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TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been locked in a legal battle with Montana since the state passed the ban in April. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/pTQezIy

The company warned that the inauthentic accounts underscored the threat of foreign election interference in 2024. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/K2yNuwB

Elon Musk, the owner of X, criticized advertisers with expletives on Wednesday at The New York Times’s DealBook Summit. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/NbHmYv5

Online influencers, fossil fuel companies and some of the countries attending COP28 have nourished a feedback loop of falsehoods. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/O8z51Ss

Two years behind schedule, the electric model has an unusual design that sets it apart from rival pickups, which could limit its sales. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/w4xgjaM

In a blog post, Mr. Altman, who was briefly ousted as chief executive, said he would focus on conducting A.I. research, improving products and building a new board. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/THU0mXq

In 2024, passengers are set to have the option to book black cabs through Uber. After longstanding tensions, a union for drivers said they “have no interest.” from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/wIEbyqM

Some firms argue that a law aimed at popularizing electric vehicles risks turning the United States into an assembly shop for Chinese-made technology. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/FnOzTA7

The venerable magazine has experienced management upheaval and staff complaints in recent years. Now there’s a question over who wrote product reviews on its site. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/CaOrBeJ

The company says it will start purging accounts, including services like Gmail and YouTube, that have been idle for two years or more. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/7h5TQe8

Amazon has been racing to shake off the perception that it is lagging in the push to take advantage of artificial intelligence. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/vQZoKrX

Alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Mr. Musk toured an Israeli village where dozens of people were killed in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attacks. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/ktbqUTW

American spy agencies have warned about the Emirati firm G42 and its work with large Chinese companies that U.S. officials consider security threats. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/aB20QTz

Google has a zero-tolerance policy for child abuse content. The scanning process can sometimes go awry and tar innocent individuals as abusers. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/c6xAvNi

Meta “routinely documented” children under 13 on Instagram and “unlawfully” collected their data, according to a newly unsealed complaint. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/5Aq3hVY

Internal documents show companies like Airbnb, Coca-Cola and Microsoft have halted ads, or are at risk of doing so, after Elon Musk’s endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/nwXVimd

Las preocupaciones por las armas capaces de matar sin intervención humana no son totalmente nuevas. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/mdY9Q6D

The announcement capped a tumultuous weekend for OpenAI, after Mr. Altman made a push to reclaim his job as C.E.O. of the artificial intelligence company. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/vksWDEr

On Friday, Mr. Altman was pushed out of the hot A.I. start-up he ran. But an intense pressure campaign and negotiations brought him back. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/0SXUC6Y

The fight over OpenAI was at least partly about dueling visions of artificial intelligence. One side clearly won out. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/3euUpPL

The move caps a chaotic five days at the artificial intelligence company. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/x7Br6fH

Sam Altman attacked a member over a research paper that discussed the company, while directors disagreed about who should fill board vacancies open for months. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/ls6jQpV

She’s Mona, the puppet heroine of “Nanalan’,” an old Canadian children’s show that has found a new audience on TikTok. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/tiWRSoL

Changpeng Zhao will pay a $50 million fine and step down as chief executive of the company he founded, the latest blow to the crypto world since the implosion of FTX last year. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/CzyFa5Z

X asked a federal court to order the advocacy group to take down its findings, accusing it of “manipulating the algorithms.” from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/3MaK5Ru

Tim Sweeney, who runs the company that created Fortnite, testified in a case that, if he wins, could allow competing payment systems on the Play Store. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/sOAbT5o

Mr. Nadella moved fast to hire Sam Altman, who was pushed out of OpenAI on Friday, and asserted his company’s role in its partnership with the A.I. start-up. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/6FxNK4H

What comes next after Sam Altman’s messy ouster? from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/EUneH8Z

After 48 hours of furious negotiations, the A.I. company said Mr. Altman would not return to his job and that former Twitch C.E.O. Emmett Shear would be its interim boss. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/hDlVbIr

Rarely has the U.S. government so depended on the technology provided by a single technologist with views that it has so publicly declared repugnant. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/1abZOh5

Kyle Vogt, a founder of Cruise, resigned from the company on Sunday, weeks after it suspended all of its self-driving operations. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/CThVE69

Disagreements over the board’s makeup appear to be a reason for the delay. Mr. Altman was forced out as chief executive by the company’s board on Friday. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/jvg3XO2

Mr. Altman was forced out of OpenAI on Friday, leading to an outcry from his supporters and the company’s investors. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/AFEclrI

Sam Altman, who was forced out of his company on Friday afternoon, was quickly moving to create another company with another OpenAI executive who quit on Friday. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/kL1RGW8

The departure of the high-profile boss of the San Francisco company drew attention to a philosophical rift among the people building new A.I. systems. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/uXpPA93

Warner Bros. and Sony have joined other companies in pausing spending on X, formerly Twitter, over Elon Musk’s endorsement of an antisemitic post. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/GTM53xH

Mira Murati, who previously served as chief technology officer, has been named interim chief executive. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/RV6inh8

