Developers Pan Apple’s New Plan for App Store in Europe
After 15 years of dictating how apps are distributed on iPhones, Apple has been forced…
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Senators Denounce Tech Companies Over Child Sex Abuse Online
Senators criticized the chief executives of Meta, TikTok, Snap, X and Discord for not doing…
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News Outlet Blames Photoshop for Making Australian Lawmaker’s Photo More Revealing
A lawmaker in the Australian state of Victoria sat down to watch the nightly news…
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Elon Musk’s Tesla Pay Package Is Voided by Judge
Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, suffered a stunning rebuke Tuesday when a Delaware…
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Truck Makers Team Up to Push for Electric Vehicle Chargers
There are more than four million electric vehicles on American roads, but fewer than 1,000…
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Elon Musk Spreads Election Misinformation on X Without Fact Checkers
In the spring of 2020, when President Donald J. Trump wrote messages on Twitter warning…
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Amazon Scraps Deal to Buy Maker of Roomba Amid Regulatory Scrutiny
Amazon said on Monday that it was abandoning plans to buy iRobot, the maker of…
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Ring to Stop Allowing Police to Request Videos From Security Cameras
Ring, a home security camera company owned by Amazon, said that it would stop letting…
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Fake Explicit Taylor Swift Images Swamp Social Media
Fake, sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift likely generated by artificial intelligence spread rapidly across…
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Apple Blocks Android Users From Connecting to iMessage on Macs
When Apple blocked the Beeper Mini app last month from giving Android users access to…
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David L. Mills, Who Kept the Internet Running on Time, Dies at 85
David L. Mills, an internet pioneer who developed and, for decades, implemented the timekeeping protocol…
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23andMe Breach Targeted Jewish and Chinese Customers, Lawsuit Says
The genetic testing company 23andMe is being accused in a class-action lawsuit of failing to…
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Mediapocalypse Now, a16z’s Chris Dixon Defends Crypto, and HatGPT
Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeLayoffs are hitting newsrooms and…
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L.A. County to Pay $5 Million to Election Executive Wrongly Charged With Data Breach
Los Angeles County agreed to pay $5 million to the top executive of an election…
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The Sleepy Copyright Office in the Middle of a High-Stakes Clash Over A.I.
For decades, the Copyright Office has been a small and sleepy office within the Library…
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Tesla Profit From Car Sales Falls as Price Cuts Hurt
Tesla’s profit from sales of electric cars slumped in the last three months of last…
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Kona Coffee Lawsuit: How Science Helped Farmers Look for Counterfeit Beans
On the volcanic slopes of Hawaii’s Big Island, hundreds of farmers in the Kona region…
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How AI Could Change Travel in 2024
It is hard to believe that it has only been about a year since travelers…
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Even Rats Are Taking Selfies Now (and Enjoying It)
When Augustin Lignier, a professional photographer in Paris, was in graduate school, he began to…
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New Hampshire Officials to Investigate A.I. Robocalls Mimicking Biden
Voters in New Hampshire received robocall messages over the weekend in a voice that was…
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Deal Ends Dispute Over Records of Onetime King of Donkey Kong
Back in the 1980s, it seemed as if everyone with a spare quarter was playing…
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SpaceX and Axiom Launch Ax-3 Mission to International Space Station: Video
A private mission launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Thursday.Unlike on earlier…
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The A.I. Election, Bitcoin’s Wall Street Debut and TikTok’s Doodad Era
“Two truly terrible ways to make money this week.”
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Microsoft Executives’ Emails Hacked by Group Tied to Russian Intelligence
An elite hacking group sponsored by Russian intelligence gained access to the emails of some…
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Apple Takes a Humble Approach to Launching Its Newest Device
When Apple released the Apple Watch in 2015, it was business as usual for a…
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Hybrid Cars Enjoy a Renaissance as All-Electric Sales Slow
As Teslas and other electric vehicles dazzled car buyers with futuristic technology and dreams of…
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Astrobotic’s Peregrine Moon Lander Burns Up in Earth’s Atmosphere
A spacecraft that was headed to the surface of the moon has ended up back…
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Billionaires Wanted to Save the News Industry. They’re Losing a Fortune.
