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New York Times Tech
Mar 27, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank's Collapse Chills Start-Up Funding
Two weeks after Silicon Valley Bank failed, the fallout has hit the start-up market as investors pull back further and fear has risen.

New York Times Tech
Mar 26, 2023

Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online
The leak adds to the challenges facing the Elon Musk-owned company, which is trying to identify the person responsible and any other people who downloaded the code.

New York Times Tech
Mar 26, 2023

Elon Musk Values Twitter at $20 Billion
The billionaire bought the social media company for $44 billion in October and took it private.

New York Times Tech
Mar 26, 2023

At Apple, Rare Dissent Over a New Product: Interactive Goggles
The company is expected to unveil an augmented reality headset in a few months. Some employees wonder if the device makes sense for Apple.

New York Times Tech
Mar 24, 2023

Gordon E. Moore, Intel Co-Founder Behind Moore's Law, Dies at 94
His prediction in the 1960s about exponential advances in computer chip technology charted a course for the age of high tech.

New York Times Tech
Mar 24, 2023

Gordon E. Moore, the Intel Co-Founder Behind Moore's Law, Dies at 94
His prediction in the 1960s about exponential advances in computer chip technology charted a course for the age of high tech.

New York Times Tech
Mar 24, 2023

Amazon Union Gets Favorable Finding on Warehouse Access for Organizing
Federal labor regulators said that Amazon had illegally barred off-duty employees from work sites and that the policy was aimed at union backers.

New York Times Tech
Mar 24, 2023

LG Will Spend $5.5 Billion on a Battery Factory in Arizona
Investment plans for U.S. battery production have increased since President Biden signed a law that offers generous incentives for electric cars and green energy.

New York Times Tech
Mar 24, 2023

How AI Chatbots Are Helping Some People Have Hard Conversations
Faced with challenging situations in parenting, romance or work, some are getting by with a little help from their A.I. friends.

New York Times Tech
Mar 24, 2023

Bard Fork, and How to Talk So Chatbots Will Listen
Google has unleashed its A.I. chatbot, Bard, to the world. And Spotify's A.I. D.J. knows your taste — perhaps a little too well.

New York Times Tech
Mar 23, 2023

TikTok Stars Visit D.C. as Creators Turn into Temporary Lobbyists
On the bus, off the bus and all over Capitol Hill with creators turned temporary lobbyists. Wait, does anybody need a bathroom break?

New York Times Tech
Mar 23, 2023

Biden's Options on TikTok Narrow After China Pushes Back
China's opposition to a sale of the app leaves the president to challenge that stand or consider seeking a ban, which would face its own obstacles.

New York Times Tech
Mar 23, 2023

Utah Law Could Curb Use of TikTok and Instagram by Children and Teens
The law, which prohibits social networks from allowing minors to have accounts without parental consent, may come as welcome news to many families even as it raises privacy concerns.

New York Times Tech
Mar 23, 2023

TikTok Stars Go On a D.C. Field Trip
On the bus, off the bus and all over Capitol Hill with creators turned temporary lobbyists. Wait, does anybody need a bathroom break?

New York Times Tech
Mar 23, 2023

Lawmakers Blast TikTok's CEO for App's Ties to China, Escalating Tensions
Lawmakers grilled Shou Chew, TikTok's chief executive, over the app's ties to its Chinese parent company and its effects on children, as Chinese officials said they opposed a sale of the platform.

New York Times Tech
Mar 23, 2023

National security is the prevailing theme of lawmakers' questions.


New York Times Tech
Mar 23, 2023

Amazon Union Prevails in Ruling on Warehouse Access for Organizing
Federal labor regulators said that Amazon had illegally barred off-duty employees from work sites and that the policy was aimed at union backers.

New York Times Tech
Mar 23, 2023

Short Seller Accuses Jack Dorsey's Block of Facilitating Fraud
Shares of the financial tech company plunged after Hindenburg Research said it had failed to stamp out illegal activity on its platforms, including drug sales and sex trafficking.

New York Times Tech
Mar 23, 2023

With Beijing Opposing a TikTok Sale, the Biden Administration's Options Narrow
If the White House can't force a sale, that would effectively leave it with two options to resolve concerns about the company.

New York Times Tech
Mar 23, 2023

Who Is the TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew?
Shou Zi Chew is testifying for

New York Times Tech
Mar 23, 2023

China Says It Will ‘Firmly Oppose' Forced Sale of TikTok
China's commerce ministry publicly rebuked the Biden administration's efforts to push TikTok's Chinese ownership to sell the app or face a possible ban in the United States.

