Cormac McCarthy

‘We’re Still Paying’: How Pets Became a Big Business

Heather Massey brought Ladybird to the veterinarian when the 9-year-old mutt began having seizures. A scan from an M.R.I. machine revealed bad news:...

What the Arrival of A.I. Phones and Computers Means for Our Data

Apple, Microsoft and Google are heralding a new era of what they describe as artificially intelligent smartphones and computers. The devices, they say,...

How Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Failed Children on Safety, States Say

In April 2019, David Ginsberg, a Meta executive, emailed his boss, Mark Zuckerberg, with a proposal to research and reduce loneliness and compulsive...

The Future of Streaming (According to the Moguls Figuring It Out)

When the media titans Brian Roberts, John Malone and Barry Diller cast off in early February on Mr. Diller’s 156-foot, two-masted yacht, named...

These Grieving Parents Want Congress to Protect Children Online

Deb Schmill has become a fixture on Capitol Hill. Last week alone, she visited the offices of 13 lawmakers, one of more than...

Australian Organizations are Fascinated With Copilot for Microsoft 365, But Will They Avoid The “Gotchas”?

The interest in Microsoft Copilot is high, with many major Australian organizations signing...

Windows 11 Cheat Sheet: Everything You Need to Know

Microsoft made its newest operating system, Windows 11, publicly available on October 5,...

Cyberattacks Disrupt Car Sales by Dealers in U.S. and Canada

Thousands of auto dealers across the United States and Canada are suffering disruptions to their operations as a result of cyberattacks on a...

260 McNuggets? McDonald’s Ends A.I. Drive-Through Tests Amid Errors

In the nearly three years since McDonald’s announced that it was partnering with IBM to develop a drive-through order taker powered by artificial...

A Surgeon General Warning, The Disinformation Battle and The Rise of CryptoPACs

Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeThe Surgeon General is calling for warning labels on social media platforms:...

TikTok Lays Out Past Efforts to Address U.S. Concerns

TikTok detailed on Thursday why it thinks the new federal law that could lead to a ban of the popular video app in...

OpenAI Co-Founder, Who Helped Oust Sam Altman, Starts His Own Company

Ilya Sutskever, the OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist who in November joined other board members to force out Sam Altman, the company’s high-profile...

Nvidia Becomes Most Valuable Public Company, Topping Microsoft

Move over, Microsoft and Apple. The stock market has a new king.On Tuesday, Nvidia leapfrogged two of tech’s most storied names to become...

Titan Disaster Forces Global Rethinking of Deep Sea Exploration

When five men died on June 18, 2023, in the implosion of the Titan submersible during a dive to the Titanic’s resting place,...

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