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NASA Picks 3 Companies to Help Astronauts Drive Around the Moon

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 19:26
The agency’s future moon buggies will reach speeds of 9.3 miles per hour and will be capable of self-driving.

Switching From iPhone to Android Is Easy. It’s the Aftermath That Stings.

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 05:04
Even if you manage to ditch your iPhone, Apple’s hooks are still there.

‘Carefluencers’ Are Helping Older Loved Ones, and Posting About It

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 05:00
On TikTok and Instagram, people are sharing what it’s like to take care of relatives who have reached their final years.

George Carlin’s Estate Reaches Settlement After A.I. Podcast

Tue, 04/02/2024 - 18:37
The estate had accused two podcast hosts of infringing on its copyrights by training an A.I. algorithm on five decades of Mr. Carlin’s work.

An A.I. Researcher Takes On Election Deepfakes

Tue, 04/02/2024 - 13:07
Oren Etzioni was once an optimist about artificial intelligence. Now, his nonprofit, TrueMedia.org, is offering tools for fighting A.I.-manipulated content.

Love Sticks? There’s an Instagram for That.

Tue, 04/02/2024 - 12:43
Those who appreciate “something as basic as a stick” are sharing their enthusiasm through a newly popular Instagram account.

Tesla’s Sales Drop, a Sign That Its Grip on the E.V. Market Is Slipping

Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:37
Sales of the company’s electric cars dropped in the first three months of the year, even as other automakers sold more battery-powered vehicles.

Google to Delete Billions of Chrome Browser Records in Latest Settlement

Mon, 04/01/2024 - 22:17
The internet giant resolved a lawsuit that claimed it had deceived users by tracking their web activity in the Chrome browser’s private Incognito setting.

How One Tech Skeptic Decided AI Might Benefit the Middle Class

Mon, 04/01/2024 - 10:53
David Autor, an M.I.T. economist and tech contrarian, argues that A.I. is fundamentally different from past waves of computerization.

China’s Advancing Efforts to Influence the U.S. Election Raise Alarms

Mon, 04/01/2024 - 00:01
China has adopted some of the same misinformation tactics that Russia used ahead of the 2016 election, researchers and government officials say.

Daniel C. Lynch, Founder of Major Computer Exhibition, Dies at 82

Sun, 03/31/2024 - 16:36
After working on the earliest version of the internet, he saw its potential and founded a conference on computer networking equipment.

Why Did Matt Farley Put a Song About Me on Spotify?

Sun, 03/31/2024 - 05:02
The answer involves a remarkable — and lucrative, and ridiculous — scheme to game the way we find music today.

AT&T Passcodes for Millions Are Reset After Leak of Customer Records

Sat, 03/30/2024 - 18:03
Nearly eight million customers and 65.4 million former account holders were affected by the data breach, the company said.

Is Garry Tan San Francisco’s ‘Twitter Menace’ or True Believer?

Fri, 03/29/2024 - 13:21
The deep pockets of the tech investor Garry Tan are valued by his allies, but his pugnacious online habits are creating plenty of enemies in the city he says he wants to save.

OpenAI Unveils Audio Tool That Recreates Human Voices

Fri, 03/29/2024 - 13:00
The start-up is sharing the technology, Voice Engine, with a small group of early testers as it tries to understand the potential dangers.

4 Things You Need to Know About Health Care Cyberattacks

Fri, 03/29/2024 - 12:18
Despite the explosion in ransomware hacks like the one against Change Healthcare, regulation is spotty and few new safeguards have been proposed to protect patient data, vulnerable hospitals and medical groups.

A.I.’s Messy Moment + Listeners Respond to Jonathan Haidt + Shrimp Jesus

Fri, 03/29/2024 - 05:04
“Being a C.E.O. sucks. Elon was right. It is like looking into the abyss and chewing glass.”

Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for FTX Fraud

Thu, 03/28/2024 - 14:06
Mr. Bankman-Fried, who was convicted of stealing $8 billion from customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange, faced a maximum sentence of 110 years.

How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Sentence Compares With Other White-Collar Cases

Thu, 03/28/2024 - 11:53
Here’s how the former crypto mogul’s 25-year sentence stacks up against the prosecutions of Michael Milken, Bernie Madoff and others.

Tesla’s Pivot to China Saved Musk. It Also Binds Him to Beijing.

Thu, 03/28/2024 - 06:22
Tesla and China built a symbiotic relationship, with credits, workers and parts that made Mr. Musk ultrarich. Now, his reliance on the country may give Beijing leverage.

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