Category: Technology

How does software composition analysis improve software security compliance?

Organizations today rely heavily on open-source frameworks and third-party libraries to accelerate software development and…

Trump Delays TikTok Ban Again as a Deal Takes Shape

As President Trump extended for a fourth time a deadline to determine TikTok’s future in…

What Exactly Are A.I. Companies Trying to Build? Here’s a Guide.

Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta and OpenAI plan to spend at least $325 billion by the…

Nvidia Broke Antitrust Law, China Says, as Tensions With U.S. Mount

Chinese regulators, on a day of U.S. trade talks, said that an acquisition by Nvidia…

Roblox Sued for Wrongful Death After Teenager’s Suicide

At age 7, Ethan Dallas began playing the online game, where he met Nate. Deadly…

Are We Past Peak iPhone? + Eliezer Yudkowsky on A.I. Doom

“There’s only so many things that you can do to redesign a glass rectangle in…

Lina Khan Revamped Antitrust. Now She’s Pushing the Democratic Party.

The youngest chair in the history of the Federal Trade Commission is campaigning for Zohran…

Tesla Board Chair Defend’s Elon Musk’s Humongous Pay Proposal

Robyn Denholm, normally media shy, is campaigning to get shareholders to back the chief executive’s…

Used E.V. Sales Take Off as Prices Plummet

Electric vehicles on the used market often cost less than comparable gasoline models, making the…

Trump Administration Seeks Pilot Projects for Air Taxis

The projects would allow small electric or hybrid aircraft to carry passengers or cargo before…

Nepal’s Social Media Ban Backfires as Politics Moves to a Chat Room

“The Parliament of Nepal right now is Discord,” a user said of the platform popular…

Wild Speculation and Misinformation on Charlie Kirk Shooting Spreads on Social Media

Social media users are spreading elaborate and entirely unsubstantiated theories about what happened to the…

Canadian Man Falsely Named as Charlie Kirk’s Shooter on Social Media

The 77-year-old former banker, who lives in Toronto, said he was “shocked” by the speed…

Senators Demand Answers From Mark Zuckerberg on WhatsApp Security

Three Republican senators sent a letter to Meta’s chief executive on Wednesday asking him to…

Exxon Wants to Make More of the Materials Needed for E.V. Batteries

The oil giant said Tuesday that it was acquiring assets from a Chicago company as…

Apple Introduces iPhone 17, iPhone Air and Updated AirPods at Annual Event

The Silicon Valley giant also introduced updates to its traditional smartphones, as well as its…

ASML to Invest $1.5 Billion in Mistral, the French A.I. Start-Up

ASML, the Dutch maker of semiconductor equipment, is investing about $1.5 billion in Mistral, the…

Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws

In a lawsuit filed Monday, the former head of security for the messaging app accused…

The Doctors Are Real, but the Sales Pitches Are Frauds

Scammers are using A.I. tools to make it look as if medical professionals are promoting…

The Spectacular Comeback Tour of Ross Ulbricht, the Founder of Silk Road

Ross Ulbricht, who created the Silk Road dark web marketplace and was serving a life…

Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors

The settlement is the largest payout in the history of U.S. copyright cases and could…

Jean Twenge Is Still Warning Parents About Teens and Screen Time. Is Anyone Listening?

The researcher and author Jean Twenge has a prescription for the harmful effects of screen…

Would Anyone Use a Chinese Stablecoin?

A new law in Hong Kong could pave the way for digital currencies tied to…

Elon Musk Could Become First Trillionaire Under New Tesla Pay Package

Tesla’s board unveiled a compensation package for the chief executive that could be worth $900…

Joshua Abram Dies at 62; Gave Workspace-Sharing an Upscale Spin

He and a partner made their co-working locations feel like private clubs. Among his other…

Google Search Monopoly Ruling Sends Signal for Big-Tech Antitrust Cases

A federal judge ordered steps in the search monopoly case that will restrain Google but…

Amazon Pares Back Free Shipping Perk on Prime

The e-commerce giant is ending a program that let Prime members share free shipping with…

Federal Courts Slow to Fix Vulnerable System After Repeated Hacking

After a 2020 breach thought to be Russia’s work, the courts told Congress that they…

What the Fixes for Google’s Search Monopoly Mean for You: It’s a ‘Nothingburger’

A federal judge’s remedy stops short of making meaningful changes to how we use our…

Ask The Morning: What Do You Want to Know About A.I.?