New York Times Tech
Mar 23, 2023

What to Know About Today's Congressional Hearing on TikTok
The Chinese-owned video app has become a battleground as the U.S. and China duel for tech leadership.

New York Times Tech
Mar 23, 2023

Chatbot Start-Up Character.AI Valued at $1 Billion in New Funding Round
Founded by ex-Google employees, the Silicon Valley company is among the few start-ups poised to compete with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT.

New York Times Tech
Mar 23, 2023

How to Set Up and Use an eSIM for International Travel
The digital version of the SIM card, included on many newer phones, is set to become prevalent. It also offers affordable cellular data abroad.

New York Times Tech
Mar 23, 2023

TikTok Claims It's Limiting Teen Screen Time. Teens Say It Isn't.
This month, the company announced a new 60-minute "daily screen time limit" for users under 18. But for most young users, staying on the app takes just a few taps.

New York Times Tech
Mar 23, 2023

Relativity Space's 3-D Printed Rocket Fails Just After Launch
Relativity Space, a private company with ambitions for sending people to Mars, made it off the launchpad, but the vehicle experienced problems during the second stage of its flight.

New York Times Tech
Mar 22, 2023

Lindsay Lohan and Jake Paul Among Crypto Endorsers Charged by SEC
The agency charged Justin Sun with violations of securities law in a scheme involving the actress Lindsay Lohan and other celebrities.

New York Times Tech
Mar 22, 2023

Lindsay Lohan and Jake Paul Among Endorsers Charged in SEC Crypto Case
The agency charged Justin Sun with violations of securities law in a scheme involving the actress Lindsay Lohan and other celebrities.

New York Times Tech
Mar 22, 2023

William A. Wulf, Pioneering Computer Scientist, Dies at 83
One of the first people to receive a graduate degree in the field, Dr. Wulf helped to adapt an early Pentagon communications web into the network that eventually grew into the internet.

New York Times Tech
Mar 22, 2023

Conservatives Aim to Build an A.I. Chatbot of Their Own
After criticizing A.I. companies for liberal bias, programmers started envisioning right-wing alternatives, making chatbots a new front in the culture wars.

New York Times Tech
Mar 22, 2023

Conservatives Aim to Build a Chatbot of Their Own
After criticizing A.I. companies for liberal bias, programmers started envisioning right-wing alternatives, making chatbots a new front in the culture wars.

New York Times Tech
Mar 22, 2023

How Parents Can Talk About AI and ChatGPT With Their Kids
Artificial intelligence can make adults nervous, but experts say exploring it as a family is the best way to understand its pros and cons.

New York Times Tech
Mar 22, 2023

Turing Award Won by Co-Inventor of Ethernet Technology
In the 1970s, Bob Metcalfe helped develop the primary technology that lets you send email or connect with a printer over an office network.

New York Times Tech
Mar 21, 2023

Pulling the Plug on TikTok Will Be Harder Than It Looks
The tensions over the Chinese-owned social media app will come to a head on Thursday, when the company's chief executive testifies on Capitol Hill.

New York Times Tech
Mar 21, 2023

What Google Bard Can Do (and What It Can't)
Google has released a new chatbot to a limited number of people in the U.S. and Britain. How does it compare with what is already out there?

New York Times Tech
Mar 21, 2023

Google Releases Bard, Its AI Chatbot, a Rival to ChatGPT and Bing
The internet giant will grant users access to a chatbot after years of cautious development, chasing splashy debuts from rivals OpenAI and Microsoft.

New York Times Tech
Mar 21, 2023

Strains Emerge Inside the Union That Beat Amazon
Nearly a year after its victory on Staten Island, the Amazon Labor Union is grappling with election losses and internal conflict.

New York Times Tech
Mar 21, 2023

Google Releases Bard, Its Competitor in the AI Chatbot Race
The internet giant will grant users access to a chatbot after years of cautious development, chasing splashy debuts from rivals OpenAI and Microsoft.

New York Times Tech
Mar 20, 2023

Inside the 3 Months That Could Cost Fox $1.6 Billion
The decision by Fox News executives in November 2020 to treat the more hard-right Newsmax as a mortal threat spawned a possibly more serious danger.

New York Times Tech
Mar 20, 2023

BONUS: Hard Fork Live! Big Tech's Arch Nemesis Bot or Not?
Live from the South by Southwest festival in Austin, a conversation with the assistant attorney general Jonathan Kanter.

