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Aug 23, 2019
The fires are real. But the photographs that celebrities and politicians are sharing? Well, it depends.
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Aug 23, 2019
The social network has struggled to implement a consistent political advertising policy as groups appear able to get around its transparency rules.
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Aug 23, 2019
The once-swaggering company is losing more money and growing more slowly than ever. What happened?
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Aug 23, 2019
The social network's latest privacy feature at least lets us imagine how we could better control our data in the future.
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Aug 23, 2019
Snap changed social media — and Venice, Calif. — for good. What's next?
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Aug 22, 2019
Days after Facebook and Twitter cracked down on China-backed accounts that were spreading such disinformation, YouTube did the same.
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Aug 22, 2019
Kids spend a week learning to sew and self-brand, and then, of course, they walk the runway.
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Aug 22, 2019
The Western Journal has had one of the biggest online audiences. But it now finds itself clashing with Silicon Valley tech giants. Here are highlights from a Times investigation.
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Aug 22, 2019
Researchers are trying to develop options to lithium-ion and other batteries in a quest for quick bursts of power and extended energy storage.
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Aug 22, 2019
In Hollywood, a camp helps kids as young as 6 build fashion brands.
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Aug 22, 2019
If you're shopping for a new TV, a new acronym should be on your radar: H.D.R., or High Dynamic Range. Soon it'll be everywhere, but here's why it's worth a look now.
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Aug 22, 2019
The Chinese e-commerce giant delayed plans to sell potentially billions of dollars worth of shares in the market, which has fallen as tensions have worsened.
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Aug 22, 2019
A million electric rickshaws sprang up out of nowhere and are now being used by 60 million people a day. The government and vehicle makers are struggling to catch up.
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Aug 22, 2019
Driven by Facebook, The Western Journal has had one of the biggest audiences in the news media, but little is known about the publication. Here's what we found out.
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Aug 21, 2019
After last week's apology from the research center's director, Joichi Ito, Ethan Zuckerman and J. Nathan Matias said they were protesting the institute's connection to the financier.
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Aug 21, 2019
Hordes of confused Instagrammers are trying to declare sovereignty from Instagram. Do they accidentally have a point?
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Aug 21, 2019
Rich Abernathy was filming a dive for YouTube when he found an old GoPro partly buried in the muck. "It's like he's right here," said Robin McCrear of seeing the video footage of her son, Richard Lee Ragland III, who died in 2017.
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Aug 21, 2019
Rich Abernathy was filming a dive for YouTube when he found an old GoPro partly buried in the muck. The camera had captured the last moments of Richard Lee Ragland III's life.
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Aug 21, 2019
To prevent distractions, Conor Dougherty, an economics writer, dumped social media and anything fun — even his browser — from his smartphone.
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Aug 21, 2019
In Hollywood, there's a glamorous extracurricular program for fashion-savvy kids as young as 6.
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Aug 21, 2019
The academics, Ethan Zuckerman and J. Nathan Matias, said they were protesting the institute's connection to the financier, who was facing sex-crime charges when he killed himself this month.
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Aug 21, 2019
Will the movie, which stars Robert De Niro, come to a theater near you? After months of talks, there is still no resolution.
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Aug 21, 2019
In Hollywood, there's a glamorous extracurricular program for fashion-savvy kids as young as 6.
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Aug 21, 2019
Humans help train artificial intelligence, so someone may be listening to what you tell Siri, Google Assistant or Alexa. Here's what to do if you have a problem with that.
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Aug 21, 2019
Counting will get you nowhere. Try a little combinatorics instead.
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Aug 21, 2019
Will "The Irishman," a mob-world epic starring Robert De Niro, come to a theater near you? After months of talks, there is still no resolution.
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Aug 21, 2019
In Hollywood, there's a glamorous extracurricular program for fashion-savvy kids as young as 6.
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Aug 21, 2019
The F-35 was once the Pentagon's high-profile problem child. Has it finally moved past its reputation of being an overhyped and underperforming warplane?
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Aug 21, 2019
On Facebook and Reddit, retail-focused groups remember the heyday of malls and share stories of shuttered department stores.
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Aug 20, 2019
The state declined to say which towns were affected by the coordinated cyberattack. But one expert said it could signal more such attacks in the future.
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Aug 20, 2019
Long before streaming video, it captured images of campus life every 20 seconds. The quirky project, believed to be the longest-running public webcam, will shut down at the end of August.
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Aug 20, 2019
A woman's taste test captured the fancy of the internet. Her rapid evolution of expressions may be why.
