.
TikTok is popular with children and young adults worldwide, but regulators are scrutinizing it, citing concerns about misuse and privacy.
Thomas Fuller, San Francisco bureau chief, knows you cannot rely on cell networks during earthquakes, wildfires and other breaking news catastrophes.
Here’s a comprehensive comparison of the two services to help you choose your go-to app for hitching rides.
Here’s a comprehensive comparison of the two services to help you choose your go-to app for hitching rides.
Apple and Qualcomm said they had agreed to dismiss all litigation between them worldwide.
At its heart, privacy is about how data is used to take away our control.
The company said that a misguided algorithm paired live footage of the blaze in Paris with information about the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Even in the best cases, traveling alone can get lonely. Here’s how to connect safely with the people you meet along the way.
With so many start-ups listing their shares this year, each is trying to avoid the traffic jam to get its own moment in the sun.
Citing a rarely used ‘war exemption,’ insurers say they aren’t responsible for the 2017 NotPetya attack.
In a major ethical leap for the tech world, Chinese start-ups have built algorithms that the government uses to track members of a largely Muslim minority group.
Our emerging post-privacy order isn’t quite totalitarian, but it’s getting there.
The battle between the companies, once partners, could affect the division of billions of dollars in smartphone profits and, perhaps, how much consumers pay for phones.
Life under the unbreakable lure of the screen.
Investigators have been tapping into the tech giant’s enormous cache of location information in an effort to solve crimes. Here’s what this database is and what it does.
The tech giant records people’s locations worldwide. Now, investigators are using it to find suspects and witnesses near crimes, running the risk of snaring the innocent.
India’s second-largest airline is out of cash and operating just nine planes. The outlook for a rescue is grim.
Before you post that baby bump or college acceptance letter online, remember how much fun it used to be to share in person.
The Social Security Administration used to mail out many more statements each year. Now, it encourages workers to go online. A new report says millions haven’t looked.
Conflicting national laws on harmful content could have unintended consequences for the global internet.
Three top-performing funds each racked up returns of more than 25 percent, helped by bets on small- and mid-cap growth stocks.
Peter Ashlock has completed 25,000 trips for Uber. As insiders cash in with what may be a $100 billion public offering, he’s on the road to nowhere.
Uber, like many other tech companies, is using a few creative terms to describe its business. We’ll try to translate them for you.
The government charged Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, not with publishing classified government information, but with stealing it, skirting — for now — critical First Amendment questions.
The world’s largest ride-hailing service unveiled its prospectus for what is likely to be the biggest initial public offering for years.
We have no privacy online.
Twitter borrows most of its best ideas from users. Except the idea to set our feeds on fire.
We’re examining our policies and practices around data, too.
We’ve given up too much control over our digital lives. We need a law to take some of it back.
Sure, electronic eyes are spying. But look at everything this pocket computer can do!
In China, where facial recognition cameras are celebrated as a national triumph, many citizens convince themselves that everywhere else is filled with danger.
The forces of wealth creation once fostered the right to be left alone. But that has changed.
Computer glitches have compromised jury selection processes across the country. More trouble surfaced recently in a death penalty case in Louisiana.
The cloud computing project, known as JEDI, is one of the largest federal information technology contracts in history.
The digital world is not designed to keep women safe. New regulations should be.
A running list of some of the best writing on the intersection of technology and privacy.
The ride-hailing giant gave some investors an initial estimate of its public market valuation, which ranged from $90 billion to $100 billion.
The ride-hailing giant gave some investors an initial estimate of its public market valuation, which ranged from $90 billion to $100 billion.
The screenless internet could be amazing — or terrible.
A simple rule that bolsters the banking system — “know your customer” — could help combat fake news and hate speech online if companies like Facebook and Twitter embraced it.
They say Amazon should stop offering custom cloud computing services that help the oil and gas industry explore for and extract more fossil fuels.
The legislation, called the Save the Internet Act, faces long odds in the Republican-led Senate.
The legislation, called the Save the Internet Act, faces long odds in the Republican-led Senate.
Claudio E. Cabrera, who specializes in search engine optimization, describes how he keeps track of what’s hot in search and how that informs coverage — and what the limits are.
Here is the trick: Let your smartphone do the work.
The company said it had improved artificial intelligence to stop dead people’s profiles “from showing up in places that might cause distress.”
Here’s how to save your tax records digitally so you can get rid of the paper in your home office.
Want cheap data and phone calls when you’re abroad? Here’s how.
The online world is an interactive museum of humiliation, bad faith and gross memes. This is why we need parrots trolling cats.
Unlike at social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, the people who respond to reports of harassment are largely unpaid volunteers.
The digital pin board company set a price range for its I.P.O. that would value the business below its last private market valuation of $12 billion.
The digital pin board company set a price range for its I.P.O. that would value the business below its last private market valuation of $12 billion.
