The administration has downplayed concerns — from mass job losses, to a potential financial bubble — as President Trump cheers soaring stock prices and faster growth.
Try these useful shortcuts for sharing your Wi-Fi with guests, wrangling your to-do list or deciding what to do with family and friends.
Larry and David Ellison didn’t always have a close relationship. Now they’re one of the most intriguing partnerships in business.
A preliminary injunction in federal court cited the First Amendment, handing a win to tech companies like Apple and Google.
The Trump administration, citing “foreign censorship,” imposed travel bans on experts involved in monitoring major tech platforms.
Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of “Hard Fork” at The New York Times, spoke with Andrew Marley, executive director for Effective Altruism DC, about how much water A.I. data centers use.
On the “Hard Fork” podcast, the hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss a new law in Australia barring kids under 16 from social media.
The “Hard Fork” co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton sing an original, tech-inspired rendition of “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”
In conversation with Kevin Roose and Casey Newton on the “Hard Fork” podcast, the former Roomba C.E.O. Colin Angle shares how YouTube’s viral shark cat brought him joy in 2008.
Trump’s deal preserves many of the ties to China that the law was designed to sever.
An assortment of absurd, useful and funny words and phrases entered the vernacular this year. How well do you know them?
YouTube’s big streaming lead over Netflix and other competitors stems in large part to its dominance during daylight hours.
The deal for Intersect, a data center and energy developer, is set to help Google built out its infrastructure for artificial intelligence.
Be sure you have the right equipment and apps for weather and traffic, and don’t forget to check those tires. Here are more tips for hitting the highway.
The 29-year-old woman who created the “MyBoyfriendIsAI” community on Reddit isn’t dating (or sexting) her A.I. boyfriend anymore. She found something more fulfilling.
Per Scholas has helped over 30,000 people, about half of whom never graduated from a four-year college, break into careers in tech.
Adults need to set up rules for students so that it’s not on them to self-regulate when it comes to going tech-free.
A.I. chatbots have been designed to behave in a humanlike way. Some experts think that’s a terrible idea.
Morgan McSweeney’s TikTok crusade against White House health policies has made him a star. It’s not a job he ever wanted.
The Chinese-owned video app formalized commitments from the software giant Oracle and two investment firms as part of a deal to keep TikTok operating in the United States.
The Swedish company is now valued at $6.6 billion, more than triple its $1.8 billion valuation set by investors in July.
Kristin Cabot was caught on camera with her boss at a concert. The video went viral. Soon she was drowning in the vitriol of strangers.
Mr. Musk has ambitions to remake education, but his latest effort to open an elementary school in Texas appears to have faltered.
The comment from Brendan Carr, a Republican, raised concerns from lawmakers about how President Trump might use the agency.
For people like Ms. Otts, an online community can be lifesaving.
A boundary-pushing array of new crypto ventures have reached the stock market, enticing investors and leading to more risk taking.
Three Democrats are seeking information from tech firms about the growing energy use of data centers and the utility bills of individuals and other businesses.
The two food-delivery app companies filed a lawsuit against new rules, starting in January, that require food-delivery apps to provide a tipping option at checkout.
The data centers used for work on artificial intelligence can cost tens of billions to build. Tech giants are finding ways to avoid being on the hook for some of those costs.
Lightspeed Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley venture firm, has amassed more than $9 billion to invest in artificial intelligence. That is its biggest haul.
As slang finds its way into lexical institutions, experts ponder its place on the internet.
Rural departments have long relied on cheap software solutions to keep their operations running. But fire chiefs report sharp price increases as investors have entered the market.
En búsqueda de moda, la calidad surge como un emblema de sofisticación.
A sale of insider shares at $421 a share would make Mr. Musk’s rocket company the most valuable private company in the world, as it readies for a possible initial public offering next year.
Backed by White House officials, the tech billionaire has lashed out at the European Union after his social media platform X was fined last week.
Two columnists debate this strange moment.
The company said the new law, which makes it illegal for children under 16 to have social media accounts, infringes on children’s rights.
The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Do Kwon, who designed the virtual currencies Luna and TerraUSD, which plunged in 2022, had pleaded guilty to fraud.
