Technology

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

Warren Brodey, 101, Dies; a Visionary at the Dawn of th...

NYT > Technology, Aug 20, 2025 - 14:01

His work on complex systems and responsive technologies helped lay the groundwor...

Zuckerberg Again Overhauls Meta’s A.I. Efforts

Zuckerberg Again Overhauls Meta’s A.I. Efforts

NYT > Technology, Aug 19, 2025 - 16:56

Meta internally announced a new restructuring of its artificial intelligence div...

Britain Drops Request That Apple Create a Back Door

Britain Drops Request That Apple Create a Back Door

NYT > Technology, Aug 19, 2025 - 01:30

The Trump administration says that law enforcement organizations in Britain woul...

Did You Recently Buy a Used E.V.? We Want to Hear From You.

Did You Recently Buy a Used E.V.? We Want to Hear From ...

NYT > Technology, Aug 18, 2025 - 14:58

The prices of used electric cars have fallen sharply in recent months, making th...

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

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

NYT > Technology, Aug 15, 2025 - 19:22

The agency began looking into the liberal watchdog group’s research critical of ...

GPT-5 Backlash + Perplexity C.E.O. Aravind Srinivas on the Browser Wars + Hot Mess Express

GPT-5 Backlash + Perplexity C.E.O. Aravind Srinivas on ...

NYT > Technology, Aug 15, 2025 - 08:42

“I think this was a growing up moment for OpenAI and the industry.”

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

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

NYT > Technology, Aug 15, 2025 - 05:08

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

Margaret Boden, Philosopher of Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88

Margaret Boden, Philosopher of Artificial Intelligence,...

NYT > Technology, Aug 14, 2025 - 17:55

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

Blood Oxygen Measurements to Return to Some Apple Watches

Blood Oxygen Measurements to Return to Some Apple Watches

NYT > Technology, Aug 14, 2025 - 12:05

The company said it will issue a software update to restart the technology, whic...

Strawberry Picking Is Thankless Work. That’s What Makes It Worth Watching.

Strawberry Picking Is Thankless Work. That’s What Makes...

NYT > Technology, Aug 13, 2025 - 05:19

On TikTok Live, workers stream video of themselves doing manual labor, providing...

The Hunt for a Lost Microscopic Art World

The Hunt for a Lost Microscopic Art World

NYT > Technology, Aug 12, 2025 - 06:06

Decades ago, designers etched microscopic doodles onto silicon chips to leave th...

Trump Calls Intel C.E.O. a ‘Success’ After Meeting

Trump Calls Intel C.E.O. a ‘Success’ After Meeting

NYT > Technology, Aug 11, 2025 - 19:33

Just days after calling for the resignation of Intel’s chief, Lip-Bu Tan, over h...

President Trump Calls Intel C.E.O. a ‘Success’ After Meeting

President Trump Calls Intel C.E.O. a ‘Success’ After Me...

NYT > Technology, Aug 11, 2025 - 18:24

Just days after calling for the resignation of Intel chief, Lip-Bu Tan, over his...

Why A.I. Should Make Parents Rethink Posting Photos of Their Children Online

Why A.I. Should Make Parents Rethink Posting Photos of ...

NYT > Technology, Aug 11, 2025 - 05:41

Artificial intelligence apps generating fake nudes, amid other privacy concerns,...

How Older People Are Reaping Brain Benefits From New Tech

How Older People Are Reaping Brain Benefits From New Tech

NYT > Technology, Aug 9, 2025 - 09:34

Overuse of digital gadgets harms teenagers, research suggests. But ubiquitous te...

GPT-5 Arrives, and We Try the New Alexa+

GPT-5 Arrives, and We Try the New Alexa+

NYT > Technology, Aug 8, 2025 - 08:30

“Sam Altman in his remarks said that this is a major upgrade,” but he also said ...

Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens.

Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It...

NYT > Technology, Aug 8, 2025 - 06:19

Over 21 days of talking with ChatGPT, an otherwise perfectly sane man became con...

OpenAI Unveils GPT-5, New AI Model, to ChatGPT Users

OpenAI Unveils GPT-5, New AI Model, to ChatGPT Users

NYT > Technology, Aug 7, 2025 - 14:39

The A.I. start-up said its new flagship technology was faster, more accurate and...

Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Chips, With a Big Caveat

Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Chips, With a Big Caveat

NYT > Technology, Aug 6, 2025 - 20:03

The tariff would not apply to businesses that made a commitment to build and inv...

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

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

NYT > Technology, Aug 5, 2025 - 15:04

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

The Rise of Silicon Valley’s Techno-Religion

The Rise of Silicon Valley’s Techno-Religion

NYT > Technology, Aug 4, 2025 - 05:08

The Rationalists, a community focused on the risks of artificial intelligence, r...

Silicon Valley’s Dream Tech Job Is Disappearing

Silicon Valley’s Dream Tech Job Is Disappearing

NYT > Technology, Aug 4, 2025 - 05:08

It’s the shut up and grind era, tech workers said, as Apple, Google, Meta and ot...

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

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

NYT > Technology, Aug 4, 2025 - 05:08

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

Jury Says Tesla Was Partly to Blame for Fatal Crash

Jury Says Tesla Was Partly to Blame for Fatal Crash

NYT > Technology, Aug 1, 2025 - 15:23

Lawyers for the family of a woman struck and killed by a Tesla sedan in 2019 arg...

