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Countdown Is On for the Bitcoin ‘Halving’
Bitcoin aficionados are hoping that a scheduled reduction in the number of new coins going into...
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How a Crypto Compliance Officer Ended Up in a Nigerian Prison
Tigran Gambaryan, an American compliance official for the giant cryptocurrency exchange Binance, flew to Nigeria in...
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Meta, in Its Biggest A.I. Push, Places Smart Assistants Across Its Apps
Users of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger will be able to turn to the new technology,...
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Your Brain Waves Are Up for Sale. A New Law Wants to Change That.
In a first, a Colorado law extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by...
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Truth Social Has an Edge as Rival Right-Wing Apps Falter
Donald Trump’s social media platform has outdistanced similar conservative sites such as Parler and Gettr, even...
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House Moves Toward Bundling TikTok Bill With Aid to Ukraine and Israel
A new measure attempts to force the Senate’s hand on passing legislation to ban TikTok or...
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Tesla Seeks to Revive Musk’s $47 Billion Pay Deal After Judge Says No
The company’s directors are asking shareholders to again approve the multibillion-dollar compensation plan and to move...
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Atlas, a Humanoid Robot From Boston Dynamics, Is Leaping Into Retirement
It has been replaced by a new model, which will be used in automotive manufacturing. A...
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What a TikTok Ban Would Mean for the U.S. Defense of an Open Internet
Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could...
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Rusty Foster Tracks Media Gossip From an Island in Maine
Rusty Foster could never live in New York. But his hit newsletter, Today in Tabs, is...
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Should You Use an Anti-Wrinkle Straw?
Another solution to a problem we didn’t know we had.
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Women Talk Through Their Abortions on TikTok
At a time of heightened confusion and legal battles over access to abortion, women are looking...
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Everything You Need to Know About Smartphone Backups
It doesn’t take a lot of work to keep copies of your phone’s photos, videos and...
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The 2024 Paris Olympics Prepares For Cyberattacks
“We will be attacked,” the official responsible for fending off cyberthreats said. To prepare, organizers have...
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Microsoft Makes High-Stakes Play in Tech Cold War With Emirati A.I. Deal
Microsoft said it would invest $1.5 billion in G42, an Emirati company with ties to China,...
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Ready for a Chatbot Version of Your Favorite Instagram Influencers?
Instagram is testing a program that offers its top influencers the ability to interact with their...
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A.I. Has a Measurement Problem
Which A.I. system writes the best computer code or generates the most realistic image? Right now,...
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U.S. Awards Samsung $6.4 Billion to Bolster Semiconductor Production
The federal grants will support Samsung’s new chip manufacturing hub in Taylor, Texas, along with the...
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Tesla Will Lay Off More Than 10% of Workers
Along with the departure of a senior executive, the cuts added to signs of turmoil at...
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Tell Us: Has Elon Musk’s Behavior Affected How You View Tesla?
Mr. Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, has turned off many people with polarizing remarks on...
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Despite the Watch World’s Secrecy, Data Services Expand
Swiss brands and retailers now have a few options to determine what’s happening with the industry....
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Europe’s A.I. ‘Champion’ Sets Sights on Tech Giants in U.S.
Mistral, a French start-up considered a promising challenger to OpenAI and Google, is getting support from...
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Apple Lifts Some Restrictions on iPhone Repairs
This fall, the company will begin allowing customers to replace broken parts with used iPhone components...
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Riding Rage Over Israel to Online Prominence
Jackson Hinkle’s incendiary commentary has generated over two million new followers on X since October —...