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    This Couple Used an A.I. Lip-Dubbing App to Bridge a Language Gap

    Mr. Romero visits Ms. Ochoa in Mexico about once a month. But when they’re apart, the A.I.-powered app transports Ms. Ochoa to Mr. Romero’s...

    Does Technology Rule Our Sex and Dating Lives?

    While the pitch for products like Lovense and WeVibe, another popular brand of remote controlled vibrators and stimulation rings, might seem self-evident — to...

    After Figma’s $20 Billion Windfall Evaporated, It’s Picking Up the Pieces

    On Dec. 18, a $20 billion deal by Adobe, the software giant, to buy Figma, a San Francisco start-up darling, fell apart after more...

    ESPN, Fox and Others to Launch Sports Streaming Service: What to Know

    Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced on Tuesday that they would join together and sell access to all of the sports they televise...

    Meta Calls for Industry Effort to Label A.I.-Generated Content

    Last month at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta, called a nascent effort to detect...

    Fake and Explicit Images of Taylor Swift Started on 4chan, Study Says

    Images of Taylor Swift that had been generated by artificial intelligence and had spread widely across social media in late January probably originated as...

    How A.I. Is Remodeling the Fantasy Home

    I was scrolling through Instagram recently when I found a new page slipped into my feed through a suggested post: @tinyhouseperfect. It seemed designed...

    Anxiety, Mood Swings and Sleepless Nights: Life Near a Bitcoin Mine

    On a sweltering July evening, the din from thousands of computers mining for Bitcoins pierced the night. Nearby, Matt Brown, a member of the...

    A Shape-Shifting Plastic With a Flexible Future

    With restrictions on space and weight, what would you bring if you were going to Mars? An ideal option might be a single material...

    Will Lawmakers Really Act to Protect Children Online? Some Say Yes.

    In the final minutes of a congressional hearing on Wednesday in which tech chief executives were berated for not protecting children online, Senator Richard...

    News Outlet Blames Photoshop for Making Australian Lawmaker’s Photo More Revealing

    A lawmaker in the Australian state of Victoria sat down to watch the nightly news on Monday, expecting to see herself featured as a...

    G.M. Profits Hurt by Unsold Electric Vehicles and Strike

    General Motors said on Tuesday that its profit in the final three months of 2023 was depressed by losses stemming from unsold electric vehicles...

    Nvidia’s Big Tech Rivals Put Their Own A.I. Chips on the Table

    In September, Amazon said it would invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, a San Francisco start-up working on artificial intelligence.Soon after, an Amazon...

    David L. Mills, Who Kept the Internet Running on Time, Dies at 85

    David L. Mills, an internet pioneer who developed and, for decades, implemented the timekeeping protocol used by financial markets, power grids, satellites and billions...

    23andMe Breach Targeted Jewish and Chinese Customers, Lawsuit Says

    The genetic testing company 23andMe is being accused in a class-action lawsuit of failing to protect the privacy of customers whose personal information was...

    Mediapocalypse Now, a16z’s Chris Dixon Defends Crypto, and HatGPT

    Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeLayoffs are hitting newsrooms and publishers again, as tech platforms, ad markets and artificial...