Your Memories. Their Cloud.

Google, Apple and Meta offer near-limitless digital basements in which to store photos, videos and important documents, but you should keep a copy of what you hold most dear.

BY KASHMIR HILL | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Her Child’s Naked Dance Killed Her Google Account. New Appeals Path Restored It.

People who upload images of children that Google flags as potentially illegal will be able to provide more context to appeal bans.

BY KASHMIR HILL | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

An Architect of Biden’s Antitrust Push Is Leaving the White House

Tim Wu has been a leading proponent of a more aggressive approach to reining in the power of big business.

BY DAVID MCCABE | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

As Covid-19 Continues to Spread, So Does Misinformation About It

Doctors are exasperated by the persistence of false and misleading claims about the virus.

BY TIFFANY HSU | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Google Employees Brace for a Cost-Cutting Drive as Anxiety Mounts

The tech giant has so far taken steps to streamline without mass layoffs, but employees are girding for deeper cuts.

BY NICO GRANT | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

It Was My Favorite Toy to Give to New Parents, Until It Went Away

The life cycle of a magical baby-soothing toy.

BY KASHMIR HILL | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Microsoft Gambles on ‘Nice Guy’ Strategy to Close Activision Megadeal

Federal regulators have sued to block the $69 billion acquisition, but the company has settled on a path forward and is preparing to force the issue.

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A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business

A new wave of chat bots like ChatGPT use artificial intelligence that could reinvent or even replace the traditional internet search engine.

BY NICO GRANT AND CADE METZ | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Twitter Suspends Over 25 Accounts That Track Billionaires’ Private Planes

The suspended accounts include one that followed the private plane of Elon Musk, Twitter’s owner.

BY RYAN MAC | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Who is John J. Ray III, FTX’s new chief executive?

Mr. Ray has been involved in picking up the pieces of several prominent corporate failures — the most famous being the collapse of Enron.

BY KALLEY HUANG | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

The New Chat Bots Could Change the World. Can You Trust Them?

Siri, Google Search, online marketing and your child’s homework will never be the same. Then there’s the misinformation problem.

By CADE METZ | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Slack C.E.O. to Step Down in January

Stewart Butterfield, the chief executive of Slack, which is owned by Salesforce, is the latest to announce an exit from Salesforce in recent weeks.

BY KALLEY HUANG | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

How the Collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Has Disrupted A.I.

Mr. Bankman-Fried and his colleagues spent more than $530 million to battle what they saw as the dangers of artificial intelligence. Now those efforts are reeling.

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‘No Cooperation’: How Sam Bankman-Fried Tried to Cling to FTX

Emails and text messages show how lawyers and executives struggled to persuade the 30-year-old entrepreneur to give up control of his collapsing crypto exchange.

By DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Sympathy, and Job Offers, for Twitter’s Misinformation Experts

Seeing false and toxic information as a potentially expensive liability, companies in and outside the tech industry are angling to hire people who can keep it in check.

By Tiffany Hsu | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Frederick P. Brooks Jr., Computer Design Innovator, Dies at 91

He was a lead designer of the computers that cemented IBM’s dominance for decades. He later wrote a book on software engineering that became a quirky classic..

BY RYAN MAC, MIKE ISAAC AND KELLEN BROWNING | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Elon Musk’s Twitter Teeters on the Edge After Another 1,200 Leave

Mr. Musk sent emails on Friday asking to learn about Twitter’s underlying technology as key infrastructure teams have been decimated.

BY RYAN MAC, MIKE ISAAC AND KELLEN BROWNING | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Collapsed Crypto Exchange FTX Could Owe More Than 1 Million Creditors

In a court filing on Monday, the cryptocurrency exchange said it was in touch with “dozens” of regulators across the world.

BY DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

A Verifiable Mess: Twitter Users Create Havoc by Impersonating Brands

The social media service, which is undergoing changes from its new owner Elon Musk, has descended into a messy swirl of spoof messages and parody accounts.

BY RYAN MAC, BENJAMIN MULLIN, KATE CONGER AND MIKE ISAAC | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

What Happened to FTX? Here’s What to Know.

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, was set to bail out FTX. Then it pulled out of the deal.

BY KALLEY HUANG | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Smartphones Are Like Cars. So Why Don’t We Maintain Them?

Regularly replacing our phones takes a toll on our wallets and the environment. We should instead take care of them as we do our cars.

BY BRIAN X. CHEN | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Fed Up With Political Text Messages? Read On.

In this polarized climate, hundreds of Americans told us they agree on one thing: Campaigns must stop spamming voters’ phones with unwanted political texts.

By NATASHA SINGER | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

A Slew of Tech Companies Announce Hiring Freezes and Job Cuts

Amazon said it was pausing corporate hiring, while Lyft and Stripe said they were cutting jobs.

BY KALLEY HUANG | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Security Cameras Make Us Feel Safe, but Are They Worth the Invasion?

Internet cameras like Amazon’s Ring come at a high cost to our privacy.

BY BRIAN X. CHEN | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Security Training Group Asks Musk to Rid Twitter of Antisemitism

An organization that helps secure Jewish facilities across North America said Twitter had an “antisemitism problem,” and asked its new owner to fix it.

BY NICO GRANT | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Instagram Users Report Widespread Disruptions

Some users said they could not access the social media app and had been notified that their accounts were suspended.

