Technology

Even the Sky May Not Be the Limit for A.I. Data Centers

Even the Sky May Not Be the Limit for A.I. Data Centers

NYT > Technology, Jan 3, 2026 - 17:22

Some tech leaders are concerned that the artificial intelligence race will exhau...

Our 2026 Tech Resolutions + We Answer Your Questions

Our 2026 Tech Resolutions + We Answer Your Questions

NYT > Technology, Jan 3, 2026 - 17:22

“When we came into the studio last year to record our resolutions, I had the bes...

China’s BYD Surpasses Tesla as World Leader in Electric Car Sales

China’s BYD Surpasses Tesla as World Leader in Electric...

NYT > Technology, Jan 3, 2026 - 17:22

As the largest maker of electric vehicles in the United States, Tesla suffered m...

Decoding the A.I.-Driven Tech Lingo From 2025

Decoding the A.I.-Driven Tech Lingo From 2025

NYT > Technology, Dec 30, 2025 - 14:24

Here’s a cheat sheet for decoding this year’s A.I.-driven tech lingo, from RAG t...

The Wirecutter Show: Tips for Using A.I. Smartly With Kevin Roose

The Wirecutter Show: Tips for Using A.I. Smartly With K...

NYT > Technology, Dec 30, 2025 - 14:24

If you’ve ever wondered what chatbots are good for and how best to use them, thi...

Where Is All the A.I.-Driven Scientific Progress?

Where Is All the A.I.-Driven Scientific Progress?

NYT > Technology, Dec 26, 2025 - 13:26

A tech C.E.O. explains why A.I. probably won’t cure diseases anytime soon. Hint:...

Handy Phone Features Can Save You Holiday Time

Handy Phone Features Can Save You Holiday Time

NYT > Technology, Dec 24, 2025 - 06:11

Try these useful shortcuts for sharing your Wi-Fi with guests, wrangling your to...

U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers

U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers

NYT > Technology, Dec 23, 2025 - 19:13

The Trump administration, citing “foreign censorship,” imposed travel bans on ex...

It’s a Hard Forkin’ Christmas!

It’s a Hard Forkin’ Christmas!

NYT > Technology, Dec 23, 2025 - 13:44

The “Hard Fork” co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton sing an original, tech-ins...

Is Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids a Good Idea?

Is Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids a Good Idea?

NYT > Technology, Dec 23, 2025 - 13:44

On the “Hard Fork” podcast, the hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss a new...

She Fell in Love With ChatGPT. Then She Ghosted It.

She Fell in Love With ChatGPT. Then She Ghosted It.

NYT > Technology, Dec 23, 2025 - 13:15

The 29-year-old woman who created the “MyBoyfriendIsAI” community on Reddit isn’...

Some of the World’s Atomic Clocks Were Off Last Week (by 5-Millionths of a Second)

Some of the World’s Atomic Clocks Were Off Last Week (b...

NYT > Technology, Dec 23, 2025 - 13:15

How some of the world’s most precise clocks missed a very small beat.

Waymo Suspended Service in San Francisco After Its Cars Stalled During Power Outage

Waymo Suspended Service in San Francisco After Its Cars...

NYT > Technology, Dec 23, 2025 - 13:15

The self-driving cars came to a halt at intersections when the power outage knoc...

Former Roomba C.E.O. Reminisces on 2008’s Viral ‘Shark Cat’ Meme

Former Roomba C.E.O. Reminisces on 2008’s Viral ‘Shark ...

NYT > Technology, Dec 23, 2025 - 13:15

In conversation with Kevin Roose and Casey Newton on the “Hard Fork” podcast, th...

Why Roomba Died + Tech Predictions for 2026 + A Hard Forkin’ Xmas Song

Why Roomba Died + Tech Predictions for 2026 + A Hard Fo...

NYT > Technology, Dec 20, 2025 - 08:10

“We were roadkill,” says Colin Angle, former chief executive of iRobot, maker of...

Why Do A.I. Chatbots Use ‘I’?

Why Do A.I. Chatbots Use ‘I’?

NYT > Technology, Dec 19, 2025 - 06:06

A.I. chatbots have been designed to behave in a humanlike way. Some experts thin...

