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Automakers like Ford, Kia and Toyota are offering more hybrid options to appeal to buyers who aren’t ready for fully electric vehicles.

Google’s Routines and Apple’s Shortcuts combine multiple steps into one command to make your phone or tablet do more of the work for you.

Elon Musk, the electric car company’s chief executive, said he would “build products outside of Tesla” unless the board raises his stake to 25 percent.

The deal was the latest sign of changes in the tech sector, as artificial intelligence booms and sales of some hardware slows.

They quietly became the de facto spaces to share dumb jokes, grief or even plans for an insurrection.

Some companies are leaving the state or reducing their presence there after California greatly reduced incentives for homeowners to install rooftop solar panels.

The shift is indicative of the importance of new artificial intelligence technology to Silicon Valley and Wall Street investors.

The case involves eBay employees trying to intimidate a Massachusetts couple who write and produce an e-commerce newsletter. The company will pay a criminal penalty of $3 million.

The rental car company blamed the sharp drop in the value of electric vehicles and higher repair costs for its decision to sell 20,000 cars.

The products, known as exchange-traded funds, were approved by federal regulators this week, a watershed moment for the crypto industry.

The Federal Communications Commission is concerned about abusive partners using connected car apps to harass and track their victims.

The company, which has been working to trim expenses, laid off employees who worked on core engineering, the Google Assistant product and hardware such as the Pixel phone.

Sophisticated political deepfakes have warped elections overseas. Can U.S. legislators act fast enough to make A.I. campaign ads more transparent?

New A.I. tools could enable a Silicon Valley dream: bots that customize learning for pupils. Prior attempts have not lived up to the hype.

El supuesto patrocinio de Swift a los productos de la empresa, que ha aparecido en anuncios publicados en Facebook y otros medios, es falso.

The Securities and Exchange Commission authorized financial firms to offer a Bitcoin investment product that some hope will accelerate adoption of the technology.

People who subscribe to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus service will be able to browse the new store for tailored chatbots that perform different tasks.

Amid U.S.-China tensions, the company has faced questions over whether operating an advanced research lab in Beijing is politically tenable.

The best tech, from universal power charging to foldable phones, solved practical problems. But the worst tech, including self-driving cars and cryptocurrency, put us in harm’s way.

A U.S.-born chip technology called RISC-V has become critical to China’s ambitions. Washington is debating whether and how to limit the technology.