The Terrifying Allure of Mona Island
“This curious world,” Thoreau wrote, “is more wonderful than convenient,” and his words came to me as I gathered my…
Kate Middleton, Britney Spears and the Online Trolls Doubting Their Existence
Kate Middleton has long been a magnet for unproven rumors: She pressured an art gallery to remove a royal portrait!…
Apple Steps Up Its Lobbying to Change Patent Rules
Over the past decade, some of Apple’s biggest regulatory headaches have come from a little-known federal agency called the U.S.…
U.S. Accuses Two Men of Stealing Tesla Trade Secrets
A Canadian man who lives in China was arrested Tuesday and held in New York after he and a business…
Microsoft Hires DeepMind Co-Founder to Run Consumer A.I.
Mustafa Suleyman, a co-founder of Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence lab, is leaving the start-up he was running to lead Microsoft’s…
Biden to Announce Multibillion-Dollar Grant for Intel to Expand Chip Production
President Biden will issue a multibillion-dollar award to Intel on Wednesday to expand its chip production in the United States,…
Saudi Arabia Plans $40 Billion Push Into Artificial Intelligence
The government of Saudi Arabia plans to create a fund of about $40 billion to invest in artificial intelligence, according…
Apple and Google Are Discussing a Deal to Bring Generative A.I. to iPhones
Apple is in discussions with Google about using the search giant’s generative artificial intelligence model called Gemini for its next…
Jail Cells? Morgues? Your Cruise Ship Has Some Surprises for You.
Cruise ships have hidden features that many passengers, particularly first-timers, don’t know about. Some ships are as big as small…
I Was Lonely In a New City. This Tech Trick Helped Me Belong
A uniquely 20-something cocktail of ambition, stupidity and wanderlust led me to take a job in Berlin fresh out of…