Brendan Carr Says FCC ‘Isn’t Independent’ Amid Concerns of How Trump Might Use the Agency

Brendan Carr Says FCC ‘Isn’t Independent’ Amid Concerns...

NYT > Technology, Dec 17, 2025 - 17:00

The comment from Brendan Carr, a Republican, raised concerns from lawmakers abou...

Can OpenAI Respond After Google Closes the A.I. Technology Gap?

Can OpenAI Respond After Google Closes the A.I. Technol...

NYT > Technology, Dec 16, 2025 - 02:33

A new technology release from OpenAI is supposed to top what Google recently pro...

How Tech’s Biggest Companies Are Offloading the Risks of the A.I. Boom

How Tech’s Biggest Companies Are Offloading the Risks o...

NYT > Technology, Dec 15, 2025 - 11:45

The data centers used for work on artificial intelligence can cost tens of billi...

Elon Musk Tests Europe’s Willingness to Enforce Its Online Laws

Elon Musk Tests Europe’s Willingness to Enforce Its Onl...

NYT > Technology, Dec 12, 2025 - 11:08

Backed by White House officials, the tech billionaire has lashed out at the Euro...

Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Water Issue Fake? + Hard Fork Wrapped

Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Wat...

NYT > Technology, Dec 12, 2025 - 07:57

“I’m told that Australian teens, in preparation for this ban, have been exchangi...

Trump’s Interest in Warner Bros. Deal Weighs On Justice Department

Trump’s Interest in Warner Bros. Deal Weighs On Justice...

NYT > Technology, Dec 10, 2025 - 12:51

President Trump’s unusual decision to involve himself in the government’s review...

Meta’s New A.I. Superstars Are Chafing Against the Rest of the Company

Meta’s New A.I. Superstars Are Chafing Against the Rest...

NYT > Technology, Dec 10, 2025 - 05:15

An us-versus-them mentality has emerged between Meta’s top artificial intelligen...

Flying Abroad? Get Ready for New Facial-Recognition Tech at Departure Gates.

Flying Abroad? Get Ready for New Facial-Recognition Tec...

NYT > Technology, Dec 9, 2025 - 13:04

New facial-recognition tools being tested at Orlando International Airport could...

How Art Is Driving Waymo’s Feel-Good Branding

How Art Is Driving Waymo’s Feel-Good Branding

NYT > Technology, Dec 9, 2025 - 07:41

A tech giant has teamed up with local artists, adding vibrant colors and quirky ...

‘Marjorie Prime’ Review: A.I. Gave Her Back Her Husband. Was It Worth It?

‘Marjorie Prime’ Review: A.I. Gave Her Back Her Husband...

NYT > Technology, Dec 8, 2025 - 23:33

June Squibb stars in the Broadway premiere of Jordan Harrison’s meditation on gr...

Who Is Andrew Ferguson, the FTC Chairman Who Tilted the Agency to Trump?

Who Is Andrew Ferguson, the FTC Chairman Who Tilted the...

NYT > Technology, Dec 8, 2025 - 14:41

Andrew Ferguson has used the Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection mand...

App That Tracks ICE Raids Sues U.S., Saying Officials Pressured Apple to Remove It

App That Tracks ICE Raids Sues U.S., Saying Officials P...

NYT > Technology, Dec 8, 2025 - 12:21

The developer of ICEBlock, which notifies users of ICE agent sightings, said Att...

How Stablecoins Can Help Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions

How Stablecoins Can Help Criminals Launder Money and Ev...

NYT > Technology, Dec 7, 2025 - 06:35

Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed in...

I Let Reddit Choose My Wedding Dress — and They Got It Right

I Let Reddit Choose My Wedding Dress — and They Got It ...

NYT > Technology, Dec 7, 2025 - 06:35

Sometimes it’s easier to talk to strangers, which might explain why the platform...

It’s Not Just You. Users Struggle With the Instagram Repost Button.

It’s Not Just You. Users Struggle With the Instagram Re...

NYT > Technology, Dec 6, 2025 - 19:55

The new repost option, sandwiched between comment and share, has led to constern...

OpenAI Calls a ‘Code Red’ + Which Model Should I Use? + The Hard Fork Review of Slop

OpenAI Calls a ‘Code Red’ + Which Model Should I Use? +...

NYT > Technology, Dec 5, 2025 - 08:06

“For OpenAI to realize its ambitions, it is not going to be enough for them to m...