The technology seems to be everywhere these days. We’ll find experts to answer your questions.

Silicon Valley Pledges $200 Million to New Pro-A.I. Super PACs

The two PACs reflect a new level of political engagement by companies like Meta and…

Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science

Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence. Experts see…

How Builder.ai Collapsed Amid Silicon Valley’s Biggest Boom

Builder.ai went from a value of $1.5 billion to zero in a few months, amid…

How ‘Clanker’ Became an Anti-A.I. Rallying Cry

The term, which was popularized by a “Star Wars” show and is rooted in real…

An Online Group Claims It’s Behind Campus Swatting Wave

Members of the group offered on Telegram to draw armed officers to schools, malls and…

The A.I. Spending Frenzy Is Propping Up the Real Economy, Too

The trillions of dollars that tech companies are pouring into new data centers are starting…

Can Cadillac Keep Selling E.V.s as Trump Repeals Climate Policies?

Electric models from the luxury car brand have been very successful, but they may struggle…

South Korea Outlaws Use of Smartphones During Class

It becomes the latest country to restrict phone use in schools, with a law that…

Google Pixel 10 Pro Review: This A.I. Phone Can Save Time if You Surrender Your Data

The new artificially intelligent Pixel can help people streamline certain tasks. But that efficiency may…

Nvidia Earnings Show Sales Jump Amid Strong Demand for A.I. Chips

The chipmaker, now the most valuable public company in the world, said strong demand for…

How to Set Up a Personalized News Feed on Your Phone

Apps from Google, Apple and other companies let you customize your content so you’re always…

SpaceX Starship Completes Successful Test Flight After Previous Launch Setbacks

After setbacks during the last three launches of Starship, Elon Musk’s rocket company splashed down…

A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.

More people are turning to general-purpose chatbots for emotional support. At first, Adam Raine, 16,…

SpaceX Scrubs 10th Starship Test Launch Because of Lousy Weather

Weather interfered on Monday night with the ability of Elon Musk’s company to show it…

What the ‘Panama Playlists’ Exposed About Spotify User Privacy

The “Panama Playlists” exposed the Spotify listening habits of some famous people — and two…

SpaceX Scrubs Critical 10th Test Launch of Starship Rocket

Elon Musk’s company will reschedule the next trip of its Starship prototype, which faced setbacks…

Revealing Taste

A clever leak exposed the music habits of some famous people — and two Times…

Intel's Downfall Underlines How Even Tech Giants Can Fade

The Silicon Valley chipmaker’s journey from icon to a government project, with the sale of…

The All-Female Hacker House Trying to Break A.I.’s Glass Ceiling

FoundHer House, a home in San Francisco’s Glen Park neighborhood, is the rare all-female hacker…

Ex-Employee Sentenced to 4 Years for Sabotaging Company’s Computer Network

The man, a former software developer for Eaton Corporation, wrote malicious code that crashed servers…

French Authorities Investigate Death of Streamer Jean Pormanove After Months of Abuse

Raphaël Graven, known online as Jean Pormanove, was regularly subjected to humiliation and abuse on…

Warren Brodey, 101, Dies; a Visionary at the Dawn of the Information Age

His work on complex systems and responsive technologies helped lay the groundwork for later work…

Stephanie Shirley, Who Created a Tech World for Women, Dies at 91

In 1962, she started a software company at her dining room table with a revolutionary…

OpenAI Employee Stock Sale Would Value ChatGPT Maker at $500 Billion

At $500 billion, OpenAI would become the world’s most valuable privately held company.

Zuckerberg Again Overhauls Meta’s A.I. Efforts

Meta internally announced a new restructuring of its artificial intelligence division amid internal tensions over…

A.I. Travel Tools Are Everywhere. Are They Any Good?

