‘Carefluencers’ Are Helping Older Loved Ones, and Posting About It
On the east side of San Jose, Calif., there is an abuela who seems to have more grandchildren than she…
Switching From iPhone to Android Is Easy. It’s the Aftermath That Stings.
When I temporarily switched from an iPhone to an Android phone last week, I was bracing for a world of…
George Carlin’s Estate Reaches Settlement After A.I. Podcast
The estate of the comedian George Carlin reached a settlement on Monday with the makers of a podcast who had…
Love Sticks? There’s an Instagram for That.
Stick Nation was born last summer, during a hiking trip to Arches National Park in Utah. Boone Hogg, Logan Jugler…
An A.I. Researcher Takes On Election Deepfakes
For nearly 30 years, Oren Etzioni was among the most optimistic of artificial intelligence researchers. But in 2019 Dr. Etzioni,…
Tesla’s Sales Fell in First Quarter as Competition Intensified
Tesla, which has been accustomed to brisk growth, reported a drop in car sales during the first three months of…
Google to Delete Billions of Chrome Browser Records in Latest Settlement
In recent months, Google has raced to settle a backlog of lawsuits ahead of major antitrust showdowns with the Justice…
How One Tech Skeptic Decided AI Might Benefit the Middle Class
David Autor seems an unlikely A.I. optimist. The labor economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is best known for…
China’s Advancing Efforts to Influence the U.S. Election Raise Alarms
Covert Chinese accounts are masquerading online as American supporters of former President Donald J. Trump, promoting conspiracy theories, stoking domestic…
Daniel C. Lynch, Founder of Major Computer Exhibition, Dies at 82
Daniel C. Lynch, a computer network engineer whose exhibitions on networking equipment helped accelerate the commercialization of the internet in…