Tag: Computers and the Internet
How a Religious Sect Landed Google in a Lawsuit
OREGON HOUSE, Calif. — In a tiny town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, a religious organization…
Internet Explorer Is Shutting Down in a Burst of Nostalgia
Internet Explorer’s inclusion in the ubiquitous Windows operating system and the requirement that it be used on certain…
Inside Kraken’s Culture War Stoked by Its C.E.O.
Jesse Powell, a founder and the chief executive of Kraken, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, recently…
What Europe’s Universal Charger Mandate Means for You
Most of us own multiple types of chargers to replenish our devices. That’s because many products, like Apple…
Crypto Firms Quake as Prices Fall
SAN FRANCISCO — No one wanted to miss out on the cryptocurrency mania.Over the last two years, as…
Microsoft Pledges Neutrality in Union Campaigns at Activision
Microsoft and the Communications Workers of America union announced an agreement on Monday that would make it easier…
Google Sidelines Engineer Who Claims Its A.I. Is Sentient
SAN FRANCISCO — Google placed an engineer on paid leave recently after dismissing his claim that its artificial…
You Won’t Use That Cool Feature
Why, then, do companies keep adding functions that are handy for a tiny number of people and ignored…
The Billionaires Behind a Push to Reinvigorate U.S. Chip-Making
Amid the debate about how the United States can bring more manufacturing of semiconductors back to the country…
What Texas Gains by Investigating Twitter’s Fake Accounts
Mr. Paxton, a former state representative who cultivated the conservative grass roots of the Republican Party, was first…
How a Crisis Actor Conspiracy Theory Rises in Times of Tragedy
“I think this gives them a form of power,” he said of the people posting his photo, often…
Elon Musk Threatens to End Twitter Deal Without Information on Spam Accounts
In a crisp, six-paragraph letter to Twitter on Monday, lawyers for Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, made…