Cormac McCarthy

How the Columbia River Treaty Got Tangled in Trump’s Feud With Canada

Caught up in the tariff spat between the United States and Canada is a little-known treaty that shapes the lives of millions of...

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is in Talks With Government Over Amtrak Project

The Federal Railroad Administration, the nation’s railroad agency, has brought in the Boring Company, the tunneling firm founded by Elon Musk, to see...

For Trump, It’s a New Era of Deal-Making With Tech’s Most-Coveted Commodity

The rule was an effort to ensure that the world’s largest data centers would be built by the United States and its allies,...

The Tech Guys Are Fighting. Literally.

Walking into the crowded hotel conference room, Andrew Batey looked like any other tech guy attending ETHDenver, an annual cryptocurrency conference. A venture...

‘The Interview’: Can Whitney Wolfe Herd Make Us Love Dating Apps Again?

That was Andrey Andreev, who was the head of Badoo and was a co-creator of Bumble. And then you faced another workplace scandal...

Elon Musk’s Use of X Mimics Hearst’s and Ford’s Manipulation of Media

An entrepreneur who revolutionized the automobile business decides he now needs to change how the world thinks, so he buys a media property...

Google Agrees to Pay $1.4 Billion to Settle 2 Privacy Lawsuits

Google agreed to pay $1.4 billion to the State of Texas on Friday to settle two lawsuits accusing it of violating the privacy...

Teenager Fatally Shot During ‘Ding Dong Ditch’ TikTok Prank

A Virginia man has been charged with second degree murder after fatally shooting a teenager who was filming a prank for TikTok known...

OpenAI Hires Instacart C.E.O. to Run Business and Operations

OpenAI said late Wednesday that it hired Fidji Simo, the chief executive of Instacart, to take on a new role running the artificial...

Uber Revenue Is Up 14%, Despite Economic Fears

Uber appears to be powering through the tumult of the global economy, despite fears that consumers are skimping on rides and deliveries.The company...

NSO Group Ordered to Pay Meta $167 Million in Damages

The Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group was ordered on Tuesday to pay $167 million in damages to Meta, capping a six-year legal battle...

OpenAI Backtracks on Plans to Drop Nonprofit Control

OpenAI said on Monday that it was restructuring as a public benefit corporation, allowing the nonprofit that controls OpenAI to retain its grip...

Voters Approve Incorporation of SpaceX Hub as Starbase, Texas

Members of a South Texas community that has served as the hub of Elon Musk’s rocket launch company, SpaceX, voted on Saturday to...

How Misinformation and Partisan ‘New Media’ Changed a California Town

With its horse-trodden roads, endless fields of almond blossoms and cowboy heritage, the 20,000 person town of Oakdale, Calif., fits the American West...

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