A new technology release from OpenAI is supposed to top what Google recently produced. It also shows OpenAI is engaged in a new and more difficult competition.
Governments are studying the decision to prohibit youths from using platforms like Facebook and TikTok as worries grow about the potential harm they cause.
The typeface, the target of the State Department’s typographical about-face, has been entangled in politics before.
President Trump’s unusual decision to involve himself in the government’s review of the deal puts his antitrust chief in an awkward position.
Lip-Bu Tan, who was appointed chief executive of Intel in March, is also a longtime venture capitalist. His dual roles have caused some consternation.
Savvy theater makers are exploring the debasing effects of online culture on relationships.
An us-versus-them mentality has emerged between Meta’s top artificial intelligence team and longtime lieutenants to Mark Zuckerberg.
In an uncertain and often frightening world, more people are searching for meaning in communities of faith.
The measure is one of the most sweeping efforts in the world to safeguard children from the harms of the platforms.
El país está por prohibir a los menores de 16 años el acceso a las redes sociales, con una amplia ley federal que constituye uno de los primeros intentos de regulación a nivel nacional.
Silicon Valley is again betting everything on a new technology. But the mania is not a reboot of the late-1990s frenzy.
Approval for the H200 chip followed months of haggling between tech industry backers and defense hawks.
Apps like OpenAI’s Sora are fooling millions of users into thinking A.I. videos are real, even when they include warning labels.
Andrew Ferguson has used the Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection mandate to investigate issues important to President Trump and his base.
The developer of ICEBlock, which notifies users of ICE agent sightings, said Attorney General Pam Bondi censored his free speech.
The European Commission said Meta, which owns both platforms, is giving users the option of sharing less data in exchange for less personalized ads.
Online casinos have proved to be a much stronger source of tax revenue than sports betting apps. They may be coming to a state near you.
Pay attention to how you pay attention.
Si las empresas pueden modificar productos conectados a internet y cobrar suscripciones después de que la gente ya los compró, ¿qué significa realmente ser dueño de algo hoy en día?
Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are difficult to trace, experts say.
Being a smart consumer has never been easier. Influencers and the fashion industry are all taking advantage of that.
The country is trying to wean children under 16 off the likes of TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram with a new law. The teenagers are skeptical.
The country is barring children under 16 from social media, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at a nationwide regulation.
The new repost option, sandwiched between comment and share, has led to consternation and accidental reposts by some users.
Mario Nawfal has a knack for getting Mr. Musk’s attention online, and for turning that into big business.
Filed in federal court on Friday, the suit joins more than 40 other court disputes between copyright holders and A.I. companies.
The case over online transparency has become a flashpoint between the European Union and the Trump administration.
Generative A.I. needs a course correction for the sake of energy efficiency and for its own advancement.
Meta plans to direct its investments to focus on wearables like its augmented reality glasses but does not plan to abandon building the metaverse.
Fleeing an abusive home life, she went on to win a national Space Invaders tournament, taught herself to program and left a trail of popular games in her wake.
Abbott Diabetes Care said it had received reports of more than 700 injuries that may be associated with malfunctioning sensors.
Investors are deciding within 15 minutes whether to shovel millions into A.I. start-ups and taking entrepreneurs weight lifting and rock climbing to get deals done.
If companies can modify internet-connected products and charge subscriptions after people have already purchased them, what does it mean to own anything anymore?
Gov. Kathy Hochul received nearly $250,000 for her re-election campaign from donors eager to have her sign a bill that would regulate the A.I. field in New York.
Jimmy Donaldson, who is known as MrBeast online, discussed the differences in content quality between YouTube and TikTok at The New York Times’s DealBook summit.
As he and his company pour tens of billions into new data centers, Dario Amodei said they face a “cone of uncertainty.”
At this year’s DealBook Summit, the Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei told Andrew Ross Sorkin, editor at large, that the A.I. industry was taking on considerable risk as it spends hundreds of billions of dollars on the data centers powering its technology.
Andrew Ross Sorkin will interview some of the most powerful people from Wall Street, Silicon Valley and Washington.