A.I.-powered tools can help you plan trips, squeeze value out of loyalty programs and translate…

Trump Administration Discusses Taking 10% Stake in Intel

Federal officials are considering the move because Intel, the last leading-edge chipmaker in the United…

At China’s Humanoid Robot Games, Athletes Fell Down a Lot

The Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing — featuring running, kickboxing and soccer — highlighted advancements…

They’re Stuffed Animals. They’re Also A.I. Chatbots.

New types of cuddly toys, some for children as young as 3, are being sold…

He Sold His Likeness. Now His Avatar Is Shilling Supplements on TikTok.

Welcome to a new era of commercial work fueled by generative artificial intelligence.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Most Likely Doesn’t Pay Taxes

Elon Musk’s rocket company relies on federal contracts, but years of losses have most likely…

Senator Josh Hawley Begins Child Safety Inquiry Into Meta’s A.I. Bot

Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, said he would look into whether the social media company’s…

Judge Blocks F.T.C. Investigation of Media Matters

The agency began looking into the liberal watchdog group’s research critical of Elon Musk and…

Margaret Boden, Philosopher of Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88

A cognitive scientist, she used the language of computers to explore the nature of human…

Big Tech’s A.I. Boom Is Reordering the U.S. Power Grid

Electricity rates for individuals and small businesses could rise sharply as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and…

Behind Wall Street’s Abrupt Flip on Crypto

The reversal risks declawing a century of consumer financial protections and replacing the backbone of…

Trump Has Made Himself Commander in Chief of the Chip Industry

President Trump has become the semiconductor sector’s leading decision maker, from new fees on exports…

Do Kwon, Crypto Founder Who Caused 2022 Market Crash, Pleads Guilty to Fraud

Do Kwon, who created the Luna and TerraUSD cryptocurrencies that collapsed in 2022, pleaded guilty…

Larry Ellison Wants to Do Good, Do Research and Make a Profit

Oracle’s co-founder and the world’s second-richest person pledges to concentrate his vast resources on his…

California Supreme Court Requires New Review of Rooftop Solar Policy

The court revived a legal challenge to a 2022 regulation that significantly reduced the compensation…

NASA Is Getting Fired Up About a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say,…

Trump Announces Additional $100 Billion Apple Investment in U.S.

The White House said the pledge would bring more of the company’s supply chain and…

How Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the Military

In a major shift, Google, OpenAI, Meta and venture capitalists — many of whom had…

OpenAI to Open-Source Some of the A.I. Systems Behind ChatGPT

In a major shift, the company is “open sourcing” two A.I. systems, freely sharing the…

Swarming to San Francisco’s A.I. Boom: a New Crop of 20-Something CEOs

Some dropped out of M.I.T., Georgetown and Stanford. Others decided not to go to college.…

The Insider’s Guide to San Francisco’s A.I. Boom

The city is the tech industry’s hub for artificial intelligence, 30 miles north of the…

Joby Will Buy Blade’s Helicopter Taxi Business for $125 Million

Joby Aviation, which is developing electric aircraft, will acquire the passenger business of Blade, a…

OpenAI Raises Another Funding Deal, From Dragoneer, Blackstone and More

The venture capital round values the ChatGPT maker at $300 billion, and underscores the fierceness…

Putin Widens Effort to Control Russia’s Internet

The introduction of a state-approved messaging app has raised fears that Russia could be preparing…

Jury Says Tesla Was Partly to Blame for Fatal Crash

Lawyers for the family of a woman struck and killed by a Tesla sedan in…

Ford Is Latest Carmaker to Blame Tariffs for Profit Slump

The company estimated that duties on imported cars and car parts would cost it $2…

A.I. Researchers Are Negotiating $250 Million Pay Packages. Just Like NBA Stars.

A.I. technologists are approaching the job market as if they were Steph Curry or LeBron…

Age-Gating the Internet + Cloudflare Takes On A.I. Scrapers + HatGPT

“Frankly, if they’re going to behave like hackers, then we’re going to behave like trolls…

Figma’s $20 Billion Sale Died. It Came Back to Go Public.