BY APRIL RUBIN | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Twitter’s top executives and board members bid farewell to the company.

Several high-profile employees gave parting words on the social media platform after Elon Musk closed the deal to own the company.

BY KATE CONGER | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Elon Musk Takes Twitter, and Tech Deals, to Another Level

Silicon Valley moguls used to buy yachts and islands. Now they are rich enough, and perhaps arrogant enough, to acquire companies they fancy.

BY DAVID STREITFELD | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter’s Top Executives

Some of Twitter’s top executives were fired on Thursday as Mr. Musk completes his takeover of the social media company.

BY KATE CONGER | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Elon Musk Seems to Answer to No One. Except for a Judge in Delaware.

Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, the chief judge of Delaware’s Chancery Court, gave Mr. Musk until Friday to acquire Twitter. She is also the judge in at least one other case involving the billionaire.

By LAUREN HIRSCH | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

WhatsApp Goes Down Briefly Around the World

The messaging app stopped working for about two hours on Tuesday morning. WhatsApp did not immediately provide a cause.

By JENNY GROSS and ADAM SATARIANO | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

A.I.-Generated Art Is Already Transforming Creative Work

Only a few months old, apps like DALL-E 2, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion are changing how filmmakers, interior designers and other creative professionals do their jobs.

BY KEVIN ROOSE | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Texas Sues Google for Collecting Biometric Data Without Consent

Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, said products like Google Photos and the Nest camera had violated Texans’ privacy rights.

BY KASHMIR HILL AND DAVID MCCABE | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

I Tried the $1,500 Quest Pro and Saw the Best of the Metaverse

It’s not what Mark Zuckerberg promises.

BY BRIAN X. CHEN | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Amazon Labor Union Loses Election at Warehouse Near Albany

By a 2-to-1 margin, the group marked its second defeat after a surprise victory in April on Staten Island.

BY KAREN WEISE AND NOAM SCHEIBER | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Elizabeth Holmes Case Takes On More Drama Ahead of Sentencing

The founder of Theranos, the failed blood testing start-up, asked for a new trial after a surprise visit from a key witness to her house.

BY ERIN GRIFFITH | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Election Firm Knew Data Had Been Sent to China, Prosecutors Say

The executive of a small Michigan elections software company was charged with grand theft by embezzlement and conspiracy to commit a crime.

BY STUART A. THOMPSON | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Under New Order, Europeans Can Complain to U.S. About Data Collection

The executive order, signed by President Biden, brings the United States and the European Union closer to a broader deal on the transfer of digital data.

By DAVID MCCABE | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

This Is Life in the Metaverse

Every hour of the day and night with the gamers, parents, insomniacs, preteens and aspiring comedians who are the earliest adopters of Metaverse, the immersive, three-dimensional internet on which Mark Zuckerberg has bet the future of his company.

By KASHMIR HILL | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Election Software Executive Arrested on Suspicion of Theft

The executive, Eugene Yu, and his firm, Konnech, have been a focus of attention among election deniers.

BY STUART A. THOMPSON | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Elon Musk Suggests Buying Twitter at His Original Price

The billionaire’s surprise move came months after he tried to back out of a $44 billion deal to acquire the company.

BY KATE CONGER AND LAUREN HIRSCH | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Amazon Freezes Corporate Hiring in Its Retail Business

It is the latest tech company to pump the brakes on hiring amid growing economic concerns.

BY KAREN WEISE | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

A Silicon Valley County Battles With Uber Over Reporting of Sexual Assault

Uber does not inform the police of such incidents, citing advocacy group guidelines. But officials in a California county argue that it should.

BY CADE METZ | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Google to Shut Down Stadia Video Game Streaming Service

After nearly three years, Google has decided to winnow its video game ambitions because Stadia was less popular than it had anticipated.

By NICO GRANT | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

U.S. and Russia Duel Over Leadership of U.N. Tech Group

Member countries vote on Thursday for an American or a Russian to lead the International Telecommunication Union, which sets standards for new technologies.

By DAVID MCCABE | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Google to Make Search and Maps More ‘Immersive’

From more photo-based results to neighborhood “vibe” checks, the company announced updates meant to keep two of its most popular products on trend.

By NICO GRANT | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

The Crypto World Is on Edge After a String of Hacks

More than $2 billion in digital currency has been stolen in hacks this year, shaking faith in the experimental field of decentralized finance known as DeFi.

By DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

On Portugal’s ‘Bitcoin Beach,’ Crypto Optimism Still Reigns

In crypto havens such as Meia Praia beach, the confidence in digital currencies remains undimmed even after this summer’s crash.

BY ADAM SATARIANO | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

C.E.O. of Celsius, the Crypto Bank, Resigns

Alex Mashinsky, the founder of Celsius, which filed for bankruptcy in July, said his role had “become an increasing distraction.”

By DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Meta Removes Chinese Effort to Influence U.S. Elections

The parent of Facebook and Instagram said that it had taken down what was the first targeted Chinese campaign to interfere in U.S. politics and that the effort was limited.

By STEVEN LEE MYERS | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

TikTok May Face $29 Million Fine for Failing to Protect Children’s Privacy

British regulars have sent a warning notice to the company, the first major case under new rules in Britain that protect minors online.

By NATASHA SINGER | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure