‘Alexa, Why Do We Keep Buying You?’
With questions swirling about the utility of voice assistants, we asked readers how they use one of the most popular, Amazon’s Alexa. Here’s what...
Year: 2023
A New Area of A.I. Booms, Even Amid the Tech Gloom
An investment frenzy over “generative artificial intelligence” has gripped Silicon Valley, as tools that generate text, images and sounds in response to short prompts...
What Are Your Tech Resolutions for 2023?
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The Times wants to know how you plan to use technology differently this year.Read More
These Engineers Want to Build Conscious Robots. Others Say It’s a Bad Idea.
The pursuit of robot consciousness may be humankind’s next moonshot. But it comes with a slurry of difficult questions.Read More
TikTok Spied on Journalists and ChatGPT is Challenging Google
TikTok skeptics now have a smoking gun.Read More
Southwest’s Meltdown Could Cost It Up to $800 Million
The airline has not said how much it might have to spend to reimburse customers and upgrade its technology systems.Read More
Sony and Honda reveal their new car brand
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Sony and Honda, which announced a joint venture last year to develop and build electric cars, have revealed the name of their new car...
Two months after mass Twitter layoffs, affected employees still waiting for severance offers
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Two months after Elon Musk laid off half of Twitter’s workforce, some employees affected say they have yet to receive any formal severance offer...
Hackers post email addresses linked to 200 million Twitter accounts, security researchers say
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Email addresses linked to more than 200 million Twitter profiles are currently circulating on underground hacker forums, security experts say. The apparent data leak...
Delta Air Lines is rolling out free Wi-Fi
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Delta Air Lines is rolling out free Wi-Fi to most of its planes beginning February 1.