New York Times Tech
Mar 20, 2023

Amazon Plans to Lay Off Another 9,000 Employees
The cuts follow a round of layoffs announced several months ago that affected more than 18,000 jobs.

New York Times Tech
Mar 20, 2023

Book Review: ‘Meganets,' by David B. Auerbach
Who's really in charge of our online behavior? No one, David Auerbach argues in "Meganets."

New York Times Tech
Mar 20, 2023

Falling Lithium Prices Are Making Electric Cars More Affordable
An unexpected decline in the price of an essential battery material, along with those of other commodities, is good news for buyers. But experts disagree on how long low prices will last.

New York Times Tech
Mar 20, 2023

Crypto Wants Its Shine Back
After a miserable year, cryptocurrency companies are looking for ways to rebrand products that many consumers no longer trust.

New York Times Tech
Mar 17, 2023

YouTube Restores Donald Trump's Account Privileges
The Google-owned video platform became the latest of the big social networks to reverse the former president's account restrictions.

New York Times Tech
Mar 17, 2023

Twitter's Talks Over Licensing Music Are Said to Stall Under Elon Musk
Twitter didn't move forward with the music licensing deals because of costs, people with knowledge of the matter said.

New York Times Tech
Mar 17, 2023

Justice Dept. Investigating TikTok's Owner Over Possible Spying on Journalists
The inquiry appears to be tied to an admission by the app's owner, ByteDance, that employees had inappropriately obtained Americans' data. The company said it had fired the workers involved.

New York Times Tech
Mar 17, 2023

WeWork Reaches a Debt Restructuring Deal With SoftBank
The agreement will reduce the unprofitable office space company's debt, giving it more financial breathing room.

New York Times Tech
Mar 17, 2023

Twitter's Discussions Over Licensing Music Said to Stall Under Elon Musk
Twitter didn't move forward with the music licensing deals because of costs, people with knowledge of the matter said.

New York Times Tech
Mar 17, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank's Deep Ties to the Tech Industry
More than many other banks, SVB catered to how risky tech start-ups and their backers do not adhere to normal business practices.

New York Times Tech
Mar 17, 2023

GPT-4 Is Here, and the Silicon Valley Bank Fallout
Then, Mark Zuckerberg rethinks Meta's strategy.

New York Times Tech
Mar 16, 2023

Microsoft and Google Unveil AI Tools for Businesses
New artificial intelligence technology is roiling Silicon Valley. For now, the most obvious ways to use it are in software like Microsoft's suite of products.

New York Times Tech
Mar 16, 2023

Microsoft and Google Unveil A.I. Tools for Businesses
New artificial intelligence technology is roiling Silicon Valley. For now, the most obvious ways to use it are in software like Microsoft's suite of products.

New York Times Tech
Mar 16, 2023

Twitch's Chief Executive Says He Is Resigning
Emmett Shear was a co-founder of the Amazon-owned streaming service and managed it for 16 years.

New York Times Tech
Mar 16, 2023

U.K. Bans TikTok on Government Devices
The move reflects fears in Britain and elsewhere in the West that the popular app's Chinese ownership could share user information with Beijing.

New York Times Tech
Mar 16, 2023

China's Answer to ChatGPT Gets an Artificial Debut and Disappoints
The promised "live" demonstration of the bot had, in fact, been prerecorded. Shares of Baidu, the company behind the technology, tumbled in Hong Kong.

New York Times Tech
Mar 16, 2023

How ChatGPT and Generative AI Could Change the Way We Travel
Powerful new artificial-intelligence software is already shaking up the travel industry, but it has a long way to go until it can plan a seamless trip. For now.

New York Times Tech
Mar 15, 2023

TikTok Pushed by U.S. to Resolve National Security Concerns
The demand hardens the White House's stance toward the popular video app, which is owned by the Chinese internet company ByteDance.

New York Times Tech
Mar 15, 2023

Stripe Raises New Funding That Values It at $50 Billion
The payments processing start-up was valued at $95 billion in 2021, but private company dealmaking has been hurt by souring global economic conditions.

New York Times Tech
Mar 15, 2023

GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary
Today, the new language model from OpenAI may not seem all that dangerous. But the worst risks are the ones we cannot anticipate.

New York Times Tech
Mar 15, 2023

Russia's Spring Offensive in Ukraine Could Include Cyberattacks, Microsoft Says
Moscow also appears to be stepping up influence operations to weaken European and U.S. support for sending more aid to the Ukrainian government.