Figma, which makes a design platform, was on the verge of a big payday before…

Trump Announces Health Care Records System for Consumers

The administration is working with tech companies to make sharing information with various providers easier.…

Microsoft Backs Up A.I. Spending With $27.2 Billion Quarterly Profit

The company’s results are likely to ease investors’ worries that big investments in artificial intelligence…

How to Mute Your IPhone or Android During Vacations

You can silence nonessential alerts and calls on your iPhone or Android device for later…

NISAR — a NASA-India Collaboration — Will Study Earth With Radar. Here’s How to Watch the Launch.

A new Earth-observing satellite, built by NASA and India’s space agency, will be sent into…

Meta Unveils Wristband For Controlling Computers With Hand Gestures

When you write your name in the air, you can see the letters appear on…

Citizen Scientists Are Accelerating Ecology Research With iNaturalist

Thousands of scientific papers have used data collected by users of the platform iNaturalist, according…

The Unnerving Future of A.I.-Fueled Video Games

Game designers have used artificial intelligence since the 1980s. But digital characters demonstrating self-awareness is…

William J. Rutter, Biotech Pioneer of Gene-Based Medicine, Dies at 97

His company, the Chiron Corporation, contributed important scientific discoveries toward treatments for H.I.V., hepatitis B,…

The Chatbot Culture Wars Are Here

Conservatives, including President Trump, are accusing A.I. companies of left-wing bias, following a playbook that…

What to Know About the Hack at Tea, an App Where Women Share Red Flags About Men

A data breach exposed photos and ID cards of women who signed up for a…

Trump Fights ‘Woke’ A.I. + We Hear Out Our Critics

“Any historical understanding of the First Amendment would say this is just plainly unconstitutional.”

Citing New Rules, Meta Says It Will End Political Ads in E.U.

Meta said political advertising would end in October, citing a forthcoming E.U. regulation that it…

Trump’s A.I. Challenge: Focus on Weapon Concerns or Woke-ism?

In the Biden era, the government feared AI models would guide the spread of chemical,…

Intel Expects Work Force to Shrink by 25,000

The Silicon Valley chip company, which has been struggling, quantified the job cuts it is…

In the Latest Space Race, It’s China vs. SpaceX

new video loaded: In the Latest Space Race, It’s China vs. SpaceXBy Selam Gebrekidan, Nikolay…

Tesla Earnings Show Falling Profit as Car Sales Slow

Elon Musk has said robotaxis are the company’s future, but most revenue still comes from…

Federal Prosecutors Close Inquiry Into Co-Founder of Kraken Crypto Exchange

The F.B.I. had raided the home of Jesse Powell in 2023 as part of an…

William H. Neukom, Microsoft Lawyer Who Led Antitrust Fight, Dies at 83

In the 1990s, the U.S. called Microsoft a bullying monopoly and sought to rein it…

Google A.I. System Wins Gold In International Math Olympiad

OpenAI said it, too, had built a system that achieved similar results.

Tesla Driver Testifies Autopilot Failed to Prevent Fatal Crash

The driver gave testimony in a federal trial about Tesla’s role in a 2019 accident…

U.S. Proposes Steep Tariffs on Critical E.V. Battery Material

The Commerce Department plans to impose a 93.5 percent levy on Chinese graphite, an essential…

Crypto Industry Reaches Milestone With Passage of Genius Act

After a week of squabbling in Washington, the cryptocurrency industry secured one of its primary…

What Would a Real Friendship With A.I. Look Like? Maybe Like Hers.

Chatbots can get scary if you suspend your disbelief. But MJ Cocking didn’t — and…

X Hits Grok Bottom + More A.I. Talent Wars + ‘Crypto Week’

“XAI had to apologize after Grok began praising Adolf Hitler, making antisemitic comments and referring…

How a Sequoia Capital Partner’s Mamdani Posts Dragged the Firm Into Politics

Sequoia Capital, which backed Nvidia, Google and Apple when they were start-ups, has long stayed…

How a Video Studio Embraced A.I. and Stormed the Internet

The Dor Brothers are indie filmmakers whose viral videos are generated entirely by artificial intelligence.

