In a landmark antitrust case, the government asked a judge to force the company to sell its popular Chrome browser.
Gautam Adani and his associates were accused of paying more than $250 million in bribes to obtain lucrative solar energy contracts.
The company, which dominates the market for chips used to build artificial intelligence, expects another big jump in the current quarter.
Tens of thousands of users reported that the website and app were inaccessible starting just before 3 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday.
Mr. Wang is the last close colleague of the FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to be sentenced for the fraud that caused the crypto exchange to collapse in 2022.
The Winklevoss twins, Rebekah Mercer, allies of Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr. and top Trump campaign aides recently joined a conclave of right-wing donors who are suddenly flush with power.
New features in Apple’s iOS 18 and Google’s Android 15 can lock up apps with sensitive information and even hide them from view.
Under heavy pressure from the right, and with the help of Elon Musk, the leading social media platforms opened the floodgates for propaganda.
Trying to avoid antitrust suits, Google systematically told employees to destroy messages, avoid certain words and copy the lawyers as often as possible.
En la última semana, la incipiente red social ha estallado, duplicándose con creces hasta superar los 15 millones de usuarios.
The Justice Department is reportedly targeting Google’s web browser as its antitrust enforcers seek to cement a major win before Donald Trump takes office.
Plus, the man who opened travel to the masses.
The machines can load and unload trucks, move goods and do other repetitive tasks but are stymied by some, like picking items from a pile.
Mr. Carr, who currently sits on the commission and is a vocal critic of Big Tech, has said the agency should regulate the tech industry.
The fledgling social media site has been flooded with new users since the election. It hasn’t all been easy.
If the election underscored anything about the internet, it was the ascendancy of social platforms for the right. That puts Democrats at a disadvantage.
At Dartmouth, long before the days of laptops and smartphones, he worked to give more students access to computers. That work helped propel generations into a new world.
The post-Cold War era has ended, and we’re not going back.
Mr. Musk dug into his companies’ budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with the fallout later. Under Donald Trump, he is set to apply those tactics to the U.S. government.
In a new legal filing, the Tesla chief executive accuses the A.I. start-up of undermining antitrust law.
Tech leaders are recommending their own brethren to Mr. Musk and others, as they aim to leave a Silicon Valley imprint on Donald Trump’s new administration.
Meta said it would appeal the decision by the European Union, which said the company had abused its dominance in social networking to strengthen its shopping and classified ads service.
A New York Times reporter tested a handful of chatbots to see if they could help improve his dating life. The results were decidedly mixed.
The search involving Shayne Coplan, the founder of Polymarket, known for its presidential election odds, was part of a criminal investigation, three people said.
As Bitcoin soars to record highs, cryptocurrency executives are maneuvering to influence Donald J. Trump’s transition and secure their policy goals.
Like Christmas shows? So does Hallmark+. Like horror? Dare to try Shudder. And British shows? There’s BritBox and more.
Artificial intelligence has become a subject for people in the art and theater worlds who are worried about being replaced by it.
When asked about whether President-elect Donald Trump would prevent a TikTok ban in the United States, a spokeswoman told The New York Times: “He will deliver.”
The new agreement, which builds on an earlier announcement, calls for the German automaker to invest $5.8 billion in Rivian, a maker of electric vehicles.
The union said its members would return to work on Tuesday, even though it had not yet reached a contract deal with the company.
The site has a similar address to one that promotes a film adaptation of the hit musical. The toymaker apologized for the “unfortunate error.”
Los auriculares de Apple y otros dispositivos pueden ayudarte a oír a tus acompañantes. Aquí te explicamos cómo usarlos.
Technology and loneliness are interlinked, researchers have found, stoked by the ways we interact with social media, text messaging and binge-watching.
The industry minister closed TikTok’s offices in Toronto and Vancouver over security concerns, but Canadians can still download and use the app.
Eight years ago, workers loudly protested White House policies. This time around, the companies are trying to keep a lid on activism.
There is nothing suspicious about the shift in Democratic fortunes. But partisans from across the spectrum are questioning the results, for different reasons.
Since the election, Mr. Musk has used his social media company to talk up how bright the future will be under the president-elect.
La cultura de internet está saturada de estas imágenes, pero ¿cómo explicarías un meme a quien no lo entiende?
Plus, for $200, he was the voice of the internet.
Sin contar a las criptomonedas y Elon Musk, no todas las grandes empresas tecnológicas podrían beneficiarse de un enfoque no intervencionista de la competencia.
A professor sued pre-emptively to release software that would let users automatically unfollow everyone in their Facebook feed.
The man, a former health care worker, was convicted in July on two charges stemming from the privacy breach and his attempts to cover it up.