New York Times Tech
Mar 15, 2023

The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History's Biggest Mistakes
A century ago, Thomas Midgley Jr. was responsible for two phenomenally destructive innovations. What can we learn from them today?

New York Times Tech
Mar 15, 2023

How Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant Lost the A.I. Race
The virtual assistants had more than a decade to become indispensable. But they were hampered by clunky design and miscalculations, leaving room for chatbots to rise.

New York Times Tech
Mar 15, 2023

How Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant Lost the AI Race
The virtual assistants had more than a decade to become indispensable. But they were hampered by clunky design and miscalculations, leaving room for chatbots to rise.

New York Times Tech
Mar 14, 2023

Volkswagen Will Invest $193 Billion in Electric Cars and Software
The German automaker announced a plan to accelerate its transition to battery-powered vehicles and bolster operations in China and North America.

New York Times Tech
Mar 14, 2023

OpenAI Unveils GPT-4, Months After ChatGPT Stunned Silicon Valley
The company unveiled new technology called GPT-4 four months after its ChatGPT stunned Silicon Valley. The update is an improvement, but it carries some of the same baggage.

New York Times Tech
Mar 14, 2023

AI Funding Frenzy Escalates
In just weeks, a gold rush into artificial intelligence start-ups has become a full-blown mania.

New York Times Tech
Mar 14, 2023

10 Ways GPT-4 Is Impressive but Still Flawed
OpenAI has upgraded the technology that powers its online chatbot in notable ways. It's more accurate, but it still makes things up.

New York Times Tech
Mar 14, 2023

Meta, Facebook's Parent, to Lay Off Another 10,000 Workers
It would be the tech company's second round of cuts since November. Mark Zuckerberg, its chief executive, has declared 2023 the "year of efficiency."

New York Times Tech
Mar 14, 2023

Sabrina Brier Is TikTok's Latest Character
Sabrina Brier is finding success online in the role of a 20-something in New York who's trying to shed her basic suburban past.

New York Times Tech
Mar 13, 2023

California Court Mostly Upholds Prop. 22 in Win for Uber and Other Gig Companies
The decision lessens the chances that gig drivers will be considered employees in the state, but it is expected to be appealed to the state Supreme Court.

New York Times Tech
Mar 13, 2023

After Bank Debacle, Silicon Valley Reckons With Its Image
Even as start-ups and investors began recovering their money from Silicon Valley Bank, the episode exposed the tech industry's vulnerabilities.

New York Times Tech
Mar 13, 2023

The fallout from Silicon Valley Bank's collapse spreads to an Indian tech company.
Nazara Technologies, a mobile gaming company, said two of its subsidiaries had together more than $7.7 million in balances at the failed bank.

New York Times Tech
Mar 13, 2023

An Indian tech company's stock falls after it reveals a link to Silicon Valley Bank.
Nazara Technologies, a mobile gaming company, said two of its subsidiaries had together more than $7.7 million in balances at the failed bank.

New York Times Tech
Mar 13, 2023

An A.I. Start-Up Boomed, but Now It Faces a Slowing Economy and New Rules
Using A.I. tools in hiring is one of the most promising and contentious uses of the technology. The experience of a company called Eightfold AI shows the challenges.

New York Times Tech
Mar 13, 2023

An AI Start-Up Boomed, but Now It Faces a Slowing Economy and New Rules
Using A.I. tools in hiring is one of the most promising and contentious uses of the technology. The experience of a company called Eightfold AI shows the challenges.

New York Times Tech
Mar 12, 2023

Making Deepfakes Gets Cheaper and Easier Thanks to A.I.
Meme-makers and misinformation peddlers are embracing artificial intelligence tools to create convincing fake videos on the cheap.

New York Times Tech
Mar 12, 2023

Fox's P.R. Woes May Not Directly Translate to Legal Ones
Some of the unflattering private messages among the network's hosts and executives may never become evidence when Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News goes to trial.

New York Times Tech
Mar 11, 2023

3 Lessons From Silicon Valley Bank's Failure
Here's one takeaway: The bank's extremely online clientele may have contributed to its downfall.

New York Times Tech
Mar 11, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Sets Off Blame Game Between Crypto and Tech
The implosion of the Silicon Valley bank led to finger-pointing, as executives and investors jumped on the crisis for their own messaging.

