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He Made Billions on Google and PayPal. Now, He’s Betting on News.

Michael Moritz co-founded The San Francisco Standard, a local news organization. It is acquiring Charter, a start-up focused on the future of work. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/tH9rQRy

Trump Wants America to Make iPhones. Here’s How India Is Doing It.

India is carving out a new space for Foxconn and other high-end manufacturers, just as President Trump demands American companies do at home. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/5y6asIK

Interesting

A reporter who writes about A.I. finds her work is catching on — with the Chatbot she often writes about. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/EnK5Fxr

Interesting

A reporter who writes about A.I. finds her work is catching on — with the Chatbot she often writes about. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/0POH8mF

At Bezos’ Venetian Wedding: Buzz, Bling and Backlash

The over-the-top party in the photogenic Italian city mixed Hollywood, Silicon Valley and political overtones. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/mjEUKnl

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Narrow CZI’s Focus to Science Efforts

The tech titan and his wife once had sprawling ambitions for their Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Now their efforts in politics, education and housing have been cut back to focus on science. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/RQuONyv

:( Microsoft’s ‘Blue Screen of Death’ Is Going Away

The blue screen that stressed computer users for more than three decades is giving way to a black one. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/khPTt9M

Mark Zuckerberg Ramps Up Meta’s A.I. Spending as Competition Heats Up

Unhappy with his company’s artificial intelligence efforts, Meta’s C.E.O. is on a spending spree as he reconsiders his strategy in the contest to invent a hypothetical “superintelligence.” from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/q2ItkJr

Uber in Talks With Travis Kalanick to Fund Self-Driving Car Deal

The ride-hailing company is in talks to help Mr. Kalanick, who was forced out in 2017, purchase an autonomous vehicles start-up as robot taxi service Waymo gains momentum. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/f8vWj5n

‘Life Was Awesome:’ Tanner Martin Announces His Own Death

Tanner Martin has documented his fight against colon cancer for hundreds of thousands of followers. His death was announced in a prerecorded video. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/xDswik1

A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy

Content generated by artificial intelligence has become a factor in elections around the world. Most of it is bad, misleading voters and discrediting the democratic process. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/0GAucLS

Why Does Every Commercial for A.I. Think You’re a Moron?

Ads for consumer A.I. are struggling to imagine how the product could improve your day — unless you’re a barely functioning idiot. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/jBaYuzK

Takeaways From Hard Fork’s Interview With OpenAI’s Sam Altman

Mr. Altman discussed President Trump’s understanding of artificial intelligence, the war for A.I. talent and OpenAI’s relationship with Microsoft. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/buke14n

SpaceX to Launch Axiom Mission 4: How to Watch

The fourth mission by the company Axiom Space will help the three countries get to the International Space Station for the first time. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/cIr8PfF

On Broadway, A.I. and High-Tech Storytelling Is Having a Moment

Videos and projections depicting an A.I.-generated actor, the digital memories of robots, a redwood forest and more: High-tech storytelling is having a moment. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/N7e5bEZ

Ford Will Keep Battery Factory Even if Republicans Ax Tax Break

Ford Motor said it would open a new plant in Michigan that could become ineligible for federal incentives under a policy bill championed by President Trump and passed by the House. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/xRhqpXY

Media Matters Sues F.T.C. Over Advertising Investigation

The liberal advocacy organization said in a lawsuit that the Federal Trade Commission’s inquiry into boycotts with other advertising groups was ‘retribution.’ from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/K0Lvb9r

Tesla Begins Limited Robotaxi Service in Austin

The vehicles will have safety monitors and may not operate in bad weather, making them more restricted than the fully autonomous vehicles promised by Elon Musk. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/hXJxCgk

Europe’s Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U.S. Tech Dominance Against It

To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently suspended the email account of an International Criminal Court prosecutor in the Netherlands who was investigating Israel for war crimes. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/1Eru8iF

Trump Is Selling a Phone + The Start-Up Trying to Automate Every Job + Allison Williams Talks ‘M3GAN 2.0’

“They’re calling it the T1 Phone 8002 Gold Version, which sounds kind of like a Taylor Swift album.” from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/ya1z5tD

Hybrid Cars, Once Derided and Dismissed, Have Become Popular

Automakers and car buyers are taking a second, harder look at hybrids after leaving them behind for electric vehicles. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/5YDpa7L

Chinese Companies Set Their Sights on Brazil

Confronted with tariffs and scrutiny in the United States and Europe, Chinese consumer brands are betting that they can become household names in Latin America’s biggest economy. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/SfPDKJq

TikTok Hits Cannes, Where a U.S. Ban Seems a Distant Dream

TikTok executives hosted happy hours and played pickleball with influencers on the French Riviera this week, even as a U.S. ban loomed over the company. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/pn5cfjC

Can A.I. Quicken the Pace of Math Discoveries?

