New Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovered by Scientists
Scientists announced this week a tantalizing advance toward the dream of a material that could effortlessly convey electricity in everyday conditions. Such a breakthrough could...
New Tricks for Old Apps
When the iPhone landed in 2007, Apple’s preinstalled apps for weather, stocks and a calculator were pretty basic. Once the more versatile third-party apps hit...
The Perils of Working on a C.E.O.’s Pet Project
SEATTLE — For years, working on a project that didn’t make a lot of sense to outsiders but was championed by the boss was a...
The Chatbots Are Here, and the Internet Industry Is in a Tizzy
SAN FRANCISCO — When Aaron Levie, the chief executive of Box, tried a new A.I. chatbot called ChatGPT in early December, it didn’t take him...
How Some Gen Z Instagram Users Post to Facebook: Unwittingly
Meta has long been concerned about losing teenagers and young adults to rivals like TikTok and Snapchat, especially since that audience is highly coveted by...
F.T.C. Intensifies Investigation of Twitter’s Privacy Practices
The Federal Trade Commission is intensifying an investigation into Twitter’s data and privacy practices and is seeking testimony from Elon Musk, who has laid off...
A New ‘M*A*S*H’ Scene: Written by ChatGPT, Read by Hawkeye and B.J.
Did it work? Not quite, Alda acknowledged. While “M*A*S*H” was known for its snappy humor and lively dialogue, ChatGPT’s effort was hollow and its jokes...
Gigi Sohn, Biden’s F.C.C. Nominee, Withdraws
One of President Biden’s nominees to the Federal Communications Commission, Gigi Sohn, withdrew from consideration for the job on Tuesday, saying she had faced “unrelenting,...
Everyone Pivots to A.I., and Bad News for Crypto
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White House Said to Consider Pushing Congress on Dealing With TikTok
The Biden administration is considering pushing Congress to give it more legal power to deal with TikTok and other technology that could expose sensitive data...
How A.I. Is Being Used to Detect Cancer That Doctors Miss
Inside a dark room at Bács-Kiskun County Hospital outside Budapest, Dr. Éva Ambrózay, a radiologist with more than two decades of experience, peered at a...
Amazon Pauses Work on 2nd Headquarters in Virginia
When Amazon said in 2018 that it planned to build a second headquarters in Virginia, along with a sister office complex in New York, it...
As A.I. Booms, Lawmakers Struggle to Understand the Technology
In November 2016, the Senate Subcommittee on Space, Science and Competitiveness held the first congressional hearing on A.I., with Mr. Musk’s warnings cited twice by...
Hubble Telescope Faces Threat From SpaceX and Other Companies’ Satellites
The Hubble Space Telescope, known for recording awe-inspiring images of the cosmos while advancing the field of astronomy, is under threat. Private companies are launching...