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Aug 20, 2019
With podcasts rising in popularity, it's no surprise that companies are producing their own. What's more surprising is that people are actually listening to them.
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Aug 20, 2019
Some critics of the industry want to see the businesses broken up. Others would like to strengthen regulation of Silicon Valley. And there are shades of gray.
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Aug 20, 2019
Beijing wants greater sway over global public opinion. Instead, its propaganda outlets make Chinese leaders look like bullies.
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Aug 20, 2019
The tool is a response to criticism that Facebook has faced over how it safeguards its users' privacy.
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Aug 20, 2019
Beijing wants greater sway over global public opinion. Instead, its propaganda outlets make Chinese leaders look like bullies.
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Aug 20, 2019
A news section inside Facebook's mobile app will be run by journalists and not just algorithms, the company said.
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Aug 20, 2019
The state declined to say which towns were affected by the coordinated cyberattack. But one expert said it could signal more such attacks in the future.
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Aug 19, 2019
Their bipartisan effort comes after a smaller group of the state representatives met last month with antitrust officials at the Justice Department.
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Aug 19, 2019
The record number of travelers and the popularity of Uber and Lyft have left airports scrambling to ease congestion.
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Aug 19, 2019
The social media companies removed accounts and said they were sowing divisive messages about the Hong Kong protests.
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Aug 19, 2019
A 90-day extension is intended to give rural telecommunications time to wean themselves off the Chinese company, which supplies parts and equipment.
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Aug 19, 2019
A 90-day extension is intended to give rural telecommunications time to wean themselves off the Chinese company, which supplies parts and equipment.
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Aug 19, 2019
The chip could improve how quickly artificial intelligence systems can learn tasks. But its complexity and size (as big as a plate) could be a challenge.
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Aug 19, 2019
As fake and illegitimate texts proliferate online, books are becoming a form of misinformation. The author of "1984" would not be surprised.
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Aug 19, 2019
A computer scientist who devised the first flight simulator and paved the way for internet voice calls, cloud computing and online dating. (He married her.)
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Aug 18, 2019
The authorities have begun to raise alarms about a steady uptick in the number of militant groups using the hard-to-trace digital currency.
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Aug 18, 2019
Plus, WeWork takes steps to go public, and investigations into the Jeffrey Epstein case continue.
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Aug 17, 2019
With the loss of the two award-winning publications, digital media got a little less brainy in the summer of '19.
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Aug 16, 2019
Seniors need transportation alternatives more than ever, but many are intimidated by ride-hailing apps.
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Aug 16, 2019
Artificial intelligence is being taught by thousands of office workers around the world. It is not exactly futuristic work.
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Aug 16, 2019
At War talked to Tom Gersbeck, a retired Marine Corps bomb-disposal officer, who recently published the second edition of his book, "Practical Military Ordnance Identification."
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Aug 16, 2019
Revising Section 230 could change the internet as we know it. How about policy decisions based on sound evidence?
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Aug 15, 2019
They love working there. It's great. They love it. It's great. They love it. It's great. They love it. It's great. They love it. It's great. They love it.
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Aug 15, 2019
Though growth has slowed, the e-commerce giant's results signal that the country's consumers still feel comfortable enough to open their wallets.
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Aug 15, 2019
Our personal tech columnist asked security researchers what they could find out about him from just his cellphone number. Quite a lot, it turns out.
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Aug 14, 2019
Prosecutors said they found the stolen material from 30 organizations on servers in the bedroom of the accused hacker.
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Aug 14, 2019
Pharmacists can't restock medicines; workers aren't being paid. But the government still loves to block the internet for "peace and tranquillity."
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Aug 14, 2019
Private art collections are notoriously secretive. A collective website aims to make them viewable by all.
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Aug 14, 2019
Clashes at one of the world's busiest transportation hubs could cast further doubt on the city's future as a business capital on China's doorstep.
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Aug 14, 2019
What a photographer's struggle to raise money for his book of images tells us about Facebook and conspiracy theorists.
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Aug 14, 2019
A public offering by the firm, which leases shared office space, will be a major test of investors' appetite for fast-growing but unprofitable start-ups.
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Aug 14, 2019
It's harder to remain incognito in the digital age, says Tejal Rao, our first California restaurant critic. She prefers dining tech that's understated, too.
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Aug 14, 2019
Clashes at one of the world's busiest transportation hubs could cast further doubt on the city's future as a business capital on China's doorstep.
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Aug 14, 2019
Food delivery apps are reshaping the restaurant industry — and how we eat — by inspiring digital-only establishments that don't need a dining room or waiters.
