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The action aims to enhance American production of crucial materials for electric vehicles, defense systems and other technologies. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/KlpiPtv

The vote was much closer than another unionization vote taken at the facility last year. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/gaRiq5h

The company reports millions of photos and videos of suspected child sexual abuse each year. But when ages are unclear, young people are treated as adults and the images are not reported to the authorities. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/RatpBMc

Don’t underestimate the tech that makes your eyes glaze over. It holds us all up. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/XV1JBbM

The actor, best known for his starring role in “The O.C.,” has become an outspoken critic of a volatile market driven by speculation. Who’s listening? from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/riOvpNh

On @depthsofwikipedia, Annie Rauwerda is compiling some of the crowdsourced site’s most bizarre pages. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/DHdsIxi

More Americans than ever are buying fancy phones and laptops. Will it last? from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/fBxDIGQ

Along with the annual wave of tax-related phishing attempts, fake Ukrainian war-relief charities are flooding the internet. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/TnAGKYe

In the 1970s, Jack Dongarra created code and concepts that allowed software to work easily with the world’s most powerful computing machines. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/pKciNE3

The rules over what war content is permitted on Facebook and Instagram keep changing, causing internal confusion. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/RmWlq19

Concerns that popular social media platforms can expose children to posts that are sexualized, hurt their body image or are violent have escalated in recent years. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/Micrznk

While India and Russia have long had close ties, researchers say there are signs that social media posts parroting Kremlin talking points may not be legitimate. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/08B91po

Apple’s “CODA” won the Oscar for best picture. Cool. But what happens when Big Tech stops throwing money around? from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/sWKZe8n

New tools use artificial intelligence to assist students with autism and dyslexia and address accessibility for those who are blind or deaf. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/6tiOM8L

Passengers could soon use the Uber app to order taxis in a deal similar to one recently announced in New York City. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/zC8csU7

Fifty-four families volunteered to share data on everything from sleeping habits to trash volume to help developers make a city from scratch in Busan. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/VjAUP4Y

A large study in Britain found two specific windows of adolescence when some teenagers are most sensitive to social media. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/ZCYMijH

Sweden has long been at the forefront of road innovation and is again leading the way with trials of a technology known as geofencing. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/eIC7i6h

The company, supported by Donald Trump, Peter Thiel and other prominent conservatives, wants to help build a “new internet” independent from Silicon Valley’s titans. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/kPxZdaC

The Finnish company played a key role in enabling Russia’s cyberspying, documents show, raising questions of corporate responsibility. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/cDOskG2

The company, supported by Donald Trump, Peter Thiel and other prominent conservatives, wants to help build a “new internet” independent from Silicon Valley’s titans. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/kTpVS15

As he starts a new streaming show at CNN, the longtime TV anchor reflects on his decision to leave Fox News after 18 years. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/zQmSC1H

When the police can’t afford to solve cold cases, deep-pocketed donors can. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/UBtwI1F

Digital copies of licenses and state-issued IDs, which can also be stored on Apple Watches, will only work at security checkpoints at a Phoenix airport for now, officials said. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/Z4copDG

A quiet Hollywood power broker with a famous name goes on a buying spree that has given him Rolling Stone, South by Southwest and a private island. What more does he want? from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/nubBDki

A few years ago, the entertainment industry was arguing over whether movies on streaming services even counted as a film. Now, one is poised to win the Oscars’ top prize. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/ZaSqU7y

She began posting about her daily life in Sweden at the age of 99. She went on to acquire a worldwide fan base. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/Ba0fRW1

There’s money to be made, though most institutions are wary of getting involved. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/n5y0ma4

President Biden said that the agreement included “unprecedented protections,” but the details of the new pact were not released. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/7pt3Oqa

Despite the company’s fast growth during the pandemic, the market for technology stocks appears to have cooled. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/PTfjEg5

The pronunciation of ‘GIF,’ short for graphics interchange format, was a frequent subject of debate. Think Jif, the peanut butter, Mr. Wilhite said. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/fkSGs3p

The company has held hundreds of meetings with workers to discourage them from supporting a union in two upcoming elections. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/5yxViDR

The ride-hailing giant is partnering with two taxi technology companies in New York City. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/KZ7hvwq

Techniques from computer science may help explain the tendency in biology for structures to repeat themselves. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/uIM8ALc

Criticism of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sentencing decisions emerged as a theme among Republicans — and renewed debate about the party’s stance toward QAnon. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/WvBirxe

The agency will seek bids for future lunar landing spacecraft from companies other than SpaceX, which won the first contract to return American astronauts to the moon. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/tw6Ukfy

The test program is likely to whittle away at the lucrative commissions that Google has charged app developers for money made on its platform. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/SWPUmty

He helped make the home computer ubiquitous by introducing the fully assembled Tandy TRS-80, which was so novel at the time that it became a museum piece. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/SQU1Wnr

A new law requires companies to tell the federal government about hacks, but the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency still has to work out the details of what must be reported. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/DkA7WLt