Court Rules Trump’s Firing of F.T.C. Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter Was Illegal

A federal judge said Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, whom President Trump fired from the Federal Trade…

What to Know About the Three Crypto Regulation Bills in Congress

The House this week took up a trio of bills that would establish a federal…

How Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Persuaded Trump to Sell A.I. Chips to China

With help from a longtime Silicon Valley investor turned White House insider, Mr. Huang got…

Congress Was Supposed to Vote on 3 Crypto Bills This Week

The crypto industry was headed for a landmark moment in the House with three bills…

China Is Spending Billions to Become an A.I. Superpower

Beijing is taking an industrial policy approach to help its A.I. companies close the gap…

Federal Prosecutors Close Inquiry Into Polymarket Betting Website

The site became prominent last year when people bet on the outcome of the 2024…

Meta’s New Superintelligence Lab Is Discussing Major A.I. Strategy Changes

Members of the lab, including the new chief A.I. officer, Alexandr Wang, have talked about…

Cognition AI Buys Windsurf as A.I. Frenzy Escalates

The deal follows Google’s $2.4 billion investment in Windsurf, an A.I. start-up, as companies race…

How the Deep Sea Cables That Power the World Are Made

The conduits, which are spooled in big stacks on a boat before being buried in…

Is A.I. the Future of Web Browsing?

A test of the app Dia illustrates that the humble web browser may be the…

Grok Chatbot Mirrored X Users’ ‘Extremist Views’ in Antisemitic Posts, xAI Says

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said its Grok chatbot had also undergone a code update…

Daniel Kleppner, Physicist Who Brought Precision to GPS, Dies at 92

He worked to develop an atomic clock that is essential to global positioning systems and…

Google Hires Top A.I. Leaders From Windsurf, Which OpenAI Was Courting

In a $2.4 billion deal, Google recruited the chief executive and a co-founder of Windsurf,…

A.I.-Generated Images of Child Sexual Abuse Are Flooding the Internet

Organizations that track the material are reporting a surge in A.I. images and videos, which…

Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows

An analysis by the American Association for the Advancement of Science shows the impact of…

Nvidia Becomes First Public Company Worth $4 Trillion

The A.I. chip maker reached the landmark before Apple and Microsoft, as its value rose…

Microsoft Pledges $4 Billion Toward A.I. Education

Microsoft said it would provide cash, artificial intelligence tools and computing services to schools, colleges…

OpenAI and Microsoft Bankroll New A.I. Training for Teachers

The American Federation of Teachers said it would use the $23 million, including $500,000 from…

Grok, Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot, Shares Antisemitic Posts on X

The artificial intelligence chatbot, which has a dedicated account on X, praised Hitler after fielding…

Marco Rubio Impersonation Under State Dept. Investigation

A person or people imitating the secretary of state used artificial intelligence to send text…

Your Job Interviewer Is Not a Person. It’s A.I.

You thought artificial intelligence was coming for your job? First, it’s coming for your job…

Will A.I. Replace New Hires or Middle Managers?

Amid layoffs at Microsoft and other large tech companies, experts are debating whose jobs are…

China Bans Some Portable Batteries From Flights as Safety Concerns Grow

Airlines and governments around the world have tightened restrictions on the devices after a series…

How to Organize Your E-Books on Kindle, Apple and Google and Nook

If the e-book app on your phone or tablet is overflowing and full of outdated…

The Coder ‘Village’ at the Heart of China’s A.I. Frenzy

As China vies with Silicon Valley for primacy, Hangzhou, home to DeepSeek and Alibaba, is…

YouTube Pirates Are Cashing In on Hollywood’s Summer Blockbusters

More than a decade after the platform cracked down on copyright infringement, thousands of unlicensed…

Solar Industry Says Republican Policy Bill Would Cede Production to China

A revival of U.S. solar panel manufacturing that began during the first Trump administration could…

Hard Fork Live, Part 2: CEOs of Stripe and Skip

More from our first live show taping, including a robot pants demo and audience questions.