Early in the internet era, he was also behind other AOL messages, including “Welcome!” “They said my voice was heard more than 35 million times a day,” he once said.
The proposed legislation would put the country at the forefront of regulating social media access for children.
The Kremlin did not bother to hide its efforts to influence the 2024 presidential election, as it did in the past.
Plus, pickleball’s Super Bowl.
The executives of tech’s biggest companies largely ignored Donald Trump before the 2016 election. This time around, they’re far more friendly.
Donald J. Trump has embraced tabloids, reality TV, Twitter and cable news. This year, he moved on to podcasts and online streamers.
Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta and others learned during the last Trump administration to expect the unexpected when it came to Washington scrutiny and support.
The order, which will allow people to still use the app, cited concerns about TikTok’s owner, the Chinese tech giant ByteDance.
Trump supporters spent years fomenting concern about election integrity. On Tuesday, they set it all aside.
A state ballot measure was the first of its kind in the United States, but labor advocates worry it could lock Uber and Lyft drivers out of full-time employment status.
Mr. Bezos, who also owns The Washington Post, recently quashed the newspaper’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Another Trump presidency will be good for crypto and Elon Musk, but every big tech company may not benefit from a more hands-off approach to antitrust.
He invented a computer model that made it possible to measure human-induced climate change. He also helped break a color barrier in science.
The spending spree fueled a string of victories on Tuesday for congressional candidates who had expressed support for cryptocurrencies.
More than 60 percent of posts discussing election fraud on X on Tuesday focused on the state, according to an analysis of about 25,000 posts.
Bitcoin’s price went above $75,000, breaking the record that the digital currency set in March.
The Federal Trade Commission chair drew increasing political vitriol as the presidential vote neared. Her political future hangs in the balance.
Many crypto investors hope that a victory for Donald Trump could propel the price of Bitcoin to new heights, though a loss could cause a fall.
The shift in policy, covering government agencies and contractors working on national security, is intended to promote “responsible and ethical” innovations, the company said.
Grupos como los Proud Boys utilizan la plataforma para alentar a sus seguidores a cuestionar la credibilidad de las elecciones, interferir en el proceso de votación y, potencialmente, disputar el resultado.
Misleading anecdotes and rumors are spreading faster, and with more ferocity, than in the run-ups to past presidential contests.
Right-wing groups, which use Telegram to organize real-world actions, are urging followers to watch the polls and stand up for their rights, in a harbinger of potential chaos.
The billionaire has effectively become the star of his social media platform, transforming X into a reflection of his personal views before the election.
In the 2024 presidential race, both nominees exploited a porous boundary between the internet and real life. Some viral moments, however, were out of their control.
Once the most powerful woman in television, the founder of Springboard has spent the past 20 years identifying and funding female-led start-ups.
Cómo una golosina pasó de ser una curiosidad del pasado a convertirse en la favorita de TikTok (y de Kylie Jenner).
The false claim, which has circulated in recent elections, is based on a misunderstanding of how votes are collected and reported.
The change, starting next Friday, lifts a dominant player in artificial intelligence over its chip-making rival, which has struggled to keep up.
I thought it would make me put glue on pizza, but instead it entertained my children and got me to finally paint my office. How could it transform our daily lives?
The scariest thing this Halloween? In one city, it was the power of a phony online event listing.
The gathering had nothing to do with the election. That didn’t stop conspiracy theorists from spreading falsehoods.
Though a larger coalition of fact checkers has disbanded, a team of students and researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle is still working to document how lies online threaten to undermine this year’s presidential race.
It’s already powering remarkable visual innovations, like in the new movie “Here.” But boosters think that’s just the beginning.
Teens share their best advice for spotting misinformation and staying sharp during a turbulent election season.
A second Donald J. Trump presidency would almost certainly mark a return to an era of foreign policy decrees, untethered to any policy process, at a moment of maximum international peril.
Sales for the iPhone maker were up 6 percent to to $94.93 billion. But a $14.4 billion tax bill cut profits that would have topped expectations.
The Silicon Valley chip maker has struggled to turn around its fortunes after missing opportunities and poor execution.
The tech giant’s cloud computing business picked up steam and its retail business showed resiliency.
The financing efforts follow that of rival OpenAI, which recently closed a funding round that valued it at $157 billion.
The popular online chatbot can now access and deliver information from across the internet in real time, including news, stock prices and sports scores.
Residents say Mr. Musk’s data center for artificial intelligence is compounding their pollution burden and adding stress on the local electrical grid.
One son couldn’t prevent his father from giving about $1 million in savings to con artists, including one posing as a female wrestling star. The two became estranged.
The video site removed 2020 misinformation, fearing real-world harm. Now it’s amplifying and profiting from 2024 falsehoods, researchers said.
