Cormac McCarthy

Meta to Lower Age for Users of Virtual Reality Headset to 10 From 13

Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, plans to lower the recommended age for using its Quest headset to 10 years old from...

How to Use A.I. as a Shopping Assistant

Hello! We’re back with another edition of On Tech: A.I., a pop-up newsletter that teaches you about artificial intelligence, how it works and...

The Titanic Truthers of TikTok

The finer details of what happened to the RMS Titanic differ depending on who is telling the story.The iceberg that collided with the...

Reddit Revolts, MrBeast’s YouTube Empire and Peak Trust and Safety?

Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’ Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon | GoogleModerators on Reddit have shut down their forums in protest...

Russian Ransomware Group Breached Federal Agencies in Cyberattack

A Russian ransomware group gained access to data from federal agencies, including the Energy Department, in an attack that exploited file transfer software...

Prosecutors Agree to Withdraw New Charges Against Sam Bankman-Fried

Federal prosecutors investigating the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange said late Wednesday that, at least for now, they would withdraw several of...

How a Toilet Plunger Improved CPR

In 1988, a 65-year-old man’s heart stopped at home. His wife and son didn’t know CPR, so in desperation they grabbed a toilet...

Quantum Computing Advance Begins New Era, IBM Says

Quantum computers today are small in computational scope — the chip inside your smartphone contains billions of transistors while the most powerful quantum...

Watch Out for ‘Junk’ Fees When Booking Travel Online

Many of us are desperate to travel this summer after a pandemic stifled our plans for years. But travelers — and I’m sorry...

Google Might Owe You Money. Here’s How to Get It.

Anyone who clicked on a Google search result link from October 2006 to September 2013 is entitled to a piece — however small...

Music Publishers Sue Twitter, Accusing It of Copyright Infringement

A group of 17 music publishers sued Twitter on Wednesday, accusing it of copyright infringement on about 1,700 songs, and is seeking as...

Europeans Take a Major Step Toward Regulating A.I.

The European Union took an important step on Wednesday toward passing what would be one of the first major laws to regulate artificial...

Silicon Valley Has a New Style Icon

There’s a new tech titan in town and he’s preparing to enter the pantheon. How do we know?Well, Jensen Huang, the chief executive...

Google’s Online Advertising Practices Violate Antitrust Laws, E.U. Says

Google on Wednesday was charged with violating European Union antitrust laws by using its dominance in online advertising to undercut rivals, the latest...

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