There’s an old saying about the news business: If you want to make a small…
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Apple Says It Will Remove a Health Feature From New Apple Watches
Apple said on Wednesday that it would begin selling its flagship smartwatches without the ability…
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A.I.’s Latest Challenge: the Math Olympics
For four years, the computer scientist Trieu Trinh has been consumed with something of a…
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Synopsys Strikes $35 Billion Deal to Buy Ansys
Synopsys, a key Silicon Valley supplier to the chip industry, said on Tuesday that it…
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Musk Demands Bigger Stake in Tesla as Price for A.I. Work
Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, stunned investors by demanding that the company’s board…
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Federal Regulator Questions Carmakers About Unwanted Tracking via Their Apps
Many modern cars are internet-connected and have apps that allow an owner to see a…
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Do You Have ‘Bookshelf Wealth’?
Breana Newton, a legal coordinator in Princeton, N.J., who posts regularly about books on TikTok,…
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Discord Cuts 17% of Workers in Latest Tech Layoffs
Discord, the social chat and messaging start-up beloved by gamers, told employees on Thursday that…
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California Has Dealt a Blow to Renewable Energy, Some Businesses Say
California has long championed renewable energy, but a change in the state’s policies last year…
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$4 Billion of New Bitcoin ETFs Change Hands in First Trading Day
More than $4 billion of a newly approved investment product tied to Bitcoin changed hands…
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Hertz Sells 20,000 Electric Cars After Being Burned by Tesla’s Price Cuts
The rental car company Hertz will be selling about one-third of the electric vehicles in…
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Microsoft Tops Apple to Become Most Valuable Public Company
For more than a decade, Apple was the stock market’s undisputed king. It first overtook…
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Why Casey Left Substack, Elon Musk and Drugs, and an A.I. Antibiotic Discovery
Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeCasey is taking his newsletter…
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U.S. Criminally Charges EBay in Cyberstalking Case
The Justice Department charged eBay on Thursday with stalking, witness tampering and obstruction of justice…
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Google Cuts Hundreds of Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions
Google laid off hundreds of workers in several divisions Wednesday night, seeking to lower expenses…
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SEC Approves New Bitcoin ETFs, in Boon for Crypto Industry
Federal regulators on Wednesday approved a new financial product that tracks the price of Bitcoin,…
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Microsoft Debates What to Do With A.I. Lab in China
When Microsoft opened an advanced research lab in Beijing in 1998, it was a time…
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SEC’s X Account Hacked, Causing Frenzy Over Bitcoin ETF
For 15 minutes, the cryptocurrency industry was euphoric.At 4:11 p.m. on Tuesday, the official X…
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Switching to a Flip Phone Helped Me Cut Down on My Smartphone Addiction
This time of year, everyone asks what you like least about your life, but they…
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U.S. Moves Closer to Filing Sweeping Antitrust Case Against Apple
The Justice Department is in the late stages of an investigation into Apple and could…
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The Times Sues OpenAI, a Debate Over iMessage and Our New Year’s Tech Resolutions
Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeThe New York Times sued…
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Museum World Hit by Cyberattack on Widely Used Software
Hackers targeted software that many museums use to show their collections online and to manage…
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Boy, 13, Is Believed to Be the First to ‘Beat’ Tetris
Ms. Cox bought her son a version of a Nintendo console called a RetroN, which…
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Auto Sales Are Expected to Slow After a Strong 2023
After enjoying a strong rebound in sales in 2023, the auto industry appears headed for…
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Boom in A.I. Prompts a Test of Copyright Law
The boom in artificial intelligence tools that draw on troves of content from across the…
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Chief Justice Roberts Sees Promise and Danger of A.I. in the Courts
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. devoted his annual year-end report on the state of…
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A Stunning Eclipse, a Moon Race and Other Space Events in 2024
Crucial Events on the Path Back to the MoonNASA wants to put American astronauts on…
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How Tracking and Technology in Cars Is Being Weaponized by Abusive Partners
After almost 10 years of marriage, Christine Dowdall wanted out. Her husband was no longer…
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Asian American Officials Cite Unfair Scrutiny and Lost Jobs in China Spy Tensions
When Thomas Wong set foot in the United States Embassy in Beijing this summer for…
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A 9-Month Cruise Is TikTok’s Favorite New ‘Reality Show’
In the last few months, Beth Fletcher, a 39-year-old photographer in Derbyshire, England, built a…
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Un estudiante mantuvo en secreto una criptomina de 6 millones de dólares
Jerry Yu reúne las características de lo que los chinos llaman un rico de segunda…
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Michael Cohen Used Fake Cases Cited by A.I. to Seek an End to Court Supervision
Michael D. Cohen, the onetime fixer for former President Donald J. Trump, said in court…
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California Pushes Electric Trucks as the Future of Freight
Neri Diaz thought he was ready for a crucial juncture in California’s ambitious plans, closely…
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Apple Watch Sales to Resume, for Now
Apple resumed sales of its newest smartwatches on Thursday, a day after a federal appeals…
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Chinese Spy Agency Rising to Challenge the C.I.A.