A growing number of countries are now eager to punish Facebook and other internet companies for harmful material on their platforms.
Not in the United States, anyway.
Millions of Chinese are using the app as part of President Xi’s efforts to strengthen ideological control in the digital age. Critics say it fuels a personality cult.
Twenty years later, we still haven't partied like we did in 1999.
Fighting the dragon queen Tiamat is a much more satisfying way to spend time with my friends than social media ever was.
You can’t. So when we set out to adapt Amanda Hess’s “Internetting” video series for the print paper, we wanted to amplify qualities of the internet while celebrating the print reading experience.
A stay-at-home dad in Kansas reveals how the lines have blurred between viral trolling and the business of politics.
Lots of people have talked about the downsides of tech. But something can be convenient and good for you at the same time.
Asking tech leaders how to regulate their own industry might be like “asking the foxes how best to guard the henhouse.”
Most of us spend hours each day tapping the glass of our smartphones. But what if you could do just as much — maybe more — and give your fingers a break?
Mr. Bezos will keep 75 percent of the couple’s stock in Amazon, and all of their ownership of The Washington Post and Blue Origin space company, Ms. Bezos wrote.
Mr. Bezos will keep 75 percent of the couple’s stock in Amazon and all of their ownership of The Washington Post and Blue Origin space company, Ms. Bezos wrote.
The modern decline of healthy social interactions.
Shiny new app, same old propaganda.
The brain-tingling feeling was a hard-to-describe psychological oddity. Until, suddenly, it was a YouTube phenomenon.
In technology, the Trump administration has departed from its anti-regulatory, nationalist approach.
If you don’t feel like you have the time to read more, or struggle to finish a book, this method will help. If you have time for Twitter or Instagram, you have time for these books.
The grocery chain’s “Whole Paycheck” reputation doesn’t appear to be threatened.
The grocery chain’s “Whole Paycheck” reputation doesn’t appear to be threatened.
Steve Jobs wanted to put a ding in the universe. Today, Apple wants to ding your pocketbook.
Greed. It’s about greed.
Also this week: How it felt to climb a 28-story ladder in pursuit of news. Our reporter was, he said, “a mess.”
At least 25 prominent researchers are calling on the company to stop selling the technology to law enforcement agencies, citing concerns that it has built-in biases.
David E. Sanger, a national security correspondent, recounts his gear from the computers in use when he joined The Times in 1982 to his overloaded backpack now.
Sleek and convenient, Apple’s wireless earbuds are an engineering marvel. But they are difficult and expensive to maintain.
A new wave of websites turns physicians into mere gatekeepers for popular lifestyle drugs, increasing public health risks, experts say. The sites say they ease connections with doctors.
Executives have been burned by their previous dealings with big tech companies. But Apple’s promise of a billion devices worldwide was too good to pass up. Even for Rupert Murdoch.
Since a traveler asked Singapore Airlines if the seat back on his flight contained a camera, two U.S. senators have asked questions and expressed concern.
A reader calls for manual flight training, in the event that computer systems fail.
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts thought big financial institutions would lend credibility to their work. But last year’s crash has cooled their interest.
How I found a road map to my emotions on a decade-old online message board.
The 23-year-old has turned likes into coins. Here is his guide.
The latest iPhone and the newest version of Google’s Android come with tools to limit how much time you stare at your screen. Here’s how to make them useful instead of nags you’ll eventually turn off.
With as many as 879 million eligible voters set to cast ballots in the coming weeks, Facebook is struggling to cope with the disinformation and hate speech that is circulating online.
The rapid decline raises questions about investors’ appetite for fast-growing but unprofitable tech companies.
The rapid decline raises questions about investors’ appetite for fast-growing but unprofitable tech companies.
Clive Thompson’s “Coders” demystifies the work done to create the algorithms and programs that have come to dominate our world.
The government says the legislation would combat misinformation that harms the public interest, but rights advocates worry that it could be used to mute free speech.
Burger King is introducing a Whopper made with a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods. The deal is a big step toward the mainstream for start-ups trying to mimic and replace meat.
A herd of technology public offerings this year and next year is set to anoint venture capital winners. Here are some of them.
Instagram is for vacations. Facebook is for families. But TikTok takes us into the classrooms, airplanes, firehouses and fast-food franchises of our real lives.
Shock jocks lose their power when forced to tell the truth, the whole truth.
No established democracies have ever come as close to applying such sweeping restrictions as Australia and New Zealand are considering in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings.
Here’s why the Facebook chief executive invited Congress to regulate his company in a post on Saturday.
The accusations by Gavin de Becker, Mr. Bezos’ longtime security consultant, are the latest twist in a bizarre situation that has also pulled in the largest U.S. tabloid publisher and The Washington Post.
