Luddite Teens Still Don’t Want Your Likes
Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in Philadelphia on a recent afternoon to recruit new members…
Meta Agrees to Pay Trump $25 Million to Settle His Lawsuit
Meta agreed to pay President Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit he filed after the company suspended his Facebook and Instagram accounts following the Jan. 6 riot at…
After DeepSeek, Venture Capital Investors Face Questions About Their A.I. Bets
Jordan Jacobs, an investor at the venture capital firm Radical Ventures, has spent the last few days fielding half a dozen calls from his firm’s investors. All of them wanted…
New CVS App Lets Customers Unlock Cabinets to Pick Up Products
Customers at some CVS stores will no longer have to push a button and wait for a clerk to unlock one of those glass cabinets to get the products they…
How Does DeepSeek’s A.I. Chatbot Compare to ChatGPT and Other Competitors?
A new chatbot created by the Chinese company DeepSeek is the talk of the A.I. world, and has sent a jolt through the U.S. stock market. Not only does it…
The Surveillance Tools That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Apps and ankle monitors that track asylum seekers in real time wherever they go. Databases packed with personal information like fingerprints and faces. Investigative tools that can break into locked…
TikTok Ban and Trump Executive Order Lead to Tech Company Dilemma
For more than six years, Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud computing company, provided technical support to deliver TikTok videos to tens of millions of Americans. But over the…
$3,000 for a Used iPhone? If It Has TikTok, Maybe.
For about $1,000, you may leave an Apple store with a brand-new, hermetically sealed iPhone that’s been personalized for you by a verified Genius. Or, for hundreds or even thousands…
Why You Might Suddenly Be Following Trump on Instagram and Facebook
On Tuesday, the day after the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump, many Instagram and Facebook users found themselves following him on the social media apps even though they had…
CapCut, a Video-Editing App From ByteDance, Returns for U.S. Users
TikTok is not the only app owned by the Chinese internet giant ByteDance that is flickering back to life. CapCut, a popular video-editing app, came back online in the United…