The Chinese spies wanted more. In meetings during the pandemic with Chinese technology contractors, they…
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The First Secret Asteroid Mission Won’t Be the Last
For generations, Western space missions have largely occurred out in the open. We knew where…
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How to Explore Google’s Android 14 and Apple’s iOS 17
As the year winds to a close, many frenzied smartphone users haven’t had the chance…
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No Oversight: Inside a Boom-Time Start-Up Fraud and Its Unraveling
After Manish Lachwani founded the Silicon Valley software start-up HeadSpin in 2015, he inflated the…
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The 2023 Good Tech Awards
In the tech industry, 2023 was a year of transformation.Spurred by the success of last…
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This N.Y.U. Student Owns a $6 Million Crypto Mine. His Secret Is Out.
Jerry Yu has the trappings of what the Chinese call second-generation rich. He boasts a…
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Suit Against Twitter Over Unpaid Bonuses Gets Go-Ahead From Judge
A federal judge on Friday gave the go-ahead to a lawsuit against the social media…
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‘Hard Fork’: Our 2024 Predictions + Jenny Slate Answers Your Hard Questions!
Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeLast year, we predicted what…
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Apple Explores A.I. Deals With News Publishers
Apple has opened negotiations in recent weeks with major news and publishing organizations, seeking permission…
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Substack Says It Will Not Ban Nazis or Extremist Speech
Under pressure from critics who say Substack is profiting from newsletters that promote hate speech…
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Apple’s Newest Headache: An App That Upended Its Control Over Messaging
For years, Ben Black’s phone annoyed his family. It was the only Android device in…
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U.S. Regulators Propose New Online Privacy Safeguards for Children
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday proposed sweeping changes to bolster the key federal rule…
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Companies Like Afterpay and Affirm May Put Americans At Risk For ‘Phantom Debt’
“Buy now, pay later” loans are helping to fuel a record-setting holiday shopping season. Economists…
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New Jersey Deli Scheme Leads to Securities Fraud Guilty Plea
A man involved in a brazen plot to manipulate the stock price of a New…
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Top Social Media Trends 2023: Roman Empire, Grimace Shake, Keith Lee and More
You may have forgotten — or wanted to forget — what happened on the internet…
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NASA Streams Cat Video From Deep, Deep Space
On Dec. 11, NASA engineers anxiously gathered at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.,…
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Chinese Traders and Moroccan Ports: How Russia Flouts Global Tech Bans
Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine last year, engineers at Convex, a Russian telecommunications company, needed…
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E.V. Start-up Founder Could Get Prison Term in Fraud Case
The founder of the electric truck company Nikola was sentenced to four years in prison…
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The E.U. Is Investigating Elon Musk’s Platform X
The inquiry is perhaps the most substantial regulatory move to date against X, which has…
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TikTok Quietly Changes User Terms Amid Growing Legal Scrutiny
Parents, schools and even attorneys general have increasingly been raising concerns about how TikTok may…
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Google’s Epic Loss, Silicon Valley’s Curious New Subculture and How 2023 Changed the Internet
This transcript was created using speech recognition software. While it has been reviewed by human…
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Vera Molnar, Pioneer of Computer Art, Dies at 99
Vera Molnar, a Hungarian-born artist who has been called the godmother of generative art for…
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TikTok’s Bow Trend Gets Absurd
In an unstoppable TikTok trend that is growing more satirical by the day, pretty pink…
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Fewer Electric Vehicles Will Qualify for U.S. Tax Credits in 2024
Purchases of popular models like the Tesla Model 3 and the Ford Mustang Mach-E may…
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