An online tool targets only a small slice of what’s out there, but may open some eyes to how widely artificial intelligence research fed on personal images. https://nyti.ms/3cs2eVS
Outrageous lies destroyed Guy Babcock’s online reputation. When he went hunting for their source, what he discovered was worse than he could have imagined. https://nyti.ms/36tUsHf
Robinhood pitched itself to investors as the antithesis of Wall Street. It didn’t say that it also entirely relies on Wall Street. This past week, the two realities collided. https://nyti.ms/3cnQ9Rl
Every carmaker is trying to figure out how to make the leap before governments force it and Tesla and other start-ups lure away drivers. https://nyti.ms/2MEBfvq
A month after the holiday season, gamers are still contending with scalpers, bots and immense demand as they hunt for elusive devices. https://nyti.ms/2NJIK4B
Silicon Valley techies and Wall Street titans have bought homes and moved businesses there in the pandemic, coaxed by an eager mayor. https://nyti.ms/3iVCCC1
When companies move all employee communications online, they face the same problems as the rest of the internet. But they don’t have to let bad behavior seep in. https://nyti.ms/2Nv5UeR
Marsibil Erlendsdottir runs a farm and provides weather reports from a remote outpost in eastern Iceland. The job requires vigilance and an unfailing resolve. https://nyti.ms/3c9HiTe
Workers at a warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., are to vote next month on whether to unionize, the largest and most viable effort of its kind involving the technology giant. https://nyti.ms/3sUQlO4
Faced with boycotts and criminal complaints, the director of “Tandav” made the edits this week. But that did not appear to satisfy some of the show’s critics, who called for him to be jailed. https://nyti.ms/364ODjd
Begun nearly a decade ago, Loon was one of the company’s high-profile, cutting-edge efforts. But it was difficult to turn into a business. https://nyti.ms/3c0gpBh
Begun nearly a decade ago, Loon was one of the company’s high-profile, cutting-edge efforts. But it was difficult to turn into a business. https://nyti.ms/2MhBwUY
A new modeling study hints that odor-based screens could quash outbreaks. But some experts are skeptical it would work in the real world. https://nyti.ms/3o2cdDc
Rivian, which has raised another $2.65 billion, plans to sell a pickup truck and S.U.V. it has worked on for more than a decade. https://nyti.ms/3nXfWC7
Merchandise with phrases like “Battle for Capitol Hill Veteran” could still be purchased on major e-commerce sites, a sign of how the platforms have struggled to remove the goods. https://nyti.ms/3bSuukc
Jack Dorsey, the chief executive, had reservations about locking the president’s account. But the calls for violence that his tweets provoked were too overwhelming. https://nyti.ms/2LVimE2
The company has boomed in popularity during the pandemic but getting its exercise bikes delivered has proved a struggle, one that is angering new customers. https://nyti.ms/3oUanph
Valerie Gilbert posts dozens of times a day in support of an unhinged conspiracy theory. The story of this “meme queen” hints at how hard it will be to bring people like her back to reality. https://nyti.ms/3qqydte
Blurring the distinction between companies and government, official propaganda outlets use President Trump’s ouster from Twitter and Facebook to argue that nobody in the world enjoys free speech. https://nyti.ms/2LutDvk
As more people strive to stay active on aging frames, robots and other technologies are likely to play a wider role in helping surgeons replace joints. https://nyti.ms/35HPmqp
A Norwegian group filed a complaint with regulators, saying Amazon had deliberately made it difficult to end memberships to its Prime service. Groups in Europe and the U.S. back the effort. https://nyti.ms/2Kiqz4M
OnlyFans, a social media platform that allows people to sell explicit photos of themselves, has boomed during the pandemic. But competition on the site means many won’t earn much. https://nyti.ms/35Cq8d0
Bitcoin owners are getting rich because the cryptocurrency has soared. But what happens when you can’t access that wealth because you forgot the password to your digital wallet? https://nyti.ms/3nzY9Rq
Tracking what may be planned in the coming days could become even more difficult as the groups take to lesser-known networks and apps that can’t be easily monitored. https://nyti.ms/3oDuBU2
The app has renewed a debate about who holds power over online speech after the tech giants yanked their support for it and left it fighting for survival. Parler was set to go dark on Monday. https://nyti.ms/38wTprh