Category: Technology

It’s already powering remarkable visual innovations, like in the new movie “Here.” But boosters think that’s just the beginning.

The financing efforts follow that of rival OpenAI, which recently closed a funding round that valued it at $157 billion.

The influential cryptocurrency exchange has undergone several reorganizations in recent years.

The company’s profit increased 11 percent to $24.7 billion, beating Wall Street’s expectations and its own predictions.

As the billionaire warns of population collapse and the moral obligation to have children, he’s navigating his own complicated family.

Phones used by Jared Kushner and Eric Trump were among those that hackers sought access to as part of a counterintelligence effort carried out by a hacking group associated with China.

Eight years after Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, foreign influence with American voters has grown more sophisticated. That could have outsize consequences in the 2024 race.

Alphabet’s driverless car unit now has vehicles operating in San Francisco, Phoenix and Los Angeles.

Donald Trump, Elon Musk and CNN have cited election predictions from Polymarket, a betting site where crypto enthusiasts have wagered more than $100 million on who will win the presidency.

The billionaire made splashy purchases of The Washington Post and a mansion in Washington. But his status as a power player in the nation’s capital was never realized.

She came up with a method of automation so that workers would not have to make the bags by hand. Then she fought for credit for her work.

A group experts call Salt Typhoon is believed to be behind a sophisticated breach into major telecommunication companies that has taken aim at American leaders.

The former chief of Gravity Payments rose to prominence with the introduction of his company’s $70,000 minimum salary and a splashy social media presence.

The 2024 election has a new main character.

A national security memorandum detailed how agencies should streamline operations with artificial intelligence safely.

The United States and Nigeria often collaborate. But the arrest of an American worker strained their diplomatic relations.

The electric car company said profits climbed 17 percent in the third quarter as strong sales of energy products helped to make up for relatively slow auto sales.

Suchir Balaji helped gather and organize the enormous amounts of internet data used to train the startup’s ChatGPT chatbot.

The literary establishment welcomes Feeld, a very sex-positive dating app, at a party on the Upper East Side.

Housebound during a 1978 blizzard, he and a friend began devising the first computer bulletin board, a forerunner of online services like Reddit, TikTok and Facebook.

The former president also said he would do “something” to make Google “more fair” if he regained the presidency.

Mary Barra, G.M.’s chief executive, said that the company had fixed battery-manufacturing problems and that its electric vehicles would soon be profitable.

Mr. Musk, who holds billions in federal contracts, wants to be in charge of the regulators that oversee him if Donald Trump wins.

An engineer who loved to drive fast, he helped build an industry-altering device that made its debut after the national speed limit of 55 m.p.h. became law.

Using Google’s AlphaFold, researchers identified the bundle of three sperm proteins that seem to make sexual reproduction possible.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it was looking into what Elon Musk’s electric car company called the full self-driving system.

The tech giant has been increasing live programming on its streaming service, but this will be its first test with news.

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The “best bromance in tech” has had a reality check as OpenAI has tried to change its deal with Microsoft and the software maker has tried to hedge its bet on the start-up.

The $350 Oura Ring 4 looks sleek and cool, and it may be useful for data-hungry health enthusiasts. But it failed this sleep-deprived parent.

Large technology companies are investing billions of dollars in nuclear energy as an emissions-free source of electricity for artificial intelligence and other businesses.

With work on machine learning that uses artificial neural networks, John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “showed a completely new way for us to use computers,” the committee said.

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Seth Keshel has become a darling among election deniers by factoring widespread voter fraud — the existence of which has been widely debunked — into his election predictions.

Concerned about anxiety and depression among students, some schools are monitoring what children type into their devices to detect suicidal thinking or self-harm.

Early in the digital era, she worked at Bell Labs on the intersection of art and technology, making films and at one point arriving at a novel theory about the “Mona Lisa.”

They include making Google’s data available to rivals and forcing it to break off parts of the company, the Justice Department said in a court filing.

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E.V. batteries that are submerged in saltwater can catch fire after the floods subside, but experts say it’s a rarity.

Google, Microsoft and Meta are shoving A.I. chatbots into our faces. Sometimes, there’s a way out.

Apple is preparing to turn its AirPods Pro 2 into easy-to-use aids for people with mild to moderate hearing loss.

Many users who were reinstated by X have continued to share the kinds of false narratives and conspiracies that once got them suspended.

