Why Did Matt Farley Put a Song About Me on Spotify?
These days, the song brings in about $1,200 per month, enough to pay his rent, Casey told me, with what…
AT&T Passcodes for Millions Are Reset After Leak of Customer Records
The telecommunications giant AT&T announced on Saturday that it had reset the passcodes of 7.6 million customers after it determined…
OpenAI Unveils A.I. Technology That Recreates Human Voices
First, OpenAI offered a tool that allowed people to create digital images simply by describing what they wanted to see.…
4 Things You Need to Know About Health Care Cyberattacks
The recent cyberattack on the billing and payment colossus Change Healthcare revealed just how serious the vulnerabilities are throughout the…
Is Garry Tan San Francisco’s ‘Twitter Menace’ or True Believer?
But Mr. Tan’s passion, as it is for a growing number of tech industry leaders, is San Francisco politics. He…
A.I.’s Messy Moment + Listeners Respond to Jonathan Haidt + Shrimp Jesus
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube This week, we look at a mess of…
Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former cryptocurrency mogul who was convicted of fraud, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday,…
How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Sentence Compares With Other White-Collar Cases
Two years in prison for tax and securities violations. Eleven years for deceiving investors. A 150-year sentence for the largest…
How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality for the 737 Max
In February last year, a new Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max plane was on one of its first flights when…
Tesla’s Pivot to China Saved Musk. It Also Binds Him to Beijing.
When Elon Musk unveiled the first Chinese-made Teslas in Shanghai in 2020, he went off script and started dancing. Peeling…