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Aug 12, 2019
Top tech companies are rallying around the flag. How opportunistic of them.
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Aug 12, 2019
In both pre-emptive and defensive ways, the social network is modifying its behavior to fend off antitrust concerns.
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Aug 11, 2019
Also: Barneys files for bankruptcy, and more of the week's top stories in business and tech.
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Aug 11, 2019
"The Catcher in the Rye" and other Salinger novels are coming out in digital formats, and the writer's son plans to release more from his archives.
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Aug 09, 2019
Russian officials are investigating Apple's moves to remove parental control apps from its App Store shortly after it released a competing service.
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Aug 09, 2019
Works by Nick Cave, Nathalie Djurberg, John Giorno and others have been choreographed into the landscape for an Apple-New Museum walking tour.
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Aug 09, 2019
Major cities are turning to a Silicon Valley start-up to help save lives in an emergency. But some fear its promise has been dangerously exaggerated.
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Aug 09, 2019
Efforts to take a controversial website offline have been complex and divisive. But with any luck, they may also be galvanizing.
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Aug 09, 2019
A New TV Show from The New York Times on FX and Hulu
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Aug 09, 2019
The fast-growing Chinese company, blocked by the Trump administration from working with Google, announced plans for its own mobile operating system.
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Aug 08, 2019
The social network is pitching an initiative to license articles from some of the largest American news publishers for its mobile app, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.
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Aug 08, 2019
Gall midge maggots have some surprising tricks that help them launch themselves into smile-inspiring jumps.
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Aug 08, 2019
There is no question that the tech in cars is making us safer. Even when optional, active electronic safety features can pay for themselves quickly.
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Aug 08, 2019
As Facebook and Twitter face scrutiny, the site for job seekers remains a controversy-free zone. Is the office the future of social media?
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Aug 08, 2019
The double whammy immediately renewed questions about the prospects of the world's biggest ride-hailing company.
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Aug 08, 2019
He's being modest. (Maybe?) The YouTube streamer — who made a reported $17.5 million last year — has created videos that have been watched 11 billion times.
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Aug 08, 2019
Yes, Google, Tesla, Amazon and others are still hiding quirky software surprises in their products, mostly to give you a chuckle.
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Aug 07, 2019
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss agreed to a deal that will have them creating new TV shows and films for the streaming giant.
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Aug 07, 2019
With its number of passengers and trip fees growing, the ride-hailing company said its losses would not be as bad as it previously thought.
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Aug 07, 2019
iHeartMedia is planning translated versions of the podcasts it acquired in its $55 million deal for Stuff Media.
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Aug 07, 2019
Stop-motion animation is a great way to bring toys and other objects to life — and learn the basics of filmmaking.
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Aug 07, 2019
Katie Thomas, who covers health care, has chronicled how the technology disruption in her field has raised questions that are still unanswered.
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Aug 07, 2019
The ride-hailing company, craving growth, is looking to public transit for riders and revenue. Cities aren't sure whether to welcome it.
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Aug 06, 2019
Like a mobile game, the dating app offers paid features that increase the odds of success. Lots of people are buying.
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Aug 06, 2019
Section 230, from a 1996 federal law, was meant to protect young internet companies from liability. Now lawmakers are threatening to change it.
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Aug 05, 2019
Problems with disposal of dangerous materials led the government to suspend research at the military's leading biodefense center.
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Aug 05, 2019
In a digital chain effect, tech providers pulled support for 8chan, illustrating a complex network of companies that are crucial to keeping websites up.
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Aug 05, 2019
The site is a venue for extremists to test out ideas, share violent literature, and cheer on the perpetrators of mass killings.
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Aug 05, 2019
In a pair of interviews, Cloudflare's chief executive was torn about the decision. On one hand, 8chan was clearly reprehensible. But banning the site could set a bad precedent
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Aug 05, 2019
In a pair of interviews, Cloudflare's chief executive was torn about the decision. On one hand, 8chan was clearly reprehensible. But banning the site could set a bad precedent
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Aug 05, 2019
In a pair of interviews, Cloudflare's chief executive was torn about the decision. On one hand, 8chan was clearly reprehensible. But banning the site could set a bad precedent
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Aug 05, 2019
Temps and contractors outnumber permanent employees at the company, allowing it to maintain labor flexibility and save money.
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Aug 05, 2019
The site is a venue for extremists to test out ideas, share violent literature, and cheer on the perpetrators of mass killings.
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Aug 04, 2019
The site is a venue for extremists to test out ideas, share violent literature, and cheer on the perpetrators of mass killings.
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