NYT > Technology

Racist AI Deepfake of Baltimore Principal Leads to Arrest (Fri, 26 Apr 2024)
A high school athletic director in the Baltimore area was arrested after he used A.I., the police said, to make a racist and antisemitic audio clip.
>> Read more

How to Claim Your Part of a $5.6 Million Ring Settlement (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments to customers who had certain Ring home security cameras and accounts during a particular time period, the agency said.
>> Read more

‘To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower (Fri, 26 Apr 2024)
The oil-rich kingdom is plowing money into glitzy events, computing power and artificial intelligence research, putting it in the middle of an escalating U.S.-China struggle for technological influence.
>> Read more

TikTok on the Clock, Tesla’s Flop Era and How NASA Fixed a ’70s-Era Space Computer (Fri, 26 Apr 2024)
“A clock is ticking on one of America’s most famous apps.”
>> Read more

U.S. Investigating Tesla Recall of Autopilot (Fri, 26 Apr 2024)
The National Highway Safety Administration also released an analysis of crashes involving the system that showed at least 29 fatal accidents over five and a half years.
>> Read more

Alphabet’s Revenue Jumps 15% to $80.5 Billion (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
Google’s parent company topped revenue and profit estimates and said that it would offer a stock dividend for the first time.
>> Read more

Microsoft Reports Rising Revenues as A.I. Investments Bear Fruit (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
The tech giant’s quarterly results included strong growth in cloud computing, fueled by its services in generative artificial intelligence.
>> Read more

F.C.C. Votes to Restore Net Neutrality Rules (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
Commissioners voted along party lines to revive the rules that declare broadband as a utility-like service that could be regulated like phones and water.
>> Read more

Key Solar Panel Ingredient Is Made in the U.S.A. Again (Fri, 26 Apr 2024)
REC Silicon says it will soon start shipping polysilicon, which has come mostly from China, reviving a Washington State factory that shut down in 2019.
>> Read more

Honda Commits to E.V.s With Big Investment in Canada (Fri, 26 Apr 2024)
The Japanese automaker, which has been slow to sell electric vehicles, said it would invest $11 billion to make batteries and cars in Ontario.
>> Read more

TikTok Broke the Tech Law Logjam. Can That Success Be Repeated? (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
For years, federal lawmakers have tried to pass legislation to rein in the tech giants. The TikTok law was their first success.
>> Read more

How Pastor Chad Nedohin Helped Turn Trump Media Into a Meme Stock (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
Chad Nedohin, a part-time pastor, is among the fans of Donald J. Trump who helped turn Trump Media into a meme stock with volatile prices.
>> Read more

Meta Says It Plans to Spend Billions More on A.I. (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
Along with the higher spending, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp projected lighter-than-expected revenue, causing its stock to plummet.
>> Read more

On TikTok, Potential Ban of App Leads to Resignation and Frustration (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
While Congress says the social app is a security threat, critics of the law targeting it say it shows how out of step lawmakers are with young people.
>> Read more

Binance Founder Should Get 3 Years in Prison, Prosecutors Say (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
Lawyers for Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the crypto exchange Binance, countered that he should receive no prison time.
>> Read more

Elon Musk Clashes With Australian Court Over Violent Videos on X (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
Mr. Musk’s defiance over removing content is testing the boundaries of international legal systems.
>> Read more

Inside Lawmakers’ Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
A tiny group of lawmakers huddled in private about a year ago, aiming to keep the discussions away from TikTok lobbyists while bulletproofing a bill that could ban the app.
>> Read more

Meta’s A.I. Assistant Is Fun to Use, but It Can’t Be Trusted (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
Despite Mark Zuckerberg’s hope for the chatbot to be the smartest, it struggles with facts, numbers and web search.
>> Read more

The Meta-morphosis of Mark Zuckerberg (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
The robotic nerd depicted in “The Social Network” has turned into the kinder, more accessible face of Silicon Valley. What’s going on?
>> Read more

