Judge Is Said to Let Meta’s Virtual Reality Deal Move Forward
A federal judge has rejected the Federal Trade Commission’s request to stop Meta, Facebook’s parent company, from buying a small virtual reality start-up, two people...
GoodRx Leaked User Health Data to Facebook and Google, F.T.C. Says
Millions of Americans have used GoodRx, a drug discount app, to search for lower prices on prescriptions like antidepressants, H.I.V. medications and treatments for sexually...
Dissecting Elon Musk’s Tweets: Memes, Rants, Private Parts and an Echo Chamber
A collection of tweets scrolling horizontally across the screen, all posted by Elon Musk, shows various memes, referencing Pepe the Frog, Dogecoin and parodies of...
Apple’s Secrecy Violated Workers Rights, NLRB Finds
As employee unrest simmered at Apple in late 2021, Tim Cook, the company’s chief executive, sent an email reminding staff that the world’s most valuable...
The Last Boeing 747 Leaves the Factory
More than two dozen airlines were already committed to buying the 747 when it was first shown to the public. In 1970, the 747 took...
University of Texas Will Offer Large-Scale Online Master’s Degree in A.I.
The University of Texas at Austin, one of the nation’s leading computer science schools, said on Thursday that it was starting a large-scale, low-cost online...
On Trump’s Truth Social: Ads for Miracle Cures, Scams and Fake Merchandise
Between posts about conspiracy theories and right-wing grievances was an unusual advertisement: a photo of former President Donald J. Trump holding a $1,000 bill made...
Meta’s Trump Calculus and Regime Change at Netflix
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TikTok’s New Defense in Washington: Going on the Offense
WASHINGTON — Last week, TikTok’s chief executive, Shou Zi Chew, met with several influential think tanks and public interest groups in Washington, sharing details on...
Ukraine’s Scientists Receive a Funding Lifeline From Abroad
Larissa S. Brizhik didn’t have to stay. Like many Ukrainian women and children, she could have fled the war zone. But as a department head...
DOJ Sues Google Over Ad Technology
The Justice Department and a group of eight states sued Google on Tuesday, accusing it of illegally abusing a monopoly over the technology that powers...
The Unknown Hedge Fund That Got $400 Million From Sam Bankman-Fried
Not long before FTX collapsed in November, its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, sent $400 million to an obscure cryptocurrency trading firm called Modulo Capital. The fledgling...
Emailing Your Doctor May Carry a Fee
To Nina McCollum, Cleveland Clinic’s decision to begin billing for some email correspondence between patients and doctors “was a slap in the face.” She has...
Tech Layoffs Shock Young Workers. The Older People? Not So Much.
“This is a gift,” Mr. Pulliam said. “I don’t think that story is told. It’s always doom and gloom.” But for tech workers experiencing their...