Are Apple AirTags Being Used to Track People and Steal Cars?
Privacy groups sounded alarms about the coin-sized location-tracking devices when they were introduced. Now people are concerned those fear...
Tesla Recalls More Than 475,000 Cars Over Two Safety Defects
The recalls, which Tesla initiated on Dec. 21, affect about 350,000 Model 3s and 120,000 Model S cars.
How Discord, Born From an Obscure Game, Became a Social Hub
Jason Citron created a video game that was going nowhere fast. So he stripped it down to a chatting feature that eventually boomed during t...
About 20 Apple stores are now closed as the Omicron variant surges.
Some of the closures were precautionary; others were closed because not enough healthy employees were available.
The 2021 Good Tech Awards
This year, technology companies stepped up on housing and criminal justice — with a dash of whistle-blowers mixed in.
OneTrust Grows While the Internet Breaks Apart
Companies have sprouted up to help others navigate the varied laws around the world governing websites.
Amazon Reaches Labor Deal, Giving Workers More Power to Organize
The agreement’s national scope and its concessions to organizing go further than any previous settlement that the e-commerce giant has made...
Supply Chain Problems Mean Buying a Car Sometimes Takes a Plane Ride
The limited supply of new and used vehicles is forcing some Americans to go to great lengths to find and buy them, including traveling to d...
The Year in Tech Empires
In 2021, the tech titans became both more powerful and more vulnerable.
How Hillary Clinton's MasterClass Shows a Very 2021 Way to Be
Hillary Clinton delivered an unused election speech. Jennifer Aniston cried at Central Perk. It was a year for watching celebrities reinhab...
Pro-China misinformation group continues spreading messages, researchers say.
The network has promoted a variety of falsehoods about human rights abuses and the coronavirus.
The Tech I Want in 2022
Next year we need more creative ways to bring us together. (Laundry robots would be cool, too.)
Brands Find TikTok a ‘Sunny Place’ for Advertising
Brands are flocking to the platform like never before, drawn by its more than 1 billion users and its algorithm, which can make an ad seem ...
How the Copycats Came for Clubhouse
The company showed that people would flock to an audio-only social media app. Can it fend off the imitators?
Lawmakers Urge Tech Companies to ‘Mitigate Harm’ of Suicide Website
A House committee is seeking briefings from search engines and web-hosting companies whose services might have been leveraged by the site, ...
Brands Find TikTok a ‘Sunny Place’ for Advertising
Brands are flocking to the platform like never before, drawn by its more than 1 billion users and its algorithm, which can make an ad seem ...
The New Get-Rich-Faster Job in Silicon Valley: Crypto Start-Ups
Tech executives and engineers are quitting Google, Meta, Amazon and other large companies for what they say is a once-in-generation opportu...
Jury in Elizabeth Holmes’s Fraud Trial Set to Begin Deliberations
The trial, which has stretched nearly four months, has come to represent a critical moment for the tech industry and its culture of overly ...
Webb Telescope Approaches Launch, With an Eye Toward Cosmic Origins
The biggest space telescope in history aims to answer astronomy’s oldest question: How did we get from the Big Bang to here?
‘Q’ Has Been Quiet, but QAnon Lives On
With the absence of a leader, the movement has transformed into more of a “choose your own adventure” conspiracy theory.
Navigational Apps for the Blind Could Have a Broader Appeal
A proliferation of new apps designed to help blind and low vision people could prove useful for everyone.
Did You See What Big Bird Tweeted?
Social media is fueling our “parasocial relationships” with TV characters.
Elizabeth Holmes Trial Nears Finish as Closing Arguments End
On Thursday, prosecutors summarized more than three months of testimony in their closing arguments while rebutting some points made by Ms. ...
Dan Ammann is out as chief of Cruise, G.M.'s driverless-car unit.
Expectations for autonomous vehicles have cooled since Mr. Ammann took over nearly three years ago, leaving his post as the president of Ge...
Apple Pushes Return to Office Date Back to T.B.D.
Apple will also provide an additional $1,000 to each employee to help furnish home offices. The news came on the heels of Apple temporarily...
Theranos and the Logic of Start-Up Bets
In the start-up world, there can be big payoff for investing and little incentive for asking questions.
Proud Boys Regroup Locally to Add to Ranks Before 2022 Midterms
The far-right nationalist group has become increasingly active at school board meetings and town council gatherings across the country.
Now in Your Inbox: Political Misinformation
One of the most powerful communication tools available to politicians teems with unfounded claims and largely escapes notice.
Looking for a Way to Soup Up Your Car? Go Electric.
It may not be cheap, but swapping the combustion engine in your car for an electric one is getting easier.
Her Instagram Handle Was ‘Metaverse.’ Last Month, It Vanished.
Five days after Facebook changed its name to Meta, an Australian artist found herself blocked, with seemingly no recourse, from an account ...
At Amazon Site, Tornado Collided With Company’s Peak Delivery Season
Amazon, which has its highest employment during the holiday shopping season, said the tornado formed at the site’s parking lot.
Congress, Far From ‘a Series of Tubes,’ Is Still Nowhere Near Reining In Tech
Holding a hearing that humbles the most powerful business executives in the world is much easier than legislating.
Alibaba Dismisses Employee Who Accused Her Boss of Rape
After initially supporting her #MeToo accusation, the company now blames her for damaging the company’s reputation with false claims.
Elon Musk’s Latest Innovation: Troll Philanthropy
Some very wealthy people give their money away in an attempt to burnish their reputations. Not the Tesla C.E.O.
Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory.
Peter McIndoe, the 23-year-old creator of the viral Birds Aren’t Real movement, is ready to reveal what the effort is really about.
Why Apps Suddenly Want to Protect Kids
New British guidelines are influencing what U.S. internet companies do to protect American children.
Gig Worker Protections Get a Push in European Proposal
A proposal with widespread political support would entitle drivers and couriers for companies like Uber to a minimum wage and legal protect...
Gig Worker Protections Get a Push in European Proposal
A proposal with widespread political support would entitle drivers and couriers for companies like Uber to a minimum wage and legal protect...
Instagram Parental Controls Are Set Arrive in March
Adam Mosseri, the head of the company, is expected to face questions from lawmakers this week about whether social media harms children.
Intel Will Take Mobileye Public in 2022
The chip maker’s Israeli subsidiary builds driver-assistance technology for major automakers and is now testing self-driving cars.
Georgia Governor's Race Puts State at Center of 2022 Political Drama
7 Steps To Launch Your Own Profitable Online Course Former Senator David Perdue, encouraged by Donald Trump, is challenging Gov. Brian ...
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