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Digital Estate Planning: How to Prepare Your Social Media Accounts

Wed, 02/12/2025 - 09:00
When planning your estate, leave instructions for handling your online accounts, data and other electronic affairs.

How Did DeepSeek Build Its A.I. With Less Money?

Wed, 02/12/2025 - 05:02
The Chinese start-up used several technological tricks, including a method called “mixture of experts,” to significantly reduce the cost of building the technology.

Ford Chief Executive Says Trump Policies May Lead to Layoffs

Tue, 02/11/2025 - 16:13
The executive, Jim Farley, said President Trump’s tariff and auto policies would raise costs and could force the automaker to cut jobs.

Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up

Tue, 02/11/2025 - 12:14
Government investigations into Mr. Musk’s companies are stalling from President Trump’s firings and Biden administration resignations.

‘Doomers’ Review: Hunkered Down, Debating the Peril and Promise of A.I.

Tue, 02/11/2025 - 11:47
Matthew Gasda directs his new play, which was inspired by Sam Altman’s 2023 ouster from OpenAI.

Chinese Companies Use Legal Threats to Halt Foreign Research

Tue, 02/11/2025 - 10:53
Think tanks and universities have helped expose problematic Chinese business practices. Now, those businesses are accusing them of defamation.

Vance, in First Foreign Speech, Tells Europe That U.S. Will Dominate A.I.

Tue, 02/11/2025 - 09:33
Speaking in Paris at an artificial intelligence summit, the vice president gave an America First vision of the technology — with the U.S. dominating the chips, the software and the rules.

Silicon Valley is Embracing Christianity (With the Help of Peter Thiel)

Tue, 02/11/2025 - 05:00
When tech luminaries talk about their Christian faith, people listen.

Her Discovery Wasn’t Alien Life, but Science Has Never Been the Same

Tue, 02/11/2025 - 02:50
The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 years later, she’s pursuing new research on the boundaries of life.

Elon Musk Leads Bid to Buy Assets of OpenAI for $97.4 Billion

Mon, 02/10/2025 - 18:10
The billionaire is leading a group of investors in the unsolicited offer, which complicates the start-up’s plan to raise more money.

5 Notes from the Big Paris A.I. Summit

Mon, 02/10/2025 - 15:15
At times, Kevin Roose writes, it feels like he is watching policymakers on horseback trying to install seatbelts on a passing Lamborghini.

Macron Pitches Lighter Regulation to Fuel A.I. Boom in Europe

Mon, 02/10/2025 - 14:21
But many attendees at a summit in Paris worry that the risks of A.I. will be overlooked as the continent rushes to keep up with the United States and China.

What DeepSeek’s Success Tells Us About China’s Ability to Nurture Talent

Mon, 02/10/2025 - 00:01
China produces a vast number of STEM graduates, but it hasn’t been known for innovation. Cultural and political factors may help explain why.

Cyberattack Disrupts Publication of Lee Newspapers Across the U.S.

Sun, 02/09/2025 - 13:28
The media company Lee Enterprises said a “cybersecurity event” had created havoc at dozens of its newspapers, prompting some to publish shorter editions or not print at all.

Early Crypto Traders Had Speedy Profit on Trump Coin as Others Suffered Losses

Sun, 02/09/2025 - 05:00
Some traders made tens of millions off a new cryptocurrency launched by President Trump and his sons. Many others lost out.

How Sam Altman Sidestepped Elon Musk to Win Over Donald Trump

Sat, 02/08/2025 - 05:01
After helping President Trump get elected, Elon Musk was poised to dominate the country’s A.I. policies. Then Mr. Altman sneaked into the White House.

Microsoft and Nvidia Take a Quieter Approach to Trump

Sat, 02/08/2025 - 05:00
Other big technology companies have been boisterous in their courtship of the new administration. But Nvidia and Microsoft have avoided the Washington spotlight.

Big Tech Keeps Its A.I. Data Center Spending Boom Alive

Sat, 02/08/2025 - 03:00
An apparent breakthrough in efficiency from the Chinese start-up did not make tech’s biggest companies question their extravagant spending on new data centers.

Right-Wing Crusade Against USAID Has Been Fueled by Falsehoods

Fri, 02/07/2025 - 18:34
As the Trump administration works to dismantle the aid agency, right-wing influencers have flooded the internet with falsehoods about its work.

A.I. Military Start-Up Anduril Close to Deal That Would Value Company at $28 Billion

Fri, 02/07/2025 - 18:30
The Southern California start-up, which builds flying drones and missiles, is set to raise up to $2.5 billion.

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