Los hombres más ricos del mundo tienen sus propias flotas de cohetes, sus propios medios de comunicación y sus propios planes para triunfar con Donald Trump.
Los clientes se están alejando del gigante del café. Su nuevo director ejecutivo, Brian Niccol, tiene que averiguar cómo recuperarlos.
The Silicon Valley company, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said it does not plan to slow down its investments anytime soon.
The company’s profit increased 11 percent to $24.7 billion, beating Wall Street’s expectations and its own predictions.
Mr. Singh, who was a top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried’s business empire, had pleaded guilty to fraud and campaign finance violations that contributed to the collapse of FTX.
The influential cryptocurrency exchange has undergone several reorganizations in recent years.
The world’s richest men have their own rocket fleets, their own media and their own schemes to succeed with Donald J. Trump.
Customers are turning away from the coffee giant, and its new chief executive, Brian Niccol, has to figure out how to get them back.
The Pennsylvania plant, site of the worst U.S. nuclear energy accident, is at the forefront of efforts to expand nuclear capacity to meet rising electricity demand.
As their children are sentenced for fraud, the parents of FTX’s top leaders have described their disbelief at how the crypto exchange upended their lives.
When TikTok needed an e-commerce partner in Indonesia, Tokopedia was an obvious candidate for the vast network of warehouses, motorbikes and “sprinters” it uses.
We must make sure that superintelligent machines remain aligned with human values and interests as they use their powers to go off in their own directions.
The tech giant’s 34 percent increase in quarterly profit topped Wall Street expectations, driven by its advertising and cloud businesses.
The U.S. government has tried to keep Chinese companies from obtaining certain advanced technologies, but concerns have been growing that some products may have been routed to Huawei.
Residents of Peculiar battled developers and some of their local officials to keep a giant data center out of their community.
Sales of Nerds have greatly increased in recent years, the company says. The secret? A multicolored orb.
Eight years after Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, foreign influence with American voters has grown more sophisticated. That could have outsize consequences in the 2024 race.
Studies have shown that noncitizen voting is essentially nonexistent in federal elections in the United States.
The writing utensils figured prominently in conspiracy theories in previous elections. But they’re often fine to use on paper ballots.
The billionaire made splashy purchases of The Washington Post and a mansion in Washington. But his status as a power player in the nation’s capital was never realized.
Para la estrella e influente de OnlyFans, estar en internet es un trabajo a tiempo completo.
A group that experts call Salt Typhoon is believed to be behind a sophisticated breach of major telecommunication companies that has taken aim at American leaders.
The Northern Ireland resident sought explicit images from thousands of girls he had groomed and blackmailed, leading to the death of a 12-year-old girl in the United States.
Prominent venture capitalists’ bashing of the F.T.C.’s chair is evidence of a troubled tech market.
The former chief of Gravity Payments rose to prominence with the introduction of his company’s $70,000 minimum salary and a splashy social media presence.
Donald Trump, Elon Musk y CNN han citado las predicciones electorales de Polymarket, un sitio de apuestas donde los entusiastas de las criptomonedas han apostado más de 100 millones de dólares sobre quién ganará la presidencia.
Donald Trump, Elon Musk and CNN have cited election predictions from Polymarket, a betting site where crypto enthusiasts have wagered more than $100 million on who will win the presidency.
A Boston man had a strange encounter at a subway station. A month later, he discovered he was the star of the students’ viral video.
La madre de un chico de Florida de 14 años dice que se obsesionó con un chatbot de Character.AI antes de su muerte.
A plan to revive U.S. chip manufacturing rests partly on a company that is firing workers and delaying factories, even as the government pushes for the opposite.
An unconventional documentary tells the story of a Norwegian gamer — and of how we live life on the internet.
Intel was for decades Silicon Valley’s dominant chip company. But missed opportunities and poor execution left it on the sidelines in tech’s latest gold rush.
One voter’s mistake has been transformed into a voter fraud conspiracy theory, catapulted into the national spotlight by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Suchir Balaji helped gather and organize the enormous amounts of internet data used to train the startup’s ChatGPT chatbot.
The mother of a 14-year-old Florida boy says he became obsessed with a chatbot on Character.AI before his death.
If you’re not sure how to describe what you want with keywords, use your camera or photo library to get those search results.
Big tech companies say A.I. can help solve climate change, even as it’s driving up their emissions and raising doubts about their climate goals.
Aaron Chatterji was chief economist at the Commerce Department under President Biden and served on President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers.
The literary establishment welcomes Feeld, a very sex-positive dating app, at a party on the Upper East Side.
Remember Microsoft Paint? It’s more perfect than ever.
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.