Scientist Use A.I. To Mimic the Mind, Warts and All

To better understand human cognition, scientists trained a large language model on 10 million psychology…

Tesla Sales Fall as Elon Musk Focuses on Self-Driving Cars

The company has devoted resources to autonomous driving rather than developing new models to attract…

454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcher’s Paper

Scientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in…

Microsoft to Lay Off About 9,000 Employees

The reductions followed cuts of about 6,000 positions last quarter, and were indicative of a…

Cloudflare Introduces Blocking of A.I. Scrapers By Default

The tech company’s customers can automatically block A.I. companies from exploiting their websites, it said,…

Senate Votes to Allow State A.I. Laws, a Blow to Tech Companies

All but a handful of states have some laws regulating artificial intelligence.

Trump Wants America to Make iPhones. Here’s How India Is Doing It.

India is carving out a new space for Foxconn and other high-end manufacturers, just as…

He Made Billions on Google and PayPal. Now, He’s Betting on News.

Michael Moritz co-founded The San Francisco Standard, a local news organization. It is acquiring Charter,…

:( Microsoft’s ‘Blue Screen of Death’ Is Going Away

The blue screen that stressed computer users for more than three decades is giving way…

Interesting

A reporter who writes about A.I. finds her work is catching on — with the…

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Narrow CZI’s Focus to Science Efforts

The tech titan and his wife once had sprawling ambitions for their Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.…

At Bezos’ Venetian Wedding: Buzz, Bling and Backlash

The over-the-top party in the photogenic Italian city mixed Hollywood, Silicon Valley and political overtones.

Authorities Rescue Girl Whose Mother Livestreamed Her Sexual Abuse

The 9-year-old from Vietnam was abused by her mother for customers watching on smartphone apps…

Mark Zuckerberg Ramps Up Meta’s A.I. Spending as Competition Heats Up

Unhappy with his company’s artificial intelligence efforts, Meta’s C.E.O. is on a spending spree as…

Uber in Talks With Travis Kalanick to Fund Self-Driving Car Deal

The ride-hailing company is in talks to help Mr. Kalanick, who was forced out in…

Tanner Martin Announces His Own Death

Tanner Martin has documented his fight against colon cancer for hundreds of thousands of followers.…

Four Astronauts Lift Off on Axiom Mission to the I.S.S.

Sponsored by governments but ferried by a private company, astronauts from Hungary, India and Poland…

Why Does Every Commercial for A.I. Think You’re a Moron?

Ads for consumer A.I. are struggling to imagine how the product could improve your day…

Takeaways From Hard Fork’s Interview With OpenAI’s Sam Altman

Mr. Altman discussed President Trump’s understanding of artificial intelligence, the war for A.I. talent and…

At Amazon’s Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I.

On 1,200 acres of cornfield in Indiana, Amazon is building one of the largest computers…

Ford Will Keep Battery Factory Even if Republicans Ax Tax Break

Ford Motor said it would open a new plant in Michigan that could become ineligible…

BYD and Other Chinese Carmakers Expand Sales in Europe Despite Tariffs

BYD and other companies doubled their share of the car market after the European Union…

Tesla Begins Limited Robotaxi Service in Austin

The vehicles will have safety monitors and may not operate in bad weather, making them…

Trump Is Selling a Phone + The Start-Up Trying to Automate Every Job + Allison Williams Talks ‘M3GAN 2.0’

“They’re calling it the T1 Phone 8002 Gold Version, which sounds kind of like a…

TikTok Hits Cannes, Where a U.S. Ban Seems a Distant Dream

TikTok executives hosted happy hours and played pickleball with influencers on the French Riviera this…

Europe’s Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U.S. Tech Dominance Against It

To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently helped suspend the email account of…

Hybrid Cars, Once Derided and Dismissed, Have Become Popular

Automakers and car buyers are taking a second, harder look at hybrids after leaving them…

How Vera Rubin Telescope Scientists Will Deal With 60 Million Billion Bytes of Imagery

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will make the study of stars and galaxies more like…

Chinese Companies Set Their Sights on Brazil

Confronted with tariffs and scrutiny in the United States and Europe, Chinese consumer brands are…

Can A.I. Quicken the Pace of Math Discoveries?