A district court ruled that Sweden’s constitution prevented it from taking a side in a labor dispute between Tesla and local unions that has dragged on for 11 months.

There’s just so much slop that at a certain point it makes the internet basically useless.

Elon Musk has said that the vehicle will add trillions to Tesla’s stock market value but some experts are skeptical that such cars will be ferrying passengers anytime soon.

Ryan Salame, an FTX executive, and Michelle Bond, a crypto policy advocate, were once a Washington power couple. Now they both face prison time.

Two of the company’s A.I. researchers shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, just hours after the Justice Department started spelling out plans that could lead to its break up.

Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper of Google DeepMind predicted protein shapes with A.I. while David Baker designed “a new protein that was unlike any other,” the committee said.

The computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton spoke with The Times shortly after learning he had won the Nobel Prize for Physics.

The number of cases peaked at more than 100,000 Monday morning, according to the website Downdetector. Users complained of being unable to make calls or send texts.

The internet giant was ordered by a federal judge to make a series of changes to address its anticompetitive conduct.

NetChoice, backed by tech giants including Meta and Google, has successfully argued in court that Big Tech hosts protected speech.

CRV, based in Silicon Valley, plans to return to investors $275 million because the market for mature start-ups has soured.

The Nobel Foundation offers prizes in only three disciplines, but other awards have been created to honor scientists in different fields.

The A.I. start-up’s valuation has risen by more than $70 billion in nine months.

Some app makers worry that a subtle change to the iPhone’s contact-sharing permissions could make it hard for them to get the fast growth they need to compete.

The tech giant is among the many companies building technology that could remake Hollywood — or help spread disinformation.

“In the United States, we have 50 laboratories of democracy and they’re called states.”

The San Francisco company is gathering the billions its executives believe they will need to continue building new A.I. technology.

The mother of three children with Pavel Durov has poked holes in the Russian tech titan’s carefully managed image through a criminal complaint and her account of their opulent lifestyle.

The automaker reported a gain of 6.4 percent for the latest quarter, its first such increase this year.

The initial version of Apple Intelligence focuses on helping you with words and photos. Prepare to be impressed and unnerved.

The Silicon Valley company would be among the first A.I. companies to go public since the release of ChatGPT nearly two years ago.

The “Oppenheimer” star makes his Broadway debut in Ayad Akhtar’s timely new play about a literary lion who gets assistance from A.I.

The General Motors subsidiary reached a settlement with the main auto safety regulator after one of its self-driving taxis struck a pedestrian in San Francisco last year.

The state extended its current personal privacy law to include the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.

The bill would have been the first in the nation to place strict guardrails on the new technology, but Gov. Gavin Newsom said the bill was flawed.

From hurricanes to wildfires, a new generation of technologies could help utilities better plan for the risk of extreme weather to their electric grid.

Contrary to public reports last year, the passengers probably had no idea that the vessel was about to implode.

As the company looks for more outside investors, documents reviewed by The New York Times show consumer fascination with ChatGPT and a serious need for more cash.

The tech giant, which wrapped up its arguments in the federal monopoly trial, simply says it has the best product.

The San Francisco A.I. start-up believes there is not enough computing power on Earth to build the artificial intelligence it wants to create.

Mira Murati, the chief technology officer, and two others are leaving as leaders including Sam Altman work to transform the start-up.

Jim Covello, Goldman Sachs’s head of stock research, warned that building too much of what the world doesn’t need “typically ends badly.”

At an event in Silicon Valley, the company exhibited a range of products meant to blend the real world and virtual reality, with a healthy dose of A.I.

He was once a backer of liberal causes. Then everyone seemed to turn on him. Now he wants to stay away from politics — if that’s possible.

A top adviser to Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of FTX, Ms. Ellison pleaded guilty to conspiring with him to steal $8 billion and became a crucial witness for the prosecution.

News outlets are experimenting with a feature in the world’s most popular messaging app that allows them to send links and headlines directly to followers.

Chatbots like ChatGPT get stuff wrong. But researchers are building new A.I. systems that can verify their own math — and maybe more.

By tweaking the chemistry of rivers and oceans, humans could remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the air. But huge challenges loom.

Robert Tymofichuk, a teacher in Alberta, Canada, spent nearly 2,000 hours building an operational hovercraft from salvaged car parts and with no blueprint.

Social media companies may try to ban RT, the Russian state media broadcaster. But the network has proved in the past to be a wily adversary when confronted with efforts to silence it.