Breakthroughs in pure mathematics can take decades. A new Defense Department initiative aims to speed things up using artificial intelligence. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/TbYkN1L

Your A.I. Queries Come With a Climate Cost

When it comes to artificial intelligence, more intensive computing uses more energy, producing more greenhouse gases. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/IoaLhpY

BYD and Other Chinese Carmakers Expand Sales in Europe Despite Tariffs

BYD and other companies doubled their share of the car market after the European Union imposed higher tariffs on electric vehicles from China. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/AOhHB2i

Trump to Again Extend TikTok’s Reprieve From U.S. Ban

The president plans to sign another executive order this week that would give the popular video app more time to change its ownership structure. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/rEtQ6cC

Senate Passes Cryptocurrency Bill, Handing Industry a Victory

The bill was a significant step toward giving the cryptocurrency industry the credibility and legitimacy it has sought, without limitations it has worked to head off. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/pijEfuA

Tell Us: How Are You Using A.I. at Work?

Has A.I. become a part of your daily work routines? We want to know. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/dTqlK2a

China’s Spy Agencies Are Investing Heavily in A.I., Researchers Say

A new report comes amid rising concern about how China will use new tools to power covert actions, as Western intelligence services also embrace the technology. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/ifzWdTL

Lawmakers Demand Palantir Provide Information About U.S. Contracts

Ten Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the tech company this week asking about its expanding contracts under the Trump administration. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/Q6JTxFf

22 New Jobs A.I. Could Give You

In a few key areas, humans will be more essential than ever. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/GlrCT7v

Trump’s Trade and Tax Policies Start to Stall U.S. Battery Boom

Battery companies are slowing construction or reconsidering big investments in the United States because of tariffs on China and the proposed rollback of tax credits. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/HKVnZB3

WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its App

They will appear in only one part of the Meta-owned messaging service, it said. The move is potentially lucrative, while raising questions about user privacy. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/o63YMAd

A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.

The technology’s ability to read and summarize text is already making it a useful tool for scholarship. How will it change the stories we tell about the past? from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/WtnAdH2

They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.

Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/d1Pon9V

Meta Invests $14.3 Billion in Scale AI to Kick-Start Superintelligence Lab

Meta is making its first major minority investment in an outside company as it tries to catch up to a growing field of artificial intelligence rivals. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/UODqmpg

Elon Musk’s xAI Is Getting $250 Million in Investments From TPG, Sequoia and Others

Two dozen venture capital firms and other investors are investing in xAI, the artificial intelligence and social media company. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/z2InpfR

Google DeepMind and National Hurricane Center Join on New A.I. Model

The National Hurricane Center will experiment with the company’s DeepMind program to enhance the work of its expert meteorologists. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/lKAdQE6

Nintendo Switch 2 Review: Bigger and Better, for a Higher Price

The hardware improvements in the new $450 Nintendo will make this an automatic upgrade for fans of the two-in-one console. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/BoAmwhx

Charging Your EV May Be Getting Easier, Even if It’s Not a Tesla

It is becoming easier to find fast chargers for electric vehicles, and they are more likely to work — and not just for Teslas. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/CanhIu9

Elon Musk Says His Trump Criticisms ‘Went Too Far’

President Trump and Elon Musk traded social media barbs last week. Mr. Trump has said that he has no interest in repairing the relationship with his former adviser. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/fEL4MWU

This A.I. Company Wants to Take Your Job

Mechanize, a San Francisco start-up, is building artificial intelligence tools to automate white-collar jobs “as fast as possible.” from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/aeFDdYt

John L. Young, 89, Dies; Pioneered Posting Classified Documents Online

His site, Cryptome, was a precursor to WikiLeaks, and in some ways bolder in its no-holds-barred approach to exposing government secrets. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/mnG1TFR

Los Angeles Protests Amplified by Influencers and Online Creators

Creators such as Cam Higby, who is conservative, have sometimes outnumbered traditional media outlets at the immigration protests. Their posts have gone viral. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/YutIH2s

Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue ‘Superintelligence’

The new lab, set to include Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, is part of a reorganization of Meta’s artificial intelligence efforts under chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/MrsNT7V

Waymo Limits Service in San Francisco as Immigration Protests Spread

The self-driving taxi company also said its vehicles were in the wrong place at the wrong time in Los Angeles after protesters set fire to several of the cars there. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/dw6M8Gp

Meta in Talks to Invest in Scale AI

Scale AI, an artificial intelligence start-up, has built a business by labeling and culling data to make it easier to use to train A.I. systems. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/nuoyMQb

Apple Opens Conference With New iPhone Software Design

The company also introduced artificial intelligence features with its devices. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/3jwxkuZ

YouTube Loosens Video Content Moderation Rules

The world’s largest video platform has told content moderators to favor “freedom of expression” over the risk of harm in deciding what to take down. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/konvcCK

Elon Musk’s Starlink Hits a Roadblock in Its March Across South America

Mr. Musk’s Starlink has brought the internet to some of South America’s most remote places. But Bolivia is shunning it, even as many there are desperate for better service. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/nIQmDt6

Bill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 74

A designer for Apple, he created software that made it possible to display shapes, images and text on the screen and present a simulated “desktop.” from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/hJGzYPr

Inside OpenAI’s Plan to Embed ChatGPT Into College Students’ Lives

OpenAI, the firm that helped spark chatbot cheating, wants to embed A.I. in every facet of college. First up: 460,000 students at Cal State. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/FsDPTMZ

What to Know About the Effects of Ketamine

Elon Musk has said that he used ketamine as a treatment in the past, but he denied reports that he was taking it frequently and recreationally. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/OfeV0gs

Buyer With Ties to Chinese Communist Party Got V.I.P. Treatment at Trump Crypto Dinner

The warm welcome for a technology executive whose purchases of the president’s digital coin won him a White House tour illustrates inconsistencies in the administration’s views toward visitors from China. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/5xGP3na

UK Court Warns Lawyers Can Be Prosecuted Over A.I. Tools That ‘Hallucinate’ Fake Material

A senior judge said on Friday that lawyers could be prosecuted for presenting material that had been “hallucinated” by artificial intelligence tools. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/liMrunH

If Elon Musk and Donald Trump Make Up, Don’t Be Surprised

For all the insults that Mr. Musk and Mr. Trump traded on Thursday, don’t be surprised if they make up again days from now. In the meantime, they both benefit. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/5mJMCIY

He’s a Master of Outrage on X. He’s Also Broke.

An online creator went from a “nobody” to a conspiratorial sensation on X. What he gets in return is less clear. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/HDl1oar

The Trump-Musk Fallout + A DOGE Coder Speaks + ChefGPT

“We’re having a broligarchy blowup of the highest order.” from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/iPQvkdR

How NASA Would Struggle Without SpaceX if Trump Cancels Musk’s Contracts

If President Trump cancels the contracts for Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company, the federal government would struggle to achieve many goals in orbit and beyond. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/SKZRmgH

How ASML, a Key Supplier to the Chip Industry, Is Navigating Trump’s Trade War

ASML, the Dutch company that makes multimillion-dollar tools to manufacture advanced semiconductors, is grappling with the repercussions of a tech trade war. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/wbU7Onq

Reddit Sues Anthropic, Accusing It of Illegally Using Data From Its Site

In its lawsuit, Reddit said Anthropic had also declined to enter into a licensing agreement for data and had unjustly enriched itself at Reddit’s expense. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/bT1lB73

How to Research and Plan a Vacation, Right on Your Phone

Google Maps and Apple’s Maps app offer location-based directories and other tools for finding new places to explore, before or after you hit the road. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/HrZ37uW

How to Research and Plan a Vacation, Right on Your Phone

Google Maps and Apple’s Maps app offer location-based directories and other tools for finding new places to explore, before or after you hit the road. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/eyQV2UK

Is Trump Unveiling a Crypto Wallet? His Associates Say Yes. His Sons Say No.

The back-and-forth over a potential Trump cryptocurrency wallet on Tuesday exposed rifts among the family’s web of digital currency ventures. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/TeD1Q9X

Elon Musk Calls Trump Policy Bill a ‘Disgusting Abomination’

The tech executive criticized the president’s legislation in a series of posts on Tuesday, signaling a widening rift with Republicans. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/zf1aDHc

Tesla Protesters Claim a Victory as Elon Musk Leaves Trump’s Side

The activists behind the Tesla Takedown campaign say they intend to expand beyond protests at the company’s showrooms. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/vVhUQcj

F.T.C. Investigates Ad Groups and Watchdogs, Alleging Boycott Collusion

The regulator is looking into whether roughly a dozen groups violated antitrust law by coordinating boycotts among advertisers. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/oA65CrZ

David Cope, Godfather of A.I. Music, Is Dead at 83

His EMI algorithm, an early form of artificial intelligence that he developed in the 1980s, prompted searching questions about the limits of human creativity. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/sTGe8it

What if Google Just Broke Itself Up? A Tech Insider Makes the Case.

Prosecutors aren’t the only ones arguing for a smaller Google. Some critics say it might be better for investors, customers and innovation. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/exEOtpy

How A.I. Is Changing How Chefs Cook

Chefs are starting to explore ways chatbots can help them create recipes, menus and dining experiences. from NYT > Technology https://ift.tt/7jUo85k