A Tech Industry Pioneer Sees a Way for the U.S. to Lead in Advanced Chips
It has been six decades since Ivan Sutherland created Sketchpad, a software system that foretold the future of interactive and graphical computing. In the 1970s,...
How Did Ivan Sutherland Help Create Modern Computing?
As a Pentagon official in 1965, Sutherland posited the idea of “The Ultimate Display,” in which a computer could control matter within a room, shaping...
Analysis: Fox News’s $787.5 Million Settlement Is the Cost of Airing a Lie
In settling with Dominion Voting Systems, Fox News has avoided an excruciating, drawn-out trial in which its founding chief, Rupert Murdoch, its top managers and...
Fox Will Pay $787.5 Million to Settle Dominion Defamation Suit
Fox News abruptly agreed on Tuesday to pay $787.5 million to resolve a defamation suit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over the network’s promotion of...
Yes, People Will Pay $27,500 for an Old ‘Rocky’ Tape. Here’s Why.
Just about everyone has somewhere special they went when young, a place that glows in memory. For some it may be a library or game...
Netflix Will End Its DVD Service, 5.2 Billion Discs Later
Call up your Luddite loved ones and your nostalgic friends who still cherish physical media. After 25 years, Netflix is ending its DVD-by-mail business. Before...
Reddit Wants to Get Paid for Helping to Teach Big A.I. Systems
Reddit has long been a hot spot for conversation on the internet. About 57 million people visit the site every day to chat about topics...
Russia Is Importing Western Weapons Technology, Bypassing Sanctions
Late last month, American and European Union officials traded information on millions of dollars’ worth of banned technology that was slipping through the cracks of...
How Mexico Became the Biggest User of the Pegasus Spyware
The Israelis had come to Mexico to clinch a major sale: The Mexican military was about to become the first client ever to buy their...
From Bullets to ‘Bird Residue,’ the Many Trials of Telescopes
Few things in science appear to be as delicate or precarious as the giant mirrors at the hearts of modern telescopes. These mirrors — doughnuts...
U.S. Car Brands Will Benefit Most From Electric Vehicle Tax Breaks
The law seeks to reduce the auto industry’s reliance on China, which makes most of the world’s batteries and dominates the processing of raw materials....
Fox Disputes Possible Damages as Judge Delays Defamation Trial
Fox News has disputed the damages it may have to pay if the company is found liable in a highly anticipated defamation trial over the...
Satellites Threaten Astronomy, but a Few Scientists See an Opportunity
Each night, the stars of the sky compete with thousands of satellites. The number of intruders is only growing as constellations of satellites proliferate, with...
Google Devising Radical Search Changes to Beat Back AI Rivals
Google’s employees were shocked when they learned in March that the South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung was considering replacing Google with Microsoft’s Bing as...