The government says that advertising designed to exclude certain groups violates the Fair Housing Act.
An I.P.O. underscored the depth of investor hunger for fast-growing young tech businesses, even if they are deeply unprofitable.
Neal Mohan discusses the streaming site’s recommendation engine, which has become a growing liability amid accusations that it steers users to increasingly extreme content.
Still, Yoshua Bengio, an artificial intelligence pioneer and co-winner of this year’s prestigious A.M. Turing prize, says A.I. will prove to be a boon, if regulated.
As Uber and Lyft go public, financial interest in getting truly driverless cars on the road will mount. That shouldn’t mean it happens in a rush.
Washington wants to thwart the Chinese tech giant’s dominance in telecom networks around the world. For now, though, sales at Huawei are booming.
The giant social network faces scrutiny of its business practices by numerous federal agencies.
Lyft’s I.P.O. heralds a new generation of Silicon Valley darlings on the public markets. Uber, Pinterest and Slack are expected to follow.
The contractor, Harold Martin, was arrested in 2016, but investigators never found evidence that he had shared stolen classified information with anyone.
Is the social media giant finally facing consequences for ads that discriminate?
The Department of Housing and Urban Development sued the company for violating the federal Fair Housing Act by limiting who sees ads based on characteristics like race, religion and national origin.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development sued the company for violating the federal Fair Housing Act by limiting who sees ads based on characteristics like race, religion and national origin.
Politicians have lots of ideas for regulating big tech. Here’s how to know which ones work.
Britain bolstered White House claims that the Chinese company poses a cybersecurity risk. But the report stopped short of calling for a ban on Huawei products.
What, you thought the home décor industry was going to escape millennial disruption?
Smart home devices can make life more convenient, but may put you at risk of being hacked. Ensure your safety with a few simple measures.
By taking control of the sites, Microsoft can stop future cyberattacks and monitor how infected computers were compromised.
Facebook said the policy change was based on a shift in its understanding of white nationalism, which it previously saw as different from white supremacy.
The Communist Party wants to instill the people with “core socialist values.” That means winnowing out content that extols individualism or hedonism.
Erin Griffith explains how Silicon Valley’s hot young companies are no longer churning out must-use apps and gadgets on an everyday basis.
For their work on neural networks, Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun and Yoshua Bengio will share $1 million for what many consider the Nobel Prize of computing.
For their work on neural networks, Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun and Yoshua Bengio will share $1 million for what many consider the Nobel Prize of computing.
Even though the Asus malware attack was spread through software updates, the best way to protect yourself online is to keep your software updated.
There are many tools for setting up two-factor authentication, a security mechanism that prevents improper access. These four methods are the most compelling.
A tool called DocumentHelper, developed by our Interactive News team, helped the reporters Benjamin Weiser and William K. Rashbaum find needles in a haystack.
In 2013, the company started an ambitious, flashy effort to create robots. Now, its goals are more modest, but the technology is subtly more advanced.
Artificial intelligence has bested top players in chess, Go and even StarCraft. But can it fly a drone faster than a pro racer? More than $1 million is on the line to find out.
The strict copyright law will require Google and other technology companies to compensate musicians, authors and news publishers.
The strict copyright law will require Google and other technology companies to compensate musicians, authors and news publishers.
The Stoics and friends continue to be the dominant thought leaders from Google to Apple — and a new entrepreneur lobbying firm has even named itself Cicero.
The iPhone maker is partnering with Hollywood heavyweights and publishers to provide broad new services to its users.
When Apple introduced the Apple Watch five years ago, the whole tech industry began to flirt with style. But interest in wearables has cooled.
A Lithuanian man pleaded guilty last week to wire fraud and said he was part of a scheme to imitate vendors and fraudulently invoice corporations.
Facebook video of the Christchurch mosque killings showed that people, not algorithms, want to share murder, gore and violence.
A growing number of games are taking on mental health issues like depression, anger and post-traumatic stress disorder.
As high-profile start-ups like Lyft, Pinterest and Uber prepare to go public, Silicon Valley venture capitalists are using the moment to shine the spotlight on themselves.
Do I need to explain to my son that a bot will never have his back?
Screens used to be for the elite. Now avoiding them is a status symbol.
Residents of a Manhattan building where tenants must use an app to open the lobby door have filed a lawsuit challenging the practice.
The start-up, which lets people create virtual “pin boards,” officially joined the herd of tech companies stampeding to the public markets this year by unveiling its offering prospectus.
The first skirmishes have already been fought in what could turn into a tech cold war. “The game is on,” said the Netflix chief executive, Reed Hastings.
A user on 4chan promised an “ethnic cleansing in my school” in a post that targeted black and Hispanic students.
Software looks to be at the heart of the recent Ethiopian Airlines crash. Safety approval of such systems will only get harder as technology advances.