In an abrupt reversal, the social network’s lawyers said it was complying with court orders that it had previously defied. Brazil’s Supreme Court could allow the site to return next week.

While Intel has struggled in recent years, other chipmakers are thriving because of a boom in demand.

The week of their debate, Kamala Harris outspent Donald Trump by 20 to 1 on Facebook and Instagram. It was just one sign of how uneven their online advertising battle has become.

Elon Musk’s social network used a technical maneuver to restore service for many Brazilians after a court blocked it. Regulators expected to restore the block soon.

Meta, YouTube and other sites collected more data than most users realized, a new report by the Federal Trade Commission finds.

The Israeli government did not tamper with the Hezbollah devices that exploded, defense and intelligence officials say. It manufactured them as part of an elaborate ruse.

New devices from Motorola and Google prove that phones with bendable screens keep getting better — and some are even becoming cheaper.

The state joins dozens of others in regulating the A.I. fakery in ways that could impact this year’s presidential race.

The app, which is popular with teenagers, introduced new settings and features aimed at addressing inappropriate online contact and content, and improving sleep for users under 18.

The Facebook and Instagram owner said it would bar Russian media outlets including RT, which the U.S. has accused of acting as an intelligence arm.

TikTok on Monday pushed back against a law that would force the popular video app to sell to a non-Chinese owner or be banned, in what is shaping up to be a landmark case.

TikTok will be in federal court on Monday, aiming to block a new law that will ban the popular video app in the United States early next year.

Accidents involving blades made by GE Vernova have delayed projects off the coasts of Massachusetts and England and could imperil climate goals.

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As threats to his personal safety have become graver, the world’s richest man has barricaded himself behind a phalanx of bodyguards that operates like a mini-Secret Service.

Mr. Trump said he would introduce the project on Monday, continuing his embrace of the crypto industry, a major source of political donations.

Mr. Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed FTX cryptocurrency exchange, was convicted last fall and is serving a 25-year sentence in prison.

Diplomats are calling for the release of Tigran Gambaryan, an employee of the crypto exchange who was arrested in February.

Driven by new technology called OpenAI o1, the chatbot can test various strategies and try to identify mistakes as it tackles complex tasks.

The astronauts of the Polaris Dawn mission, after traveling through heavy radiation and high orbits, are getting ready to open the hatch of their SpaceX vehicle.

Mr. Zuckerberg talked to a packed house Tuesday night for the “Acquired” podcast. It’s a sign of how tech titans reach the public now.

After launching early on Tuesday, the billionaire Jared Isaacman and his crew traveled to altitudes not visited by any astronaut since the Apollo moon missions of the 1960s and ’70s.

The latest announcement from Apple’s China rival came just hours after the unveiling of iPhone 16.

The tech giant went to court on Monday in a second antitrust trial, this one focused on its dominance in advertising technology software. The case could reshape its business.

The Swedish battery manufacturer said it would eliminate jobs and seek partnerships as it grappled with competition from China.

“This is not a normal legal dispute.”

Federal prosecutors say Russia paid an American media company to push pro-Kremlin messages from social media influencers including Benny Johnson, Tim Pool and Dave Rubin.

The capsule, which returned without astronauts, and other space programs at Boeing have suffered many delays and cost overruns.

Drug dealers, scammers and white nationalists openly conduct business and spread toxic speech on the platform, according to a Times analysis of more than 3.2 million Telegram messages.

After ruling against Google last month, Judge Amit P. Mehta said he would take until next August to determine fixes that the company must make.

Their fast-evolving political friendship has become a potential minefield, as Mr. Musk’s sprawling businesses may present conflicts of interest if Mr. Trump is elected in November.

Japanese chip companies are tapping billions of dollars and collaborating with foreign firms as part of new government policies that look outward.

A small but vocal group is forming new funds and taking new approaches to counter the swell of money into venture capital in recent years.

The dispute started in the early days of the pandemic when the organization expanded access to a free online collection of books.

Now that its technology is showing it can work on city streets, Alphabet, which owns Waymo, plans to invest billions more.

America’s right flank remains the chief purveyor of misinformation, but this summer’s political tumult created ideal conditions for falsehoods to spread among progressives.

The maker of ChatGPT is struggling to transform itself into a profit-driven company while satisfying worries about the safety of artificial intelligence.