Stewart Brand coined the term “personal computer” and was one of the first to envision what digital technology would become. He knows it got messy. He thinks tech can clean itself up. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/ZkYQECV

Our gadgets eventually become outdated, but here are workarounds to keep them alive and secure past when manufacturers say. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/VJ71fpb

Some conservatives have echoed the Kremlin’s misleading claims about the war and vice versa, giving each other’s assertions a sheen of credibility. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/vp7WHyA

Stewart Brand coined the term “personal computer” and was one of the first to envision what digital technology would become. He knows it got messy. He thinks tech can clean itself up. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/3aboEXA

A growing chorus of young people is focusing on climate solutions. “‘It’s too late’ means ‘I don’t have to do anything, and the responsibility is off me.’” from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/xylRFfD

Letter by painstaking letter, a man in a completely locked-in state was able to formulate words and sentences using only his thoughts. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/v4yFUlX

Prosecutors say Ramesh Balwani worked hand in hand with Elizabeth Holmes, the Theranos chief executive, who was convicted of four counts of fraud. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/3V6CBUK

Recreating the human face could give virtual interactions the sense of intimacy they’re missing. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/mrTKJZs

Facing intense criticism, the crypto mining industry is trying to change the view that its energy-guzzling computers are harmful to the climate. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/NZ1dtsv

Neuroscientists are exploring whether shapes like squares and rectangles — and our ability to recognize them — are part of what makes our species special. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/WiR3QkH

The president cited “evolving intelligence” and urged companies to strengthen their defenses immediately. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/jVKqp7S

OneWeb, a British satellite internet company, turned to SpaceX’s rockets after canceling launches with Russia’s Soyuz vehicle over the invasion of Ukraine. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/6be4U7C

A judge ordered construction of the development in Cape Town to be halted, saying that the developer had not properly consulted Indigenous South Africans. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/rdeOGWI

Four were dismissed, and two were disciplined. Google has said its actions had nothing to do with trying to combat unionization efforts. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/xhbZYDE

The sport utility vehicle, made in Tennessee, is one of more than 20 E.V. models that General Motors plans to roll out in the U.S. within three years. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/xvmBywa

An asteroid hunter detected the small object two hours before it crashed into the sea near Greenland, a sign of the growing sophistication of NASA’s planetary defense system. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/nED0B1O

For all the excitement around places like Austin and Miami, the biggest tech expansion has been in Canada’s largest city. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/gUGP15L

Brazil’s Supreme Court blocked Telegram on Friday. The messaging app then responded with measures to fight misinformation, and the court quickly lifted its ban. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/P46ZHJQ

Is the app the next frontier of political campaigning or just another place to burnish one’s image? from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/DrzTqEf

The lawsuit echoes many of the complaints Black employees have expressed over the years about working at the company. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/tL7lNGA

The attorney general for the District of Columbia said Amazon made merchants on its site sell at the lowest price they charged on the web, resulting in higher prices overall. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/KTui3UX

The Brazilian Supreme Court has vowed to fight disinformation ahead of this year’s presidential elections. Banning the popular messaging app is its most drastic step yet. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/581GboB

D.C.’s attorney general had waited too long to add Mark Zuckerberg as a defendant in the suit against Meta, the judge said. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/e4PVyHC

The price of nickel, an essential ingredient in most batteries, has soared because of fear that Russian supplies could be cut off. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/fzo3VBE

¿Por qué gastar más si no es necesario? El nuevo iPhone que solo cuesta 430 dólares cumple con todos los criterios de lo que la mayoría de nosotros necesitamos de un teléfono inteligente. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/uRxZLTH

Some drivers say they find it hard to justify spending hours on the road for Uber or Lyft as fuel costs continue to tick upward. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/qJengQ3

The labor agency wants a federal judge to order changes there in the case of a fired worker before a union election starts next week. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/PRg6Tvy

The bubble hasn’t exactly burst, but we’re no longer seeing a fantastical belief in the power of technology. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/Za6B24L

Hand videos by the food entertainment site Tasty reshaped the internet. The question now is what’s next. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/DF0MU3J

Researchers have long used imaging technology to try to understand mental-health ailments. But with relatively few participants, such studies may not be producing valid findings. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/XBp4DoH

Streaming services bring in steady cash for the music industry, but sales are down and many artists feel left out. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/h1n3oj7

Pierre Zakrzewski was killed outside of Kyiv, in the same incident that injured a Fox News correspondent, Benjamin Hall, who remains hospitalized. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/vXki07m

The Silicon Valley company said it would build factories in Magdeburg, mirroring a plan announced in late January to begin manufacturing in Ohio. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/cvQWkh5

A growing number of new products allow anyone to apply artificial intelligence without having to write a line of computer code. Proponents believe the “no-code” movement will change the world. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/t67MJZj

A new state agency has a $10 million budget to regulate Google, Facebook and others. But first it needs to be created. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/ZCVBdxg

Mr. Hall is a longtime war correspondent who joined the network in 2015. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/7zYq9J5

Mr. Hall has been a longtime war correspondent who joined the network in 2015. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/VXK0P7f

