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Continue reading the main storyJeffrey Ullman and Alfred Aho developed many of the fundamental concepts that researchers use when they build new software.Jeffrey Ullman, left, and Alfred Aho were pioneers in creating the “compilers” that translate programming languages into the ones and zeros that computers understa...

Continue reading the main storyPatrick Gelsinger, Intel’s chief executive, vowed on Tuesday that Intel would become a major manufacturer of chips for other companies, in addition to producing the processors that it has long designed and sold.Patrick Gelsinger, the chief executive of Intel, vowed that Intel would bec...

Continue reading the main storyHow can we believe that technology will help solve big problems if Uber’s great promise didn’t pan out?VideoCreditCredit...By Shira InbarMarch 29, 2021, 1:41 p.m. ETThis article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Uber and some transportation ...

Continue reading the main storyCharles Johnson, a notorious conservative provocateur, played a pivotal role at the start of the facial recognition company.Hoan Ton-That, founder of Clearview AI.Credit...Amr Alfiky for The New York TimesMarch 18, 2021Updated 9:17 a.m. ETKashmir Hill, a technology reporter for The New...

Continue reading the main storyNew firms are raising billions of dollars to buy up popular Amazon listings, minting millionaires along the way. Here’s how it works.Credit...Simoul AlvaMarch 17, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ETEco-Baby, TrailBuddy, Quility and TapeKing aren’t exactly household names, but they’re working on it. The...

Continue reading the main storyIs the mania for subscriptions a choice, or the only path in an ad system dominated by giants?VideoCreditCredit...By Shira InbarThis article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.We’re constantly being nudged to pay to subscribe.There are all th...

Continue reading the main storyTim Wu’s appointment to the National Economic Council signals a confrontational approach by the Biden administration.Tim Wu, a Columbia law professor, was named a special assistant to the president for technology and competition policy on Friday.Credit...Valerie Chiang for The New York...

Continue reading the main storyIt’s the economy, stupid.By Bruce SchneierMr. Schneier is a security technologist and the author of 14 books, including “Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-Connected World.” He is a fellow at the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School and a fellow at th...

Continue reading the main storyFacebook and Google exist in so many countries. Who should decide the rules in each one?VideoCreditCredit...By Dev ValladaresFeb. 17, 2021, 1:24 p.m. ETThis article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Each country has its own car safety regula...

Continue reading the main storyCorey Quinn has made it his business to understand Amazon’s cloud-computing charges and have some fun at the company’s expense.Corey Quinn advises some of Amazon’s biggest cloud computing customers. He rarely passes on an opportunity to scrutinize, analyze, explain, mock and defend it....

Continue reading the main storyThe internet rewired our brains. He predicted it would.By Charlie WarzelMr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large.Feb. 4, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ETCredit...Alex KieslingMichael Goldhaber is the internet prophet you’ve never heard of. Here’s a short list of things he saw coming: the complete do...

Continue reading the main storyThe same legalese that can ban Donald Trump from Twitter can bar users from joining class-action lawsuits. It’s time to fix the fine print.By The Editorial BoardThe editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain lon...

Continue reading the main storyA covert online push to sway telecommunications policy in favor of the Chinese company may presage a new twist in social manipulation.Fake Twitter profiles supporting Huawei, a Chinese company that faced government restrictions in the West.Credit...via GraphikaJan. 29, 2021Updated 5:16...

Continue reading the main storyThe new administration will try to restrain Big Tech, manage China and expand internet access.Credit...Seba CestaroJan. 20, 2021Updated 10:54 p.m. ETThis article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.President Biden is inheriting tricky tech que...

Stefan Thomas, a programmer in San Francisco, owns 7,002 Bitcoin that he cannot retrieve because he lost the password to his digital wallet.Credit...Nicholas Albrecht for The New York TimesBitcoin owners are getting rich because the cryptocurrency has soared. But what happens when you can’t tap that wealth because y...

Continue reading the main storyPrices for vintage PCs in need of repairs and hard-to-find parts have shot up on resale sites.A Commodore computer being used in 1983.Credit...John Nobley/Fairfax Media, via Getty ImagesJan. 8, 2021Updated 12:01 p.m. ETFor all the personal technology introduced and popularized in 2020 ...

An animation by Alan Zucconi, showing how John Horton Conway’s “game of life” is “life within life.”Fifty years on, the mathematician’s best known (and, to him, least favorite) creation confirms that “uncertainty is the only certainty.”An animation by Alan Zucconi, showing how John Horton Conway’s “game of life” is ...

Best ComedyBest TV ShowsBest BooksBest MoviesBest AlbumsContinue reading the main storyA phishing scam with unclear motive or payoff is targeting authors, agents and editors big and small, baffling the publishing industry.James Hannaham was targeted by a scam that attempted to trick him into sending the unpublished ...