When the messaging app’s founder, Pavel Durov, was arrested, he received a flood of support from a multitrillion-dollar industry that relies on it.

A contract covering longshore workers on the East and Gulf Coasts will expire at the end of September, but talks have been stalled over the use of equipment that can function without human operators.

Led by the investment firm Thrive Capital, the new deal would value the artificial intelligence start-up at over $100 billion.

Tech platforms and governments are in a standoff.

The platform went dark across Brazil on Saturday, sending online commentators to new digital town squares.

The prominent A.I. start-up is also considering a change to its corporate structure to make it more appealing to outside investors.

The social network will go dark in the nation of 200 million, the result of an escalating fight between Elon Musk and a Brazilian judge over what can be said online.

When I set out to improve my tainted reputation with chatbots, I discovered a new world of A.I. manipulation.

The criminal charges against Pavel Durov, Telegram’s founder, raised concerns in Silicon Valley about encryption and the app’s approach to privacy and security.

The country’s Supreme Court gave the service 24 hours to name a legal representative in Brazil or face suspension.

The indictment of Pavel Durov, Telegram’s founder, as part of an investigation into illicit activities on the messaging app set off worries about the personal liability of tech executives.

If your current smartphone can’t make it through the day without needing a recharge, here are a few steps to make it last a little longer.

The joint interview, airing at 9 p.m. Eastern, is the first time the vice president will face sustained questions from a journalist since President Biden withdrew from the race.

Elon Musk’s plan to open Tesla’s charging network is proceeding slowly. Nobody is entirely sure why, or when that might change.

The detention of Telegram’s founder has highlighted the messaging app’s outsized status in Europe’s deadliest war since World War II.

Jared Isaacman is leading three other privately trained astronauts on a SpaceX vehicle for Polaris Dawn, a mission that will include a daring spacewalk.

“Wolfs,” a new film starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, was going to get a robust theatrical release. But the company is curtailing that plan.

The founder of Telegram, an app with more than 900 million users, was taken into custody by the authorities, French media reported.

She was a teacher when she participated in an educational experiment with IBM. As a result, she became the first female video game designer.

The company, founded in the city as Twitter, is moving its headquarters to Texas as a shadow of its former self.

Overall, TV viewership of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago was up 14 percent from the Republicans’ event last month.

The Justice Department is set to file an antitrust suit against the real estate company RealPage alleging illegal price-fixing facilitated by algorithms.

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The charges against Michelle Bond, a former head of a crypto industry trade group, are part of the continuing legal fallout from the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange.

The agreement includes $70 million from the state, which needs legislative approval. Some lawmakers objected, calling for a more comprehensive solution with tech companies.

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The F.B.I. raided the homes of two prominent commentators on Russian state television channels as part of an effort to blunt attempts to influence November’s election.

Disruptions have fueled claims from rights groups that the Pakistani authorities are introducing technology to surveil and control the country’s internet.

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A Massachusetts professor has filed a lawsuit against Meta using a novel interpretation of Section 230, a law known primarily for shielding social media companies from liability.

The internet giant unveiled the next generation of Pixel phones, headphones and watches to stand out in a hardware market that has mostly ignored it.

In a new frontier for deep brain stimulation, researchers used A.I. to develop individualized algorithms, which helped a skateboarder and other patients with Parkinson’s disease.

County clerks and secretaries of state are overwhelmed this year, as they stare down a “perpetual moving target” of new conspiracy theories, political pressure and threats.

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Entrepreneurs say use of artificial intelligence for a variety of tasks is accelerating the path to hiring and, ideally, profitability.

The company said the Iranian effort, which used ChatGPT, did not gain much traction.

In a rare in-depth interview, this billionaire man of mystery, the head of Palantir Technologies, talks about war, A.I. and America’s future.

The city has become a hothouse for experimentation in local news. Could it serve as a model for the rest of the country?

The company faces pressure from governments around the world and complaints from companies that it is still too restrictive.

Silicon Valley companies still worry that state lawmakers are jumping the gun on regulating a still-unproven technology.

For its first conference on the creator economy, the Biden administration celebrated social media creators. The president lauded them as a “breakthrough in how we communicate.”

The cuts could amount to about 6,000 jobs for the San Jose, Calif., maker of computer networking technology.

California state senator Scott Wiener wants to stop the creation of dangerous A.I. But critics say he is jumping the gun.

The Justice Department and state attorneys general are discussing various scenarios to remedy Google’s dominance in online search, including a breakup of the company.