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

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

NYT > Technology, Aug 1, 2025 - 08:31

“Frankly, if they’re going to behave like hackers, then we’re going to behave li...

Nvidia Chips Are Front and Center in China at Crucial Moment in the A.I. Race

Nvidia Chips Are Front and Center in China at Crucial M...

NYT > Technology, Jul 31, 2025 - 12:32

Chinese companies showcased A.I. gains in Shanghai this week. More chips will on...

‘Superintelligence’ Will Create a New Era of Empowerment, Mark Zuckerberg Says

‘Superintelligence’ Will Create a New Era of Empowermen...

NYT > Technology, Jul 30, 2025 - 19:22

Mr. Zuckerberg made his comments about the hypothetical artificial intelligence ...

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

Microsoft Backs Up A.I. Spending With $27.2 Billion Qua...

NYT > Technology, Jul 30, 2025 - 16:53

The company’s results are likely to ease investors’ worries that big investments...

Meta Forecasts Continued Spending as It Races to Build ‘Superintelligence’

Meta Forecasts Continued Spending as It Races to Build ...

NYT > Technology, Jul 30, 2025 - 16:53

The Silicon Valley giant, which has been on a spending spree to hire A.I. resear...

Can An App Help You Tackle Jetlag? We Put Two to the Test.

Can An App Help You Tackle Jetlag? We Put Two to the Test.

NYT > Technology, Jul 30, 2025 - 05:41

Apps promising to swiftly ease jet lag have proliferated. We traveled to the oth...

How to Mute Your IPhone or Android During Vacations

How to Mute Your IPhone or Android During Vacations

NYT > Technology, Jul 30, 2025 - 05:41

You can silence nonessential alerts and calls on your iPhone or Android device f...

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

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

NYT > Technology, Jul 28, 2025 - 06:40

Game designers have used artificial intelligence since the 1980s. But digital ch...

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

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

NYT > Technology, Jul 25, 2025 - 07:07

“Any historical understanding of the First Amendment would say this is just plai...

Intel Expects Work Force to Shrink by 25,000

Intel Expects Work Force to Shrink by 25,000

NYT > Technology, Jul 24, 2025 - 18:51

The Silicon Valley chip company, which has been struggling, quantified the job c...

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

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

NYT > Technology, Jul 24, 2025 - 07:41

China has made it a national priority to catch up with SpaceX’s nearly 8,000 Sta...

Trump Plans to Give A.I. Developers a Free Hand

Trump Plans to Give A.I. Developers a Free Hand

NYT > Technology, Jul 23, 2025 - 19:53

With executive orders and an “A.I. Action Plan” to promote American dominance of...

The Chatbot Culture Wars Are Here

The Chatbot Culture Wars Are Here

NYT > Technology, Jul 23, 2025 - 18:32

Conservatives, including President Trump, are accusing A.I. companies of left-wi...

Trump Administration Plans to Give A.I. Developers a Free Hand

Trump Administration Plans to Give A.I. Developers a Fr...

NYT > Technology, Jul 23, 2025 - 14:05

In an “A.I. Action Plan,” the White House outlined steps it said would promote A...

Trump Administration Calls for Limited A.I. Regulation

Trump Administration Calls for Limited A.I. Regulation

NYT > Technology, Jul 23, 2025 - 11:05

In an “A.I. Action Plan,” the White House outlined steps it said would promote A...

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

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

NYT > Technology, Jul 20, 2025 - 06:31

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

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

How a Sequoia Capital Partner’s Mamdani Posts Dragged t...

NYT > Technology, Jul 19, 2025 - 05:35

Sequoia Capital, which backed Nvidia, Google and Apple when they were start-ups,...

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

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

NYT > Technology, Jul 18, 2025 - 12:04

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

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

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

NYT > Technology, Jul 18, 2025 - 07:36

“XAI had to apologize after Grok began praising Adolf Hitler, making antisemitic...

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

Court Rules Trump’s Firing of F.T.C. Commissioner Rebec...

NYT > Technology, Jul 17, 2025 - 21:21

A federal judge said Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, whom President Trump fired from th...

How Apple’s iOS 26 and Google’s Android 16 Will Change Our Phones

How Apple’s iOS 26 and Google’s Android 16 Will Change ...

NYT > Technology, Jul 17, 2025 - 05:06

Both operating systems introduce new designs, but the real story is what’s happe...

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

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

NYT > Technology, Jul 17, 2025 - 05:06

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

The Bills That Could Change Crypto in The U.S.

The Bills That Could Change Crypto in The U.S.

NYT > Technology, Jul 16, 2025 - 18:51

There are multiple bills before the House that could redefine the way crypto is ...

Congress Was Supposed to Vote on 3 Crypto Bills This Week

Congress Was Supposed to Vote on 3 Crypto Bills This Week

NYT > Technology, Jul 16, 2025 - 16:53

The crypto industry was headed for a landmark moment in the House with three bil...

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

Daniel Kleppner, Physicist Who Brought Precision to GPS...

NYT > Technology, Jul 12, 2025 - 12:54

He worked to develop an atomic clock that is essential to global positioning sys...

Trump’s Purge of Foreign Workers Arrives at Amazon’s Warehouses

Trump’s Purge of Foreign Workers Arrives at Amazon’s Wa...

NYT > Technology, Jul 11, 2025 - 13:03

The tech giant has quietly shed warehouse employees whose work authorizations we...