People who study social media say the conflict between Israel and Hamas has underscored the need for better data transparency from platforms. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/2ToRYQB

The tech entrepreneur had endorsed a social media post that echoed the conspiracy theory that had fueled the Tree of Life synagogue killer in 2018. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/okFnPrG

In sympathy with striking mechanics, unions representing dockworkers, electricians and others in the country are refusing to do work for the electric carmaker. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/iCsL160

IBM, a major advertiser on X, has pulled its spending from the social media platform, whose employees are grappling with what to tell its other advertisers, according to internal messages. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/uxyncSi

The videos discuss a letter the former Al Qaeda leader wrote in 2002 in which he defended the Sept. 11 attacks and said Americans had become “servants” to Jews. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/rPmnTqX

TikTok faces escalating accusations that it promotes pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel content. “Shame on you,” Sacha Baron Cohen said on the call. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/GHkd96j

Elon Musk’s private space company is hoping for a better performance on Friday of the giant rocket, which is the most powerful ever to fly. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/YKhudcw

Investors anticipate regulatory approval of an exchange traded fund linked directly to Bitcoin, which they hope will encourage more people to invest in the digital asset. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/evAVk63

We are overpaying for phone plans from Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. Budget wireless services, similarly fast and robust, can save thousands. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/E5ntCNs

Is “sad beige” finally over? from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/C7UH5ZI

Is “sad beige” finally over? from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/BHFkRnI

Meta’s rival to Twitter will now offer users — who signed up in droves at its launch — the option to delete. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/GP1iDcu

Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, is expected to testify on Tuesday for the second time in two weeks to defend his company against monopoly claims. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/89kKFdU

A wave of regulation and industry action have placed the flourishing fake review business on notice. But experts say the problem may be insurmountable. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/s0trpT5

The move is the oil giant’s first foray in the production of a metal vital for electric vehicle batteries. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/EXpDjvb

Companies are looking to commercialize advances made by federally supported research labs in the quest for boundless energy. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/nyw1EiH

The company codes its devices with software that complicates repairs by triggering safety warnings and malfunctions. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/N28y3RF

An employee who was fired after expressing safety concerns leaked personnel records and sensitive data about driver-assistance software. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/e2QA6xu

The technology pioneer said he was back home in California after a brief stay in a Mexico City hospital. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/2CU7q58

Humane, a company started by two former Apple employees, says its new artificial intelligence pin can stop all the scrolling. Can it live up to the hype? from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/jfmDgxJ

A first impression of Humane’s new magnetic Ai Pin: equal parts magical and awkward. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/Du0jaTl

The devices can heat and cool homes more efficiently than furnaces and air-conditioners, but their sales have slowed because of higher interest rates and a slow rollout of federal incentives. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/BcSTGy3

The social networking giant, which has long had a contentious relationship with political ads, is reckoning with a wave of generative A.I. tools. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/J53lWoV

President Biden’s 2022 climate act spurred big investments in U.S. battery factories, but it has not similarly boosted E.V. sales. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/lmv50iF

The messaging app, which Meta bought nearly a decade ago, was an asset that Mr. Zuckerberg largely left alone for a while. No longer. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/wUEyeiN

It was the second paper led by Ranga P. Dias, a researcher at the University of Rochester, that the journal Nature has retracted. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/XvogU1L

Revenue was up 11 percent from a year earlier, helping to generate $221 million in net income. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/SxgD7Uo

When not driving around, electric buses and other vehicles could help utilities by storing their solar and wind energy and releasing it to meet surges in demand. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/lMRIBY6

With new “GPTs” service, anyone can build their own chatbot and instantly share it with friends, family and the general public. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/1wAjBNk

The Fortnite creator accuses Google of stifling app competition, a challenge on top of a federal suit claiming the tech giant abuses its search dominance. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/1KSovJQ

When summarizing facts, ChatGPT technology makes things up about 3 percent of the time, according to research from a new start-up. A Google system’s rate was 27 percent. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/SKD5Hom

Shield AI, a tech start-up, already has a drone run by artificial intelligence being used by the Israeli military. But persuading the Pentagon to embrace the technology remains a big challenge. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/JRkfLim

The fallout would be particularly hard for landlords already struggling with piling debt and companies scaling back their office footprint. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/ibrsDpz

Amazon’s much-hyped drone project is dropping small objects on driveways. Some customers are not sure what it delivers beyond minestrone. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/EbANC3S

Intuit, which acquired Mint in 2009, is encouraging users to switch to Credit Karma, its money management and credit score service. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/NHbC7gY

The case against the founder of the failed FTX exchange had come to symbolize the excesses of the volatile cryptocurrency industry. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/2zvtFY7

Some saw the prime minister’s conversation with the tech billionaire as an attempt to raise Britain’s standing with entrepreneurs and tech companies at a time when the country’s economy is languishing. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/Ftgy0OZ

Interest in new iPhones and services such as music and cloud storage powered the quarter, but other businesses, such as Mac sales, slowed significantly. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/9Nj7zVu

The trial for the founder of the collapsed FTX cryptocurrency exchange has moved more speedily than anticipated. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/kBV4gQc