U.S. Pours Money Into Chips, but Even Soaring Spending Has Limits
In September, the chip giant Intel gathered officials at a patch of land near Columbus, Ohio, where it pledged to invest at least $20 billion...
A New Puzzle Turns Earth Into a Rubik’s Cube, but More Complex
Another orbit around the sun and here we are again: back where we started but spun about — changed, perhaps deranged. Henry Segerman, a British...
Maps: Tracking Air Quality and Smoke From Canada and U.S. Wildfires
Smoke and haze lingers over sections of North America, as polluted air continues to spread from hundreds of wildfires burning throughout Canada. This is the...
Google Changes Appeals Process for Suspected Child Abuse Images
When Google informed a mother in Colorado that her account had been disabled, it felt as if her house had burned down, she said. In...
Tesla Had a Bad Year. Some Investors Are Blaming Elon Musk.
In a down year for stocks, the 65 percent drop in Tesla’s share price stands out for the scale of wealth vaporized and the unorthodox...
Librarians Are Meeting Younger Readers Where They Are: TikTok
The pandemic wiped out decades of progress in children’s reading skills. So what’s a librarian hoping to engage children and teenagers with books and reading...
Turning Sports Statistics Into Riveting Cinema
Toward the end of “The History of the Atlanta Falcons” (2021), a seven-part, nearly seven-hour documentary, the writer-director Jon Bois describes a surprise 82-yard interception...
SpaceX’s Launch Control Room: 3 Rocket Missions in 31 Hours
Dec. 30: This article was updated to include a 61st launch that occurred after it was published. HAWTHORNE, Calif. — Clouds billowed from the Falcon...
Tim Wu, Architect of Biden Antitrust Push, to Leave White House
Tim Wu, a central architect of President Biden’s push to clip the wings of the nation’s largest companies, is leaving the White House. Mr. Wu’s...
Elon Musk’s Cuts at Twitter? A Data Center, Janitors, Some Toilet Paper
Elon Musk’s orders were clear: Close the data center. Early on Christmas Eve, members of the billionaire’s staff flew to Sacramento — the site of...
The 2022 Good Tech Awards
The year 2022, in the tech world, was one of big leaps and even bigger pratfalls. The falls included some of the industry’s most recognizable...
The Tech That Will Invade Our Lives in 2023
Each year, I look ahead at what’s new in technology to predict the tech that may affect your life in a big way — and...
Twitter Users Report Widespread Service Interruptions
Twitter users in widespread locations said they were having problems with the service on Wednesday evening, days after Elon Musk said he had shut down...
Lawmakers Signal Inquiries Into US Government’s Use of Foreign Spyware
WASHINGTON — Senior lawmakers said they would investigate the government’s purchase and use of powerful spyware made by two Israeli hacking firms, as Congress passed...