Tag Archives: NYT

Using Your Phone to Visit the Library

With a free library card and the right app, you can check out e-books, audiobooks and more from your local branch.

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Alphabet Has Strong Ad Sales but Cloud Business Disappoints

Google’s parent company reported that sales were up 11 percent from a year ago while profit jumped 42 percent to $19.7 billion.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Set to Testify at His Fraud Trial

The FTX founder’s plan to take the witness stand sets up a dramatic few days of testimony at the federal courthouse in Manhattan.

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Meta Sued Over Features That Hook Children to Instagram, Facebook

More than three dozen states and the District of Columbia accused the tech giant of knowingly using addictive features to draw in and retain children and teenagers.

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The Race to Avert Quantum Computing Threat With New Encryption Standards

Quantum technology could compromise our encryption systems. Can America replace them before it’s too late?

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Cameo to the Moon, and Back

A start-up that offers fans a way to buy personalized videos from celebrities was supercharged by pandemic boredom and venture capital. All it had to do was grow forever.

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Crypto Influencers and ‘Degenerates’ Flock to Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial

The presence of crypto YouTubers, podcasters and commentators at the FTX founder’s fraud trial has created something of a culture clash in the courtroom.

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial Reveals New Details of How FTX Died

Prosecutors in the criminal fraud case have built the most intricate account to date of the cryptocurrency exchange’s frantic final days.

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Silicon Valley Ditches News, Shaking an Unstable Industry

News organizations are scrambling to adjust to the latest rift in the long-fractious relationship between publishers and tech platforms.

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Peering Into A.I.’s Black Box, Who’s the Real Techno-Optimist? and Reading Ancient Scrolls With A.I.

New ways we’re understanding A.I. models, the musings of a billionaire venture capitalist, and the first word from an ancient scroll.

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