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National security employees with ties to Asia say U.S. counterintelligence officers wrongly regard them as potential spies and ban them from jobs. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/3F5Vctm

Social media users, gripped by the potential for drama on Royal Caribbean’s world cruise, have turned the ship’s unwitting passengers into “cast members” overnight. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/kmx7Qv4

Apps that remotely track and control cars are being weaponized by abusive partners. Car manufacturers have been slow to respond, according to victims and experts. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/gpFR4Jl

Alexander Reben is taking his tech-savvy perspective to OpenAI, a company that some in the art world believe is a threat to their future. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/w4A7KCv

Donald Trump’s former fixer had sought an early end to court supervision after his 2018 campaign finance conviction. He enlisted the help of Google Bard. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/A6vNx31

Earlier this year, George and Roxanne Miller relocated the world’s largest collection of mechanical puzzles from their home in Florida. But first they took a road trip. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/2v7p5mO

A mainstay of cargo transport will be phased out at ports as California bans new registrations of carbon-fuel trucks in favor of nonpolluting ones. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/K9n8vUR

The company pulled two watches from stores after losing a patent case, but an appeals court temporarily paused enforcement of that ruling while the legal battle continues. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/nxtV3KL

A fake Drake/Weeknd mash-up is not a threat to our species’s culture. It’s a warning: We can’t let our imaginations shrink to machine size. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/yPbF7nZ

Millions of articles from The New York Times were used to train chatbots that now compete with it, the lawsuit said. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/qaCvhLs

AstroForge, a private company, wants to mine a space rock, but it doesn’t want the competition to find out which one. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/4GeB0hk

The ambitious Ministry of State Security is deploying A.I. and other advanced technology to go toe-to-toe with the United States, even as the two nations try to pilfer each other’s trade secrets. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/i9kNz6e

Workers seeking a collective agreement from the automaker say they are pushing for their rights, but car owners see them as taking the fight too far. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/PAztQMi

Toasting a year of breakthroughs (and a few breakdowns) in Silicon Valley and beyond. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/jIfwK3l

More than $5 million in bonuses were orally promised but never paid, according to the suit. A judge denied the company’s motion to dismiss the case. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/2fCitMN

Responding to criticism of its hands-off approach to content moderation, the company said it would not ban Nazi symbols or extremist rhetoric so long as newsletter writers do not incite violence. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/e6BZ7Qb

The company has discussed multiyear deals worth at least $50 million to train its generative A.I. systems on publishers’ news articles. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/JjAQeov

Plus, a very special “Hard Fork” holiday surprise. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/7S8kdCq

False claims and risky trades at the Silicon Valley start-up HeadSpin were part of a pattern of trouble emerging at young companies that lacked controls. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/Levkrm3

James T. Patten admitted to orchestrating misleading trades involving the deli’s parent company in an apparent bid to enrich himself and two co-defendants. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/AewKlOS

The F.T.C. proposed sweeping privacy changes on Wednesday which could curb how social media, game and learning apps use and monetize youngsters’ data. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/Ds6MiZb

You may have forgotten — or wanted to forget — what happened on the internet in 2023. We’re here to refresh your memory. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/oQt7BOI

You may have forgotten — or wanted to forget — what happened on the internet in 2023. We’re here to refresh your memory. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/GNOLgzE

Using laser communication, NASA streamed a cat video from almost 20 million miles away, or 40 round trip flights to the moon. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/xGywkns

Using specialized e-commerce sites, secretive shipping workarounds and a constellation of middlemen, Russia has obtained the tech components it needs to keep its economy and war in Ukraine going. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/lO49LVT

The tech giant will pay $700 million and allow app makers to collect payments directly from consumers in a settlement it hopes will help resolve other legal challenges. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/yXVftBN

The move, which comes after a ruling by the International Trade Commission, could create a run on watch sales in the week before Christmas. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/z3LHI7K

The inquiry is perhaps the most substantial regulatory move to date against X, which has seen a rise in incendiary content on the platform, according to researchers. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/RXJTsyf

The inquiry is perhaps the most substantial regulatory consequence to date of X, which has seen a rise in incendiary content on the platform, according to researchers. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/zFuK8sM

Trevor Milton, who founded the truck company Nikola, will be sentenced on Monday in a fraud case that exposed the excesses in the electric vehicle business. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/IHyQXM9

Purchases of popular models like the Tesla Model 3 and the Ford Mustang Mach-E may no longer entitle buyers to tax savings because the cars do not meet tougher sourcing requirements. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/KJg5YBx

Looks like Google is on the naughty list this year. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/qHjzDrG

When building their own streaming companies, many entertainment studios ended lucrative licensing deals with Netflix. But they missed the money too much. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/8hd4Aac

The video game studio Naughty Dog said The Last of Us Online was too resource-intensive to complete without delaying the development of future single-player versions of the game. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/LKT1Oae

Some lawyers say the changes could make it more difficult to bring legal action against the company. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/CItERJl

Under pressure from federal regulators, the company has agreed to recall two million cars to update its driver-assistance system. The cars will be updated over cellular networks. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/I65fMR9

Nia Wilkerson has spent years hearing that she looks like the girl from “The Polar Express.” On TikTok, she’s leaning into it. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/2dbZ74X

Nia Wilkerson has spent years hearing that she looks like the girl from “The Polar Express.” On TikTok, she’s leaning into it. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/UApuZgH

Very few politicians, including the top candidates for president, are on the hugely popular video app — perhaps ceding much of the political discussion to others. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/Mbu3Hoa

A trio of antitrust cases on the docket threaten to reshape Google’s business and sap its profits. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/R4pjMsI

Ford and other automaker have had to readjust their electric vehicle production plans because sales have been weaker than they had expected. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/zCq5hcy

The r/WhatIsMyCookieCutter subreddit was created to help bakers identify stray cookie cutters but has evolved into an outlet for running gags and whimsical artistic interpretations. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/y3OaYMP

Can doppelgängers of the Dutch painter help museums generate new interest and income? A.I. Vincent fields our questions (and makes some mistakes). from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/M8zUQRX

The Texas law was challenged by First Amendment lawyers who filed a suit on behalf of college professors who said that their work had been compromised when they lost access to the app. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/l2vdXag

The ruling could reshape the rules of how other businesses can make money on the Android operating system. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/ZKY8NoT

Government officials and energy developers misjudged the difficulty of building huge clean energy projects in the United States, which has built very few of them. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/GnNjPMc

Scammers have used QR codes to steal personal information by imitating legitimate companies or sending deceptive emails and text messages, the Federal Trade Commission said. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/oeAHEKb

The company has publicly released its latest technology so people can build their own chatbots. Rivals like OpenAI and Google argue that approach can be dangerous. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/529jk78

The eccentric pro-tech movement known as “Effective Accelerationism” wants to unshackle powerful A.I., and party along the way. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/08dDpqi

Two- and three-wheeled vehicles, used by billions of people, are moving away from fossil fuels to batteries faster than cars in countries that have made the energy transition a priority. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/htjnip8

Split over the leadership of Sam Altman, board members and executives turned on one another. Their brawl exposed the cracks at the heart of the A.I. movement. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/fwuhEoi

The agreement over the A.I. Act solidifies one of the world’s first comprehensive attempts to limit the use of artificial intelligence. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/D53v2Ba

Like the Cybertruck, this podcast is bulletproof. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/gke3qhv

Changpeng Zhao, better known as CZ, faces as much as 18 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to federal money-laundering violations. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/ILbo0Ot

A “muon shot” aims to study the basic forces of the cosmos. But meager federal budgets could limit its ambitions. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/pdc8Zk1

After staving off collapse by cutting costs, many young tech companies are out of options, fueling a cash bonfire. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/o8X2MlS

The move is part of an effort to make the app more like WhatsApp and iMessage. Law enforcement authorities say the privacy makes it harder to track criminals. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/Kb7XElt

Sony said that the Discovery shows would be deleted from the devices on Dec. 31, citing “content licensing arrangements with content providers.” from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/ZgfW0V2

There is little agreement among regulators and lawmakers around the world on how artificial intelligence should — or even could — be controlled. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/NVJ4q8x

After more than eight months of research and development, Google has unveiled its most powerful A.I. so far. But only parts of it are widely available. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/xhL6itB

Alarmed by the power of artificial intelligence, Europe, the United States and others are trying to respond — but the technology is evolving more rapidly than their policies. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/zeuVDCK

The shows will finish out their seasons on Spotify and then have the option to shop their shows somewhere else. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/iEm7dAj

The cryptocurrency has gained roughly 150 percent this year, as investors bet that regulators will soon approve the first spot exchange-traded fund that is designed to track the price of Bitcoin. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/DlKoPBy

The sleep and meditation app Calm released a new story featuring the late actor’s signature drawl — or a computer-generated version of it. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/GXvNm6E

With machine learning, scientists are trying to chemically define the murky concept of terroir. The models might be useful for detecting wine fraud. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/T6tw943

ChatGPT’s release a year ago triggered a desperate scramble among tech companies and alarm from some of the people who helped invent it. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/MUxp3iZ

People with chronic problems after falls and car crashes scored better on cognition tests after getting a brain implant, a new study found. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/ws5u3KX

Before chatbots exploded in popularity, a group of researchers, tech executives and venture capitalists had worked for more than a decade to fuel A.I. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/5O1n0MN

The people who were most afraid of the risks of artificial intelligence decided they should be the ones to build it. Then distrust fueled a spiraling competition. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/fkVTyKX

The Twitch competitor has doled out generous deals to content creators. It has also faced criticism for its lax moderation and embrace of online gambling. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/4sU7Wfm

A reality show and a live experience are two ways of keeping the dystopian series in the public eye. Is the original’s bleak message being diluted? from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/brtF50G

The company in recent weeks organized several in-person meetings between its top executive and Jewish groups and business leaders. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/pahknKe

It’s full steam ahead for the tech world despite, well, everything. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/y9rO8Mt