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...
Microsoft’s Bing Chatbot Offers Some Puzzling and Inaccurate Responses
A week after it was released to a few thousand users, Microsoft’s new Bing search engine, which is powered by artificial intelligence, has been offering...
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,...
Twitter’s Glitches Are Taking a Toll on Chinese Activists
In November, Bao Pu, a veteran human rights activist who was visiting Beijing, posted videos on Twitter of university protests against China’s tough coronavirus lockdown...
Carmakers Are Pushing Autonomous Tech. This Engineer Wants Limits.
Last fall, Missy Cummings sent a document to her colleagues at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that revealed a surprising trend: When people using...
FTX Negotiates for Return of $400 Million From Obscure Hedge Fund
After the cryptocurrency exchange FTX collapsed last year, bankruptcy lawyers, federal prosecutors and forensic investigators embarked on a global hunt to recover billions of dollars...
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....
Christine Wilson, Only Republican FTC Commissioner, Will Resign
WASHINGTON — Christine Wilson, the sole Republican commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission, said on Tuesday that she would soon resign and criticized Lina Khan,...
Electric Vehicles Could Match Gasoline Cars on Price This Year
Declines in new car prices are pushing down used electric vehicle prices, too. They have fallen 17 percent since July, according to Recurrent, which tracks...
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...
Ford Will Build a U.S. Battery Factory With Technology From China
Ford Motor said on Monday that it planned to build a $3.5 billion electric-vehicle battery factory in Michigan using technology licensed from a Chinese company...
Steve Bannon’s Podcast Is Top Misinformation Spreader, Study Says
Some liberal podcasters or their guests also shared false or unsubstantiated statements, including statements by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of...
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...