Brock Pierce arrived in Puerto Rico seven years ago, promising to use crypto magic to revitalize the local economy. Now he’s mired in legal disputes and fighting with his business partners.

The former president posted a campaign video ahead of a scheduled interview on the platform with Mr. Musk, who reinstated Mr. Trump’s account shortly after buying the site in 2022.

Marketing firms are using artificial intelligence to help analyze influencers and predict whether they will opine about the election.

As the new school year starts, a wave of new laws that aim to curb distracted learning is taking effect in Indiana, Louisiana and other states.

Some states are banning phones in schools to reduce classroom distraction and cyberbullying. Tell us about your experience with tech in schools.

A proposed $15 million settlement stipulates that account holders can file for losses related to breaches disclosed in 2022 and 2023. A deadline looms for those claims.

After purchasing Twitter, Mr. Musk failed to cash out Omid Kordestani’s stock, according to allegations in a new lawsuit.

The billionaire owner of the social media platform X and Tesla’s chief executive will deliver the keynote speech at an annual event.

“Maybe this actually is a chance to press the reset button on the internet.”

The former president’s economic agenda has made some notable reversals from the policies he pushed while in the White House.

Donald J. Trump’s social network is increasingly relying on a niche of the ad market that caters to hard-core Trump fans and Christian conservatives for revenue.

Over the past few days, the billionaire has posted incendiary comments about violent protests on the social media platform he controls, drawing the ire of the prime minister.

An outlandish idea that President Biden was dead or nearly dead was quickly refuted. Few of the accounts that had spread it online recanted.

The company claimed that members of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media coordinated to dissuade brands from advertising on X.

In the Bay Area, therapists are embracing a new kind of practice: advising executives on becoming their best selves.

The federal government has more lawsuits in the pipeline trying to rein in the tech giants, including another antitrust case against Google that goes to trial next month.

Hastily assembled mega-rallies conducted over Zoom are raising millions to elect Kamala Harris, giving the videoconferencing app an unexpected role in this year’s campaign.

Tony West, the top lawyer for Uber, is weighing in on polling and running mates. His presence has made some liberals anxious.

The Times found an active trade in Nvidia chips in China despite U.S. national security restrictions, as well as unreported incidents of how the technology had been used to further defense research.

Lawyers for Tesla have asked a Delaware judge to reverse her decision to void a multibillion-dollar pay package for Mr. Musk after shareholders approved it a second time in June.

If deals are struck, Meta may incorporate the actors’ voices into a digital assistant product called MetaAI, people with knowledge of the effort said.

Big technology companies show no signs of slowing their spending on artificial intelligence, even though a payoff still looks a long way away.

Every presidential election has a defining technology.

The Silicon Valley chip maker also reported a net loss and declining revenue in the latest quarter.

Mr. Musk, who has long criticized leftist politicians, called President Nicolás Maduro a “dictator” and compared him to a donkey.

Since 2022, Tripp Mickle has covered news surrounding one of the biggest technology companies in Silicon Valley.

Sabrina Javellana was a rising star in local politics — until deepfakes derailed her life.

The legislation would impose stricter privacy rules and safeguards for children on the internet and social media, but concerns about free speech and fierce industry lobbying pose challenges.

Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman and other tech billionaires, many of whom are part of the “PayPal Mafia,” are openly brawling with one another over politics as tensions rise.

Tesla says self-driving taxis will power its growth, but the company hasn’t said when such a service would be ready or how much it would increase profits.

Plug-and-play solar panels are popping up in yards and on balcony railings across Germany, driven by bargain prices and looser regulations.

After a few sluggish years under President Biden, liberal social media creators are seeing their messages resonate as Kamala Harris campaigns for the White House.

Linda Yaccarino, the C.E.O. of X, has worked hard to bring back advertisers and fix the platform’s business. But its owner, Elon Musk, is always one whim away from undoing her work.

In its first detailed response to a legal challenge, the agency said TikTok’s proposed changes wouldn’t prevent China from using it to collect U.S. users’ data or spread propaganda.

One of the wildest, most scam-ridden corners of the cryptocurrency industry — memecoins, which are rooted in internet memes — has roared back.

Ron Wyden and Edward Markey urged the F.T.C. to investigate how car companies handled the data from millions of car owners.

The prominent A.I. start-up said it planned to eventually fold the new technology into its popular online chatbot, ChatGPT.