New York Times Tech
Mar 11, 2023

The Tech Worker With a 4-Hour Commute From the West Bank to Tel Aviv
Moha Alshawamreh is among the few Palestinians who work in Israel's tech industry. His commute shows both the inequities of life in the West Bank and an exception to them.

New York Times Tech
Mar 11, 2023

For Palestinian Tech Worker in Israel, Pride, Frustration and 4-Hour Commute
Moha Alshawamreh is among the few Palestinians who work in Israel's tech industry. His commute shows both the inequities of life in the West Bank and an exception to them.

New York Times Tech
Mar 10, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank's Collapse Causes Strain for Young Companies
Young companies raced to get their money out of the bank, which was central to the start-up industry. Some said they could not make payroll.

New York Times Tech
Mar 10, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank's Collapse Causes Start-Up Chaos
Young companies raced to get their money out of the bank, which was central to the start-up industry. Some said they could not make payroll.

New York Times Tech
Mar 10, 2023

Which Stores Are Scanning Your Face? No One Knows.
Our reporter took a five-mile walk around Manhattan to find businesses that are using facial recognition technology.

New York Times Tech
Mar 10, 2023

A Representative Goes to A.I. School, and How to Ban TikTok
Also, how Waluigi may explain why A.I. chatbots are misbehaving.

New York Times Tech
Mar 09, 2023

BORG Drinking Is Going Viral on TikTok. What on Earth Is It?
Many college students seem to love this alcohol-heavy concoction. College officials, not so much.

New York Times Tech
Mar 09, 2023

On TikTok and YouTube, Here's Why Quitting Videos Go Viral
On TikTok and YouTube, workers are sharing their stories of leaving their jobs, giving them a sense of power over often untenable situations.

New York Times Tech
Mar 09, 2023

When Quitting Videos Go Viral
On TikTok and YouTube, workers are sharing their stories of leaving their jobs, giving them a sense of power over often untenable situations.

New York Times Tech
Mar 08, 2023

New Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovered by Scientists
The breakthrough could one day transform technologies that use electric energy, but it comes from a team facing doubts after a retracted paper on superconductors.

New York Times Tech
Mar 08, 2023

New Tricks for Old Apps
If you haven't used some of your phone's preloaded programs in years, the software may surprise you with updated or hidden features.

New York Times Tech
Mar 08, 2023

The Perils of Working on a C.E.O.'s Pet Project
Big tech companies have long been willing to fund efforts with no obvious payoff. But those groups have been hit hard in recent layoffs.

New York Times Tech
Mar 08, 2023

The Chatbots Are Here, and the Internet Industry Is in a Tizzy
The new technology could upend many online businesses. But for companies that figure out how to work with it, A.I. could be a boon.

New York Times Tech
Mar 07, 2023

F.T.C. Intensifies Investigation of Twitter's Privacy Practices
The commission is seeking an interview with Elon Musk, who has made major cuts at the company since acquiring it last year.

New York Times Tech
Mar 07, 2023

Elon Musk Sees Twitter Financial Recovery and Apologizes to Disabled Ex-Employee
On a day Mr. Musk said the company was recovering from a sharp drop in ad sales, he found himself apologizing to a former employee with a disability he had disparaged.

New York Times Tech
Mar 07, 2023

A New ‘M*A*S*H' Scene: Written by ChatGPT, Read by Hawkeye and B.J.
Alan Alda, the star of the long-running sitcom, asked the artificial intelligence software to create a script for him and his former co-star Mike Farrell to read.

New York Times Tech
Mar 07, 2023

Gigi Sohn, Biden's F.C.C. Nominee, Withdraws
Gigi Sohn, who was first nominated by President Biden in October 2021, said she had faced "unrelenting, dishonest and cruel attacks" on her character and career.

New York Times Tech
Mar 07, 2023

Biden F.C.C. Nominee Withdraws
Gigi Sohn, who was first nominated by President Biden in October 2021, said she had faced "unrelenting, dishonest and cruel attacks" on her character and career.

New York Times Tech
Mar 07, 2023

The Daring Ruse That Exposed China's Campaign to Steal American Secrets
How the downfall of one intelligence agent revealed the astonishing depth of Chinese industrial espionage.

New York Times Tech
Mar 06, 2023

White House Said to Consider Pushing Congress on Dealing With TikTok
In a strategy shift, the Biden administration is increasingly pointing to Congress to give it more legal power to deal with TikTok and other technology that could expose Americans' sensitive data to China.

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