A windfall for companies that build data centers and their suppliers is overshadowing weakness in other industries.
Con la llegada del taxi robot Zoox de Amazon a San Francisco para competir con Waymo, los servicios autónomos están ganando impulso. Pero hay pros y contras.
A judge queried lawyers about whether a breakup made sense during closing arguments on how to fix the tech giant’s dominance in online advertising.
Una tecnología que puede leer las mentes, y tal vez incluso cambiarlas.
How the rise and fall of the nihilist hipster gave us the cruel reactionaries of today.
La tecnología de IA y los implantes neuronales avanzan a velocidades vertiginosas. ¿Necesitamos nuevas legislaciones para proteger nuestro ser más íntimo?
As fewer people carry cash, vendors, street performers and people experiencing homelessness and unemployment are at a disadvantage.
Twitch, a livestreaming service popular with gamers, joins nine other platforms that will be required to remove Australian users under the age of 16.
My colleague talks about technology that can actually read our minds — and maybe even change them.
It is a time of superlatives in the tech industry, with historic profits, stock prices and deal prices. It’s enough to make some people very nervous.
Right-wing users have tapped A.I. tools to promote President Trump’s agenda. He took notice.
A.I. has added urgency to the U.S. national laboratories that have been sites of cutting-edge scientific research, leading to deals with tech giants like Nvidia to speed up.
Investors’ excitement rightly reflects the potential transformation of the entire economy.
Aunque algunos ejecutivos de California pintan a China como el enemigo, los profesionales del país asiático siguen desempeñando un papel importante en la investigación estadounidense.
Dr. LeCun’s departure follows a shake-up in Meta’s artificial intelligence efforts, as Mark Zuckerberg pushes his company to keep up in the tech race.
The company, which makes the computer chips essential to the artificial intelligence boom, also said revenue in its recent quarter rose to $57 billion.
Mr. Musk’s xAI will work with the Saudi artificial intelligence company Humain on a new data center, part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s effort to diversify his country’s economy.
Mr. Summers’ departure from the artificial intelligence company’s board followed revelations of his communications with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Over the last 10 months, President Trump has become close with Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, as the company’s chips have become a tool in trade and peace talks.
The internet should enrich people, not advertisers.
Gemini 3 mejora la capacidad de su predecesor para crear programas de software, organizar el correo electrónico y ayudar a las empresas a analizar documentos.
European chipmakers need TSMC’s help to grow their own semiconductor supply chain, but the chip giant’s Taiwanese suppliers find Europe a tough place to do business.
Although some Silicon Valley executives paint China as the enemy, Chinese brains continue to play a major role in U.S. research.
Silicon Valley has increasingly pointed at rapid digital changes to blunt government efforts to rein in its power.
To avoid regulatory scrutiny, big tech companies had steered clear of buying start-ups outright. Meta’s antitrust win may change that thinking.
Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp did not illegally stifle competition in social networking, a judge found, a major win for the tech giant.
The new artificial intelligence model is the second the company has released this year. OpenAI and Anthropic made similar updates a few months ago.
Los servicios de la empresa de software sustentan miles de sitios web.
With the arrival of Amazon’s Zoox robot taxi in San Francisco to compete with Waymo, autonomous services are gaining momentum. But there are pros and cons.
Services from Cloudflare, a software company, underpin thousands of websites. The company said it was working on a fix.
Según un estudio, al menos 28.000 millones de dólares vinculados a actividades ilícitas han entrado en las bolsas de criptomonedas en los dos últimos años.
Por primera vez, los científicos están monitoreando la migración de las mariposas monarca por gran parte de Norteamérica mediante nuevos transmisores diminutos.
European policymakers are crafting changes to scale back and simplify landmark rules for A.I. and data privacy, in a shift from an aggressive regulatory period.
Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys that take thousands of miles to their winter colonies in Mexico.
At least a quarter of the more than 100 billion messages sent to our chatbots are attempts to initiate romantic or sexual exchanges.
Called Project Prometheus, the company is focusing on artificial intelligence for the engineering and manufacturing of computers, automobiles and spacecraft.
The kiosks, which resemble conventional A.T.M.s and convert cash into virtual currencies, are increasingly under scrutiny as a tool for scammers.
As President Trump has championed crypto and the industry has gone mainstream, funds from scammers and other criminal groups have flowed onto major crypto exchanges.
Cada cuatro años, en el Cibatlón, equipos de investigadores y “pilotos” tecnológicos compiten para ver qué interfaz cerebro-computador es más prometedora.
Asking students to drill down on their schoolwork amid an array of digital distractions is inimical to learning.
The question “at first struck me as too open-ended to be usefully addressed by standard economics,” said Charles Jones of Stanford. He took a shot anyway.
Education, open markets, trade and immigration transformed the United States into the world’s dominant power, but each is now being weakened.
The self-driving taxis have become ubiquitous in the city, but an uproar ensued when one ran over a beloved feline.
Endorsements from The Stranger have become a must-have for some politicians, who know to bring snacks to their meetings with the paper’s writers.
