Friday, January 27, 2023

Anthropic, an A.I. Start-Up, Is Said to Be Close to Adding $300 Million


Anthropic specializes in generative artificial intelligence, a hot investment in Silicon Valley. The new funding could value the company at roughly $5 billion.


BY ERIN GRIFFITH AND CADE METZ | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

On Trump’s Social Network: Ads for Miracle Cures, Scams and Fake Merchandise


Truth Social, the social network started by former President Donald J. Trump, has struggled to attract large brands.


BY STUART A. THOMPSON | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Thursday, January 26, 2023

TikTok’s New Defense in Washington: Going on the Offense


Keeping its head down has not paid off for the company, which now faces regulatory pressure on many fronts. So it is starting to speak out.


BY CECILIA KANG, SAPNA MAHESHWARI AND DAVID MCCABE | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Everyone Wants Your Email Address. Think Twice Before Sharing It.


Your email address has become a digital bread crumb for companies to link your activity across sites. Here’s how you can limit this.


BY BRIAN X. CHEN | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Monday, January 16, 2023

Lawyers Barred by Madison Square Garden Found a Way Back In


MSG Entertainment resorted to facial recognition technology to kick out legal foes, but some have undermined the ban using a law passed to protect theater critics in 1941.


BY KASHMIR HILL | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried Makes First Detailed Response to Fraud Charges


The disgraced founder of the crypto exchange FTX denied that he stole anyone’s money and said customers could still get their deposits back.


BY DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY AND MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

How to Make Your Smartphone Photos So Much Better


Professional photographers have long used the RAW format and editing software to turn image files into gorgeous pictures — and you can, too.


BY J. D. BIERSDORFER | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

Saturday, January 7, 2023

A New Area of A.I. Booms, Even Amid the Tech Gloom


An investment frenzy over “generative artificial intelligence” has gripped Silicon Valley, as tools that generate text, images and sounds in response to short prompts seize the imagination.


BY ERIN GRIFFITH AND CADE METZ | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure

‘Alexa, Why Do We Keep Buying You?’


With questions swirling about the utility of voice assistants, we asked readers how they use one of the most popular, Amazon’s Alexa. Here’s what they answered.


BY HANNA INGBER | NYTimes Technology | Disclosure