How a Virtual Assistant Taught Me to Appreciate Busywork (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
A new category of apps promises to relieve parents of drudgery, with an assist from A.I. But a family’s grunt work is more human, and valuable, than it seems.
>> Read more

Former Boeing Manager Says Workers Mishandled Parts to Meet Deadlines (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
Merle Meyers, who left Boeing last year after a 30-year career, said he was speaking publicly about his experience because he loved the company “fiercely.”
>> Read more

Biden Signs TikTok Ban Bill Into Law. Here’s What Happens Next. (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
President Biden has signed the bill to force a sale of the video app or ban it. Now the law faces court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s hostility.
>> Read more

How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me) (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
This privacy reporter and her husband bought a Chevrolet Bolt in December. Two risk-profiling companies had been getting detailed data about their driving ever since.
>> Read more

Tesla Earnings Report: Revenue Fell to $21.3 Billion, Adding to Strategy Concerns (Tue, 23 Apr 2024)
The first-quarter results are likely to fuel worries that competitors will continue grabbing a bigger slice of a market dealing with slowing electric car sales.
>> Read more

G.M. Reports Big Jump in Profit on Gasoline Car Sales (Tue, 23 Apr 2024)
General Motors has struggled with electric vehicles and in foreign markets but it is selling lots of combustion engine cars and trucks in North America.
>> Read more

In Ukraine, New American Technology Won the Day. Until It Was Overwhelmed. (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
Project Maven was meant to revolutionize modern warfare. But the conflict in Ukraine has underscored how difficult it is to get 21st-century data into 19th-century trenches.
>> Read more

In Silicon Valley, You Can Be Worth Billions and It’s Not Enough (Tue, 23 Apr 2024)
Andreas Bechtolsheim, the first investor in Google, has an estimated $16 billion fortune. He recently settled charges that he engaged in insider trading for a profit of $415,726.
>> Read more

Microsoft Makes a New Push Into Smaller A.I. Systems (Tue, 23 Apr 2024)
The company that has invested billions in generative A.I. pioneers like OpenAI says giant systems aren’t necessarily what everyone needs.
>> Read more

Nina Jankowicz Forms New Group to Defend Disinformation Research (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
The group intends to fight what its leader, Nina Jankowicz, and others have described as a coordinated campaign by conservatives and their allies to undermine researchers who study disinformation.
>> Read more

Generative A.I. Arrives in the Gene Editing World of CRISPR (Mon, 22 Apr 2024)
Much as ChatGPT generates poetry, a new A.I. system devises blueprints for microscopic mechanisms that can edit your DNA.
>> Read more

TikTok Faces E.U. Inquiry Over ‘Addictive’ Features (Mon, 22 Apr 2024)
European officials threatened to fine TikTok and force it to remove some features, the latest regulatory challenge for the Chinese-owned social media app.
>> Read more

FIFA Said to Be Close to TV Deal With Apple for New Tournament (Mon, 22 Apr 2024)
The agreement would give the tech company worldwide rights for a monthlong World Cup-style competition between top teams set to take place next year.
>> Read more

AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material May Overwhelm Tip Line (Mon, 22 Apr 2024)
A report by Stanford researchers cautions that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children doesn’t have the resources to help fight the new epidemic.
>> Read more

States Move to Ban Deepfake Nudes to Fight Sexually Explicit Images of Minors (Mon, 22 Apr 2024)
Legislators in two dozen states are working on bills, or have passed laws, to combat A.I.-generated sexually explicit images of minors.
>> Read more

How Scam Calls and Messages Took Over Our Everyday Lives (Sun, 21 Apr 2024)
To own a computer or smartphone — indeed, to engage with the digital world to any degree — is to be a mark. You can try to block, encrypt and unsubscribe your way out of it, but you may not succeed.
>> Read more

‘Catfish,’ the TV Show That Predicted America’s Disorienting Digital Future (Sun, 21 Apr 2024)
For 12 years, the MTV reality series “Catfish” has traveled the U.S., presenting hundreds of intimate snapshots of what can go wrong when the heart mixes with technology.
>> Read more