Apple joined Google this week in allowing travelers to add their passports to their cellphone “wallets.” As the holiday travel season nears, here’s what you need to know.
Paul Kingsnorth on technology’s war against human nature.
As neural implant technology and A.I. advance at breakneck speeds, do we need a new set of rights to protect our most intimate data — our minds?
The company is shifting its video game strategy to focus more on popular games you already know, such as Pictionary and Boggle.
Craving an art fix but don’t know where to start? These new art influencers can help newbies and players navigate openings, events and listings.
Anchorage will experiment with internet voting in local elections, betting that its ease and security will win over voters even in an era of election conspiracy theories.
Nuestra adopción de la tecnología ha sido tan rápida que estamos perdiendo la capacidad de darnos cuenta qué se siente vivir de esta manera.
The robot, known as AIDOL, staggered onstage during a technology showcase in Moscow. Organizers blamed the mishap on calibration and lighting issues.
AIDOL, Russia’s first artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robot, collapsed onstage moments after it was revealed at a technology event in Moscow on Tuesday.
Every four years at the Cybathlon, teams of researchers and technology “pilots” compete to see whose brain-computer interface holds the most promise.
We taught a generation how to write code. Now we need to teach future generations how to edit code.
Even as schools have banned phones, the pandemic-era practice of giving students their own laptops and tablets has remained.
The revolutionaries in Silicon Valley are no longer storming the gates. They’re inside the castle, polishing the silverware.
The photo of a dapper man in a fedora sparked many questions: Was the person real? A Sherlock Holmes-inspired detective on the case? Or just being very French?
La industria imita ideas de sátiras sombrías y relatos ‘cyberpunk’ como si fueran posibilidades emocionantes y no advertencias perturbadoras.
We’ve lost the capacity to feel the grief technology brings.
El auge de las apuestas deportivas atrae a millones de hombres jóvenes. ¿Van los esfuerzos de recuperación un paso atrás?
Al igual que nuestro concepto de inteligencia ha cambiado, a medida que interactuemos con una IA cada vez más sofisticada desarrollaremos una idea más inclusiva de la consciencia.
The five-year-old start-up, which has just 52 employees and is profitable, is now valued at $2.1 billion by investors including Andreessen Horowitz.
The case for “A.I. Interaction Privilege.”
We have arrived at a “Polycene” moment where binary systems are giving way to multiple interconnected ones.
While the tech giants have plenty of money to build data centers, smaller outfits are taking on debt and taking big chances to work with them.
Desde las personas que publican en las redes sociales hasta el presidente de la FCC, todos vivimos en el mundo de Michael Scott.
Una mujer de Florida presentó una demanda contra una empresa de inteligencia artificial, alegando que su producto provocó la muerte de su hijo.
Skeptics overlook how our concepts change.
Joshua Citarella, the artist behind the podcast “Doomscroll” and the digital project Do Not Research, explains how online subcultures influence today’s politics.
The sports betting boom has drawn in millions of young men. Are recovery efforts for problem gamblers lagging behind?
More lawyers are using artificial intelligence to write legal briefs. Some vigilantes are publicizing the A.I.-generated errors.
Experts say the new policy, which ditches software that automatically captured text messages, opens ample room for both willful and unwitting noncompliance with federal records laws.
Seven complaints, filed on Thursday, claim the popular chatbot encouraged dangerous discussions and led to mental breakdowns.
The A.I. company faced pushback after a top executive raised the idea of government aid, amid concerns that the A.I. industry is headed toward a dangerous bubble.
Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive disorders, including autism. But ethical questions loom.
A blame game has played out on the internet and on television. President Trump has pulled out the stops.
Psychologists and technologists see them as the future of therapy. The Food and Drug Administration is exploring whether to regulate them as medical devices.
A.I. search tools, chatbots and social media are associated with lower cognitive performance, studies say. What to do?
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative said its restructured organization, Biohub, would lead its focus on artificial intelligence and scientific research.
Oh my God, OK, it’s happening! From social-media posters to the F.C.C. chair, we are all living in Michael Scott’s world.
The industry keeps echoing ideas from bleak satires and cyberpunk stories as if they were exciting possibilities, not grim warnings.
The technology supplier said it was shifting its focus to higher-growth businesses, including A.I. consulting and software.
Teen Vogue’s website is folding into Vogue.com, further eroding the sister publication’s presence as an independent brand.
As he so often does, the president is pushing the wrong answer to the right question on trade policy with Beijing.
Meet your artificial intelligence matchmakers. These A.I. tools are changing dating apps, so users don’t have to swipe through an endless scroll of profiles.
Facebook’s free dating service has 21 million users, more than the popular dating app Hinge, as the social network reinvents itself.
After signing agreements to use computing power from Nvidia, AMD and Oracle, OpenAI is teaming up with the world’s largest cloud computing company.
Why the challenge of truly representative democracy is so complex.
In the age of A.I., personal data is anything but personal.
Fashion writers, vintage collectors and costume designers all use this app to unearth wardrobe gems.
