Bing’s Chatbot Declares its Love and Elon Musk Rewrites the Twitter Algorithm
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Genetically Modified Trees Planted in U.S. Forest for First Time
On Monday, in a low-lying tract of southern Georgia’s pine belt, a half-dozen workers planted row upon row of twig-like poplar trees. These weren’t just...
Susan Wojcicki, YouTube’s Longtime CEO, Says She Will Step Down
Susan Wojcicki, YouTube’s chief executive and one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley, said on Thursday that she was stepping down from her...
Bitcoin Price Stages a Comeback, Hitting Eight-Month High
Bitcoin touched an eight-month high on Thursday as investors jumped back into risky digital assets, despite renewed vows from regulators and lawmakers to rein in...
Few Americans Understand Online Privacy and Tracking, Report Says
Many people in the United States would like to control the information that companies can learn about them online. Yet when presented with a series...
Lyft’s Financial Woes Thrust It Into the Spotlight
In 2018, Lyft’s co-founders, Logan Green and John Zimmer, assembled employees in the cafeteria of the San Francisco company’s headquarters for a staff meeting. There,...
A Link Between Hearing Voices and Hearing Your Own Voice
It is the rare person who likes hearing their own voice on a recording. It sounds fake, somehow — like it belongs to someone else....
Combating Disinformation Wanes at Social Media Giants
SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube, like other social media platforms, spent years expanding its efforts to tackle misinformation after the 2016 election. It hired policy experts...
The Changing Online Language of Hearts
How to show a heart — the universal symbol of love — has shifted on the internet over the years, driven by new technology. By...
Why Are You Seeing So Many Bad Digital Ads Now?
Portia Kapraun has always seen unwelcome ads on Twitter, usually from major brands pitching her luxury jewelry or vehicles that she, as a librarian in...
Bing’s Revenge and Google’s A.I. Face-Plant
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Five Takeaways From the House G.O.P. Hearing With Former Twitter Executives
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday summoned former Twitter executives to answer to accusations that the social media platform has tried to silence voices on...
Twitter Glitches Pile Up as Key Features Fail
Twitter users around the world reported that they could no longer post messages or send messages to one another on Wednesday, the latest in a...
Twitter Was Blocked in Turkey After Earthquake, Internet-Monitoring Group Says
Twitter was blocked on several networks inside Turkey, according to NetBlocks, a group that tracks internet outages — taking out a key communication channel for...