Category: Technology
![U.S. Criminally Charges EBay in Cyberstalking Case U.S. Criminally Charges EBay in Cyberstalking Case](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/11/business/11EBAY/11EBAY-facebookJumbo.jpg)
U.S. Criminally Charges EBay in Cyberstalking Case
The Justice Department charged eBay on Thursday with stalking, witness tampering and obstruction of justice in a rare criminal case against a well-known Silicon Valley…
![Microsoft Debates What to Do With A.I. Lab in China Microsoft Debates What to Do With A.I. Lab in China](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/04/multimedia/00microsoft-china-top-fmkz/00microsoft-china-top-fmkz-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Microsoft Debates What to Do With A.I. Lab in China
When Microsoft opened an advanced research lab in Beijing in 1998, it was a time of optimism about technology and China. The company hired hundreds…
![Moon Lander Malfunctions After Launch, Raising Questions for NASA Moon Lander Malfunctions After Launch, Raising Questions for NASA](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/08/multimedia/08moon-lander-qmtg/08moon-lander-qmtg-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Moon Lander Malfunctions After Launch, Raising Questions for NASA
The first NASA-financed commercial mission to send a robotic spacecraft to the surface of the moon will most likely not be able to make it…
![Switching to a Flip Phone Helped Me Cut Down on My Smartphone Addiction Switching to a Flip Phone Helped Me Cut Down on My Smartphone Addiction](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/07/multimedia/07FLIPPHONE-fvgb/07FLIPPHONE-fvgb-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Switching to a Flip Phone Helped Me Cut Down on My Smartphone Addiction
This time of year, everyone asks what you like least about your life, but they phrase it as, “What’s your New Year’s resolution?” My biggest…
![The Times Sues OpenAI, a Debate Over iMessage and Our New Year’s Tech Resolutions The Times Sues OpenAI, a Debate Over iMessage and Our New Year’s Tech Resolutions](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/05/multimedia/05HF-nyt-openai-wpkz/05HF-nyt-openai-wpkz-facebookJumbo.jpg)
The Times Sues OpenAI, a Debate Over iMessage and Our New Year’s Tech Resolutions
Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube The New York Times sued OpenAI last week for copyright infringement. Kevin Roose and…
![General Motors Reports a 14% Jump in U.S. Auto Sales in 2023 General Motors Reports a 14% Jump in U.S. Auto Sales in 2023](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/04/multimedia/03auto-sales-02-fpvh/03auto-sales-02-fpvh-facebookJumbo.jpg)
General Motors Reports a 14% Jump in U.S. Auto Sales in 2023
General Motors said on Tuesday that its sales of new vehicles in the United States jumped 14 percent last year, amid a broader rebound in…
![Asian American Officials Cite Unfair Scrutiny and Lost Jobs in China Spy Tensions Asian American Officials Cite Unfair Scrutiny and Lost Jobs in China Spy Tensions](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/12/25/multimedia/00dc-china-counterintel-01-lpkc/00dc-china-counterintel-01-lpkc-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Asian American Officials Cite Unfair Scrutiny and Lost Jobs in China Spy Tensions
When Thomas Wong set foot in the United States Embassy in Beijing this summer for a new diplomatic posting, it was vindication after years of…
![A 9-Month Cruise Is TikTok’s Favorite New ‘Reality Show’ A 9-Month Cruise Is TikTok’s Favorite New ‘Reality Show’](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/12/29/travel/00travel-cruisetok-combo/00travel-cruisetok-combo-facebookJumbo.jpg)
A 9-Month Cruise Is TikTok’s Favorite New ‘Reality Show’
In the last few months, Beth Fletcher, a 39-year-old photographer in Derbyshire, England, built a small following on TikTok by recapping and analyzing the British…
![This N.Y.U. Student Owns a Million Crypto Mine. His Secret Is Out. This N.Y.U. Student Owns a Million Crypto Mine. His Secret Is Out.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/12/21/multimedia/00bitrush-01-flgc/00bitrush-01-flgc-facebookJumbo.jpg)
This N.Y.U. Student Owns a $6 Million Crypto Mine. His Secret Is Out.
Jerry Yu has the trappings of what the Chinese call second-generation rich. He boasts a Connecticut prep-school education. He lives in a Manhattan condominium bought…
![Chinese Spy Agency Rising to Challenge the C.I.A. Chinese Spy Agency Rising to Challenge the C.I.A.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/12/27/us/politics/27dc-china-techspy-02/27dc-china-techspy-02-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Chinese Spy Agency Rising to Challenge the C.I.A.
The Chinese spies wanted more. In meetings during the pandemic with Chinese technology contractors, they complained that surveillance cameras tracking foreign diplomats, military officers and…