Ukraine’s War of Drones Runs Into an Obstacle: China
As the war with Russia stretches on, so too does a contest to make more and deadlier flying machines. That…
Most Authors of Major Superconductor Claim Seek Retraction
Eight of the 11 authors are asking to retract a paper on a room-temperature superconductor, but Ranga Dias, the physicist…
A Founder of the Crypto Hedge Fund Three Arrows Capital Is Arrested
Su Zhu, a founder of Three Arrows Capital, a cryptocurrency hedge fund that collapsed last year, was arrested in Singapore.…
How Palantir Became a Front-Runner for the UK’s Multimillion-Dollar NHS Contract
Palantir, the analytics company chaired by Peter Thiel, has courted N.H.S. England with pandemic help and assertive lobbying. Its big…
Supreme Court to Hear Challenges to State Laws on Social Media
The tech industry argues that laws in Florida and Texas, prompted by conservative complaints about censorship by tech platforms, violate…
Fact Checkers Take Stock of Their Efforts: ‘It’s Not Getting Better’
The momentum behind organizations that aim to combat online falsehoods has started to taper off. Source link
The Gamble: Can Genetically Modified Mosquitoes End Disease?
Working on a remote island, scientists think they can use genetic engineering to block a malaria-carrying species of mosquito from…
Federal Lawsuit Accuses Tesla of Racial Discrimination
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit accusing the carmaker of mistreating Black employees at its factory in California.…
China Uses ‘Deceptive’ Methods to Sow Disinformation, U.S. Says
The accusations reflect worry in Washington that China’s information operations pose a growing security challenge to the United States. Source…
A Silicon Valley Supergroup Is Coming Together to Create an A.I. Device
OpenAI’s Sam Altman, the former Apple designer Jony Ive and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son are teaming up to develop a device…