Breakthroughs in pure mathematics can take decades. A new Defense Department initiative aims to speed…

Your A.I. Queries Come With a Climate Cost

When it comes to artificial intelligence, more intensive computing uses more energy, producing more greenhouse…

Tesla’s Robotaxi, Long Promised by Elon Musk, Joins a Crowded Field

Mr. Musk says the driverless taxis could begin ferrying passengers on Sunday in Austin, Texas,…

Lawmakers Demand Palantir Provide Information About U.S. Contracts

Ten Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the tech company this week asking about its…

China’s Spy Agencies Are Investing Heavily in A.I., Researchers Say

A new report comes amid rising concern about how China will use new tools to…

A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.

The technology’s ability to read and summarize text is already making it a useful tool…

Trumps Promote American Bitcoin, a New Crypto Mining Venture

The debut of American Bitcoin, a mining firm backed by Eric Trump and Donald Trump…

Traveling the Cosmos With Carter Emmart, One Last Time

For nearly three decades he has created mesmerizing planetarium shows at the American Museum of…

Meta Is Building a Superintelligence Lab. What Is That?

Mark Zuckerberg has reorganized his company’s ambitions around a hypothetical future that is suddenly the…

Meta Bets on Scale + Apple’s A.I. Struggles + Listeners on Job Automation

“These pay packages that they’re offering are stretching into nine figures.”

Charging Your EV May Be Getting Easier, Even if It’s Not a Tesla

It is becoming easier to find fast chargers for electric vehicles, and they are more…

They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.

Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems.…

Nintendo Switch 2 Review: Bigger and Better, for a Higher Price

The hardware improvements in the new $450 Nintendo will make this an automatic upgrade for…

Meta Invests $14.3 Billion in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintelligence Lab

Meta is making its first major minority investment in an outside company as it tries…

Google DeepMind and National Hurricane Center Join on New A.I. Model

The National Hurricane Center will experiment with the company’s DeepMind program to enhance the work…

This A.I. Company Wants to Take Your Job

Mechanize, a San Francisco start-up, is building artificial intelligence tools to automate white-collar jobs “as…

Elon Musk Says His Trump Criticisms ‘Went Too Far’

President Trump and Elon Musk traded social media barbs last week. Mr. Trump has said…

John L. Young, 89, Dies; Pioneered Posting Classified Documents Online

His site, Cryptome, was a precursor to WikiLeaks, and in some ways bolder in its…

Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue ‘Superintelligence’

The new lab, set to include the Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, is part of…

How ASML, a Key Supplier to the Chip Industry, Is Navigating Trump’s Trade War

ASML, the Dutch company that makes multimillion-dollar tools to manufacture advanced semiconductors, is grappling with…

YouTube Loosens Video Content Moderation Rules

The world’s largest video platform has told content moderators to favor “freedom of expression” over…

UK Court Warns Lawyers Can Be Prosecuted Over A.I. Tools That ‘Hallucinate’ Fake Material

A senior judge said on Friday that lawyers could be prosecuted for presenting material that…

Takeaways From Graduation Speeches by Trump, Taraji P. Henson and Others

The New York Times studied videos of addresses posted online, including those by President Trump,…

Bill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 74

A designer for Apple, he created software that made it possible to display shapes, images…

The Trump-Elon Musk Feud Creates More Problems for Tesla

Already suffering from steep declines in sales and profit, the carmaker could now face the…

What to Know About the Effects of Ketamine

Elon Musk has said that he used ketamine as a treatment in the past, but…

If Elon Musk and Donald Trump Make Up, Don’t Be Surprised

For all the insults that Mr. Musk and Mr. Trump traded on Thursday, don’t be…

How NASA Would Struggle Without SpaceX if Trump Cancels Musk’s Contracts

If President Trump cancels the contracts for Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company, the federal government…

Reddit Sues Anthropic, Accusing It of Illegally Using Data From Its Site

In its lawsuit, Reddit said Anthropic had also declined to enter into a licensing agreement…

David Cope, Godfather of A.I. Music, Is Dead at 83

His EMI algorithm, an early form of artificial intelligence that he developed in the 1980s,…