Bitcoin has plunged more than 30 percent and Ether is down around 40 percent in recent months, as gains from President Trump’s pro-crypto policies evaporated.
Si fomentamos el pensamiento crítico y la flexibilidad creativa de nuestros hijos ahora, podemos ayudarles a prepararse para un futuro con IA.
The government said the rules were needed to prevent theft and other crime. Its opponents and privacy activists regard the app as a tool of mass surveillance.
Jack Conte, the chief executive of Patreon, a platform for creators to monetize their art and content, outlines his vision for an internet that puts people, not ad revenues, first.
At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major.
I help to build A.I. systems, and even I know there are real reasons to be concerned about how A.I. affects our children.
Según los comercios y las empresas tecnológicas, los chatbots pueden ayudar a las personas a hacer frente a la “fatiga de decisión por las opciones interminables”.
David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments.
I needed to stop thinking that I knew more than the author and give in to whatever ride they had spent years planning.
The European airplane maker said a recent incident had shown that “intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.”
Shopping has always been a game. And now it’s being rigged against you.
Ni las mismas compañías creadoras de la tecnología parecen saber bien hacia dónde se dirige.
The internet is a dangerous place. Folklore can teach us how to move through it.
Vivimos una época de superlativos en la industria tecnológica, con ganancias, cotizaciones bursátiles y precios de transacción históricos. Suficiente para poner muy nerviosos a algunos.
Even the companies building the technology don’t seem exactly sure where it’s headed.
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
He and a partner founded Tekserve, a Manhattan emergency room for frozen hard drives, keyboards, screens and their confounded owners.
Starcloud is a new Nvidia-backed company that is joining Google and a few other companies in developing plans to eventually put data centers in space. The “Hard Fork” co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss what those data centers will look like and how they will transmit information to Earth.
This year’s high-end models from Apple and Google raise the bar for mobile photography, but users should take the time to learn the settings and features.
Faith is not meant to be transactional or tailored to you.
Artificial intelligence is unpopular and uncool — so A.I. companies are making ads that don’t even bother to show their own products. Will it pay off?
These five titles, recommended by therapists and researchers, can help you curb the urge to scroll.
Brazilian jiu-jitsu has been increasingly embraced by right-wing influencers. Craig Jones is an unlikely counterforce.
Plus, what a social media break can do for your brain.
New tools and features from retailers and tech companies use artificial intelligence to help people find gifts and make decisions about their shopping lists.
Strava logs all your fitness achievements — and then some.
The popular app’s online marketplace is growing rapidly in the United States, driven by TikTok’s popularity and influencer advertisements that look a lot like TV infomercials.
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.
Also, Russian missile attacks in Ukraine and a major deal for Indian women’s cricket.
The drumbeat of layoffs in Silicon Valley is partly a result of how the pandemic upended the economy.
More hospitals and medical practices have begun charging for doctors’ responses to patient queries, depending on the level of medical advice.
Some of the biggest tech companies have announced tens of thousands of job cuts. But even after the layoffs, their work forces are still behemoths.
Doctors are exasperated by the persistence of false and misleading claims about the virus.
Many reinstated users are tweeting about topics that got them barred in the first place: Covid-19 skepticism, election denialism and QAnon.
Has another autocratic regime ever taken away the right of so many people to lead a normal life?
Two lawsuits in California have pre-emptively challenged a new law that would punish doctors for misleading patients about Covid-19.
Protests are rising as China enacts more lockdowns and quarantines, with no end in sight. The defiance is a test of Xi Jinping’s authoritarian leadership.
Reflecting on what worked and what didn’t.
In his first communications with Twitter’s staff, the company’s new owner painted a bleak picture as more executives resigned.
Lawmakers’ objections to an obscure Chinese semiconductor company and tough Covid-19 restrictions are hurting Apple’s ability to make new iPhones in China.
The company said Covid-19 restrictions were slowing production of the company’s new phones ahead of the holiday season.
A pair of prominent headlines highlights the reversals.
Hundreds of workers are said to have fled, afraid of being forced into quarantine with inadequate food and supplies.
Commutes are still painful, readers say. And it’s hard to give up the joys of working from home. But many of those who have gone back to the office say they like it.