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    Why A.I. Should Be Afraid of Us

    Artificial intelligence is gradually catching up to ours. A.I. algorithms can now consistently beat us at chess, poker and multiplayer video games, generate images...

    Amazon Wants a Lot of New Laws

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Amazon is on a roll suggesting big...

    At Grocery Stores, It’s Hard Work Picking Your Online Order

    AWM, in Aliso Viejo, Calif., offers retailers sophisticated overhead cameras that are able to track employees and customers as they walk around stores and...

    White House Warns Companies to Act Now on Ransomware Defenses

    Last week, Mr. Biden acted through executive order in an effort to force some of those changes on the pipeline industry, using the Transportation...

    Supreme Court Limits Reach of Federal Law on Computer Crime

    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday narrowed the scope of a federal law that makes it a crime to gain access to computer...

    A Rural-Urban Broadband Divide, but Not the One You Think Of

    Whom should the government help get superfast internet access?The question is not addressed directly in President Biden’s multibillion-dollar infrastructure plan, which devotes tens of...

    Bo Burnham’s ‘Inside’: A Comedy Special and an Inspired Experiment

    The incentives of the web, those that reward outrage, excess and sentiment, are the villains of this show. In a giddy homage to “Cabaret,”...

    How China’s Tencent Avoided an Antitrust Push, For Now.

    That’s glossing over the huge power imbalance between Tencent and the many satellite companies in its orbit. Colin Huang, founder of Pinduoduo, hinted at...

    Want Your Nails Done? Let a Robot Do It.

    This article is part of our new series, Currents, which examines how rapid advances in technology are transforming our lives.Omri Moran was on time...

    Will the Next Space-Weather Season Be Stormy or Fair?

    The big news about the sun is that there is no big news. We are blessed, astronomers like to say, to be living next...

    How the ‘Wandering Meatloaf’ Got Its Rock-Hard Teeth

    The gumboot chiton is not a glamorous creature. The large, lumpy mollusk creeps along the waters of the Pacific coast, pulling its reddish-brown body...

    Cell Service in the Hamptons is…Not Good

    Bess Rattray, 54, a writer and volunteer emergency medical technician, grew up in East Hampton and now lives near the village’s main business district....

    Uber and Lyft Surges: What to Know

    A few weeks after receiving the second dose of a coronavirus vaccine, Debora Lima returned to an old routine: She pulled out her phone...

    Cell Service in the Hamptons is Not Good

    Bess Rattray, 54, a writer and volunteer emergency medical technician, grew up in East Hampton and now lives near the village’s main business district....

    Emily Wilder’s Firing at The A.P. Reminds Us of What We Didn’t Expect

    “I think it’s because it’s worked, so partisan operatives and actors are going to continue to use the technique,” Ms. Ball said. “They ginned...

    7 Podcasts to Soothe Your Back-to-Normal Anxiety

    Starter episode: “Llama Cat Dog Roommates”Most people’s worlds have become much smaller over the past 15 months, and now that travel restrictions are loosening,...