Aaron Greenspan was once a promising entrepreneur. He has spent the last two decades lobbing grenades at the country’s most powerful tech moguls.
Here are seven unusual financial agreements helping to drive the ambitions of the poster child of the A.I. revolution.
Despite the risk of a bubble, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon plan to spend billions more on artificial intelligence than they already do.
The leaders of Nvidia, Samsung and Hyundai hung out over Korean fried chicken and beer on Thursday in Seoul. Their casual outing signaled the deepening ties between Nvidia, the American chip maker, and South Korea’s auto and tech conglomerates.
After unexpectedly strong sales and profits across its consumer and cloud businesses, the tech giant said another strong quarter might be ahead.
The company’s revenue rose to above $100 billion in the quarter for the first time and profit soared 86 percent.
Neither President Trump nor Chinese officials indicated any new developments for the popular video app. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent previously suggested they could “consummate” transfer of control from its Chinese owner.
El fabricante de chips para inteligencia artificial se ha convertido en una pieza clave en las negociaciones comerciales del gobierno de Trump en Asia.
Two professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign said they grew suspicious after receiving identical apologies from dozens of students they had accused of academic dishonesty.
Es posible que la empresa quiera hacer sus productos más seguros. Pero ha prestado muy poca atención a los riesgos establecidos.
The Silicon Valley company projected more spending this year and said it would continue in 2026 as it hires A.I. researchers and builds data centers to power the technology.
The internet company said profit for the quarter was up 33 percent, to just under $35 billion.
The company reported that it spent a higher-than-expected $34.9 billion in capital expenditures during its quarter.
The A.I. chip maker has become a linchpin in the Trump administration’s trade negotiations in Asia.
In the financial district of Manhattan, an A.I.-equipped typewriter, fueled by James Baldwin’s works, types back at you with answers to your questions.
A.J. Jacobs went 48 hours without interacting with artificial intelligence. The experiment revealed just how embedded artificial intelligence already is in our daily lives.
The start-up, which creates A.I. companions, faces lawsuits from families who have accused Character.AI’s chatbots of leading teenagers to kill themselves.
The artificial intelligence company said that the nonprofit that controlled the organization would receive a $130 billion stake in the new company.
Substrate, a San Francisco company, is trying to take on powerhouses like the Dutch company ASML.
A.I. companies need to do more to show the proof behind their claims.
The leagues decided to embrace wagering a decade ago. Now they are hostage to the forces they unleashed.
El reino está invirtiendo dinero en centros de datos y colaborando con gigantes tecnológicos estadounidenses y chinos, situando sus ambiciones en medio de una lucha geopolítica por el poder tecnológico.
The billionaire launched his A.I.-powered version, Grokipedia, on Monday.
The company is looking to cut costs starting this week as it continues to spend aggressively on artificial intelligence. Another round of cuts is expected in January.
The company is looking to cut costs starting this week as it continues to spend aggressively on artificial intelligence. Another round of cuts is expected in January.
Qualcomm, which is known for its chips in smartphones, also announced a deal with Humain, a Saudi-backed A.I. company. The news sent Qualcomm’s share price soaring.
The “Hard Fork” hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss recent news surrounding the “Breaking Bad” star Bryan Cranston and OpenAI’s new app, Sora 2.
The kingdom is pouring money into data centers and working with U.S. and Chinese tech giants, landing its A.I. ambitions in the middle of a geopolitical tussle for tech power.
On Setlist.fm, users track what songs artists play at concerts (and more). The availability of so much data has changed the ways musicians and fans experience shows.
El jugador estadounidense, con millones de seguidores en internet, fue encontrado muerto en Charlotte, Carolina del Norte, después de hablar sobre haber sido acusado de hacer trampa por un antiguo campeón del mundo.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on “Face the Nation” on Sunday that China and the United States had reached “a final deal on TikTok,” but offered few details.
The N.B.A. should have known this was coming.
Bill Ready, the company’s chief executive, is shifting the virtual pinboard platform toward shopping and things that “make you feel better.”
Spurred by titans like Amazon and OpenAI, California State wants to become the nation’s “largest A.I.-empowered” university.
Daniel Naroditsky, a top American player with an online following, was found dead in Charlotte, N.C., after talking about being accused of cheating by a former world champion.
Companies from Delta Air Lines to Portillo’s are asking all sorts of employees, sometimes through formal programs, to help build the brand.
Innovation comes from a less centralized tech sector.
The widespread outage involving the cloud-computing provider Amazon Web Services was particularly disruptive ensnared unexpected consumers earlier this week: People who just wanted to sleep well.
A mother in Florida filed a lawsuit against an A.I. start-up, alleging its product led to her son’s death. The company’s defense raises a thorny legal question.
Bringing on artificial intelligence as a collaborator can make coding feel more accessible to those with little training in it, but there are trade-offs.
Trump has bared the corruption at the heart of crypto and the libertarian ideas behind it.
While the company announced job cuts in artificial intelligence, it also expanded plans to replace privacy and risk auditors with more automated systems.
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.