Rebecca Heineman, Transgender Video Game Pioneer, Dies at 62

Rebecca Heineman, Transgender Video Game Pioneer, Dies ...

NYT > Technology, Dec 4, 2025 - 16:35

Fleeing an abusive home life, she went on to win a national Space Invaders tourn...

Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit

Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit

NYT > Technology, Dec 4, 2025 - 16:35

Meta plans to direct its investments to focus on wearables like its augmented re...

Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers

Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Ga...

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

If companies can modify internet-connected products and charge subscriptions aft...

Silicon Valley Builds Amazon and Gmail Copycats to Train A.I. Agents

Silicon Valley Builds Amazon and Gmail Copycats to Trai...

NYT > Technology, Dec 2, 2025 - 05:21

Several new start-ups are building replicas of sites so A.I. can learn to use th...

An Auto Holy Grail: Motors That Don’t Rely on Chinese Rare Earths

An Auto Holy Grail: Motors That Don’t Rely on Chinese R...

NYT > Technology, Nov 30, 2025 - 15:31

Weary of being captive to geopolitics, car companies are looking for ways to rep...

Hard Fork’s 50 Most Iconic Technologies of 2025

Hard Fork’s 50 Most Iconic Technologies of 2025

NYT > Technology, Nov 28, 2025 - 08:39

“You can’t tell the story of 2025 without these icons.”

The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley

The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley

NYT > Technology, Nov 27, 2025 - 06:07

Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech ...

Take Command of Your Powerful New Smartphone Camera

Take Command of Your Powerful New Smartphone Camera

NYT > Technology, Nov 26, 2025 - 09:06

This year’s high-end models from Apple and Google raise the bar for mobile photo...

The Interview: How Wikipedia Is Responding to the Culture Wars

The Interview: How Wikipedia Is Responding to the Cultu...

NYT > Technology, Nov 25, 2025 - 08:06

Attacks against the site are piling up. Its co-founder says, Trust the process.

RealPage Agrees to Settle Federal Rent-Collusion Case

RealPage Agrees to Settle Federal Rent-Collusion Case

NYT > Technology, Nov 24, 2025 - 20:52

The Justice Department had accused the real estate software company of enabling ...

We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.

We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.

NYT > Technology, Nov 21, 2025 - 07:43

This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-p...

Trump Elevates Once-Fringe Meme Makers to the Mainstream

Trump Elevates Once-Fringe Meme Makers to the Mainstream

NYT > Technology, Nov 20, 2025 - 15:08

Right-wing users have tapped A.I. tools to promote President Trump’s agenda. He ...

To Meld A.I. With Supercomputers, National Labs Are Picking Up the Pace

To Meld A.I. With Supercomputers, National Labs Are Pic...

NYT > Technology, Nov 20, 2025 - 07:32

A.I. has added urgency to the U.S. national laboratories that have been sites of...

Nvidia Earnings Show Profit Jumped 65% to $31.9 Billion

Nvidia Earnings Show Profit Jumped 65% to $31.9 Billion

NYT > Technology, Nov 19, 2025 - 21:04

The company, which makes the computer chips essential to the artificial intellig...

Yann LeCun, a Pioneering A.I. Scientist, Leaves Meta

Yann LeCun, a Pioneering A.I. Scientist, Leaves Meta

NYT > Technology, Nov 19, 2025 - 18:49

Dr. LeCun’s departure follows a shake-up in Meta’s artificial intelligence effor...

How Trump and Nvidia’s C.E.O. Became Partners on the International Stage

How Trump and Nvidia’s C.E.O. Became Partners on the In...

NYT > Technology, Nov 19, 2025 - 06:38

Over the last 10 months, President Trump has become close with Jensen Huang, Nvi...

In the A.I. Race, Chinese Talent Still Drives American Research

In the A.I. Race, Chinese Talent Still Drives American ...

NYT > Technology, Nov 19, 2025 - 01:03

Although some Silicon Valley executives paint China as the enemy, Chinese brains...

How TikTok Helped Meta Land an Antitrust Victory

How TikTok Helped Meta Land an Antitrust Victory

NYT > Technology, Nov 18, 2025 - 21:20

Silicon Valley has increasingly pointed at rapid digital changes to blunt govern...