Why spend more if you don’t have to? The new $430 iPhone meets all the criteria of what most of us need in a smartphone. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/JvVNamp

We want to hear more about how parents are making decisions to vaccinate themselves and their children. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/yIFlUas

Citing more blackouts, wildfires and higher electricity rates, a growing number of homeowners are choosing to build homes that run entirely on solar panels and batteries. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/vW5MySa

Until RT America ended abruptly, life as a journalist there was “actually so normal.” from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/zkqjV4n

NFTs are making some collectors and artists rich, but success in this high-risk marketplace is more art than science. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/kebjVfZ

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s youngest minister, has turned technology, cryptocurrency and social media into modern weapons of war. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/OlLmyz8

When the merger is complete, the newly formed Warner Bros. Discovery will be one of the largest media companies in the United States. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/yqpHCg2

Long hailed by its advocates as a safe hedge during uncertain times, Bitcoin’s value has fallen steadily in recent weeks. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/xC0g2FB

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The company has opposed singer-songwriters, school districts and food blogs for trying to trademark names or logos featuring an apple — or a pear or pineapple. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/VKS7XoE

The company said it expected to produce only 25,000 electric vehicles this year, adding a new cloud to its outlook only months after a hot I.P.O. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/ZhUer9c

When conventional seismometers in Haiti failed before the 2010 quake, less sophisticated devices operated by citizen scientists helped seismic researchers fill in the blanks. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/HCYrTzh

The company aims to be “carbon negative” by the end of the decade, but its emissions rose sharply in the most recent year measured. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/G8bmuJY

Some people love technology that the rest of us see as obsolete junk. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/IrKy5vN

The Outdoor Voices founder has a new venture that aims to reward customers with blockchain-based assets. But do brand loyalists really want NFTs? from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/edQBrMp

Russia’s disinformation machine is working in overdrive inside its own borders. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/I1qJtpA

The most prominent effort was a version of Instagram for children. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/oIE52zY

An algorithm built by European researchers could help farmers “speak pig” to improve the animals’ welfare. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/epYkriW

Foreign companies and tech powers are increasingly pressured to cut ties over political crises. But then what? from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/oay0Btc

Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary, said the U.S. could take “devastating” action against Chinese companies that defy Russian sanctions. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/KhBRuT3

The policy change for Amazon Web Services started over the weekend but was not publicly announced until Tuesday. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/5vPpiHE

In a showcase on Tuesday, Apple added to its ever-expanding array of product offerings. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/HWdZlSm

The cryptocurrency boom has spawned enterprises democratically governed by a community of users. Or that’s the theory. Making it work has been much messier. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/KvLmeh9

Once the most viral video of all time, the film reads as both a digital relic and a precursor to an era in which footage of conflict dominates the internet. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/LMpm5U1

The tech giant used to give us only a few cool options. Now it has to work harder to win us over. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/GIn2ztP

The opportunities seem endless. The reality is much more complicated. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/ef2uavC

Russian authorities and multinational companies have erected a digital barricade between the country and the West, erasing the last remnants of independent information online. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/Y2pMc10

A California start-up company believes it can one day speed delivery of important items by storing them in orbit. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/dPFhnD8

Millions of people have turned to TikTok for live updates from Ukraine. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/w7sJQRS

The Chinese-owned video app is dealing with a flood of war videos and the question of whether it is spreading unverified information. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/WPSzwOa

Lawmakers have passed legislation granting benefits and protections, but allowing Lyft and Uber to continue to treat drivers as contractors. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/tv2Vj3q

The step could signal further restrictions against other tech companies such as Google, which owns YouTube, and Twitter. Both have also been under pressure by the Russian government. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/vorgw0f

The hackers have claimed a number of disruptions over the past week blurring the lines between amateurs and groups linked to governments. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/uAYZbNT

The move came after a Russian regulator demanded that the company stop showing ads with what the regulator claimed was false information about the invasion of Ukraine. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/pFklsoy

The ratification, with about 80 percent of ballots in favor, makes it the largest tech union in the United States with collective bargaining rights. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/8cbKmrA

OneWeb, a British satellite maker, canceled launches reliant on Russia, which also announced it would cease selling rocket engines to American companies. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/TX1LyOk

OneWeb, a British satellite maker, canceled launches reliant on Russia, which also announced it would cease selling rocket engines to American companies. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/BOMEshA

The British broadcaster is turning to frequencies that still work during a communications blackout. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/2OdlfXJ

The new policy will take down channels that persistently lie about vaccines and election fraud, as well as Russian state-run media. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/iR3upJ8

Epic Games is acquiring an online music platform that has been embraced by musicians for its eclectic offerings and a payment system that favors artists. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/D9CQ3fz

Tech companies seem eager to support Ukraine, but how best to do that isn’t as clear. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/ZHDxm64

Friends With Benefits is a V.I.P. lounge for crypto’s creative class. Is it empty hype or the future of friendship? from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/Iax3reY

The company is undertaking a far-reaching effort to change how it works. For some, it is an echo of their early idealism and a vision for what the internet could have been. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/D0h26IT