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Echoes of History in New National Push to Shield Children Online

In the 1990s, the U.S. government limited what young people could see online, but lost a court fight challenging those rules. Now it’s happening again. https://nyti.ms/3LjZXvM

States’ Push to Protect Kids Online Could Remake the Internet

New age restrictions for minors on sites like TikTok and Pornhub could also hinder adults’ access to online services. https://nyti.ms/41NQlAd

Elon Musk: SpaceX’s Out-of-Control Starship Struggled to Self-Destruct

In an update on the first flight of the most powerful rocket ever, Elon Musk offered a timeline of what went wrong while staying optimistic about forthcoming launches. https://nyti.ms/3AGi7mA

Why Is the Denver Airport So Weird?

The Denver airport is a magnet for conspiracy theories — and a case study in the line between mass delusion and fun. https://nyti.ms/3AGi3Dm

Deepfake Drake, HatGPT and Ben Smith on the End of the BuzzFeed Era

Is A.I. the future of the music industry? Musicians are split. https://nyti.ms/3ViFhZJ

Snap’s Sales Fall for First Time as a Public Company

As other tech companies returned to growth, Snap continued to struggle with advertising sales and lost money in the first quarter. https://nyti.ms/3VgCZKg

Elon Musk Ramps Up A.I. Efforts, Even as He Warns of Dangers

The billionaire plans to compete with OpenAI, the ChatGPT developer he helped found, while calling out the potential harms of artificial intelligence. https://nyti.ms/3oDyLjK

Meta Returns to Growth After Struggling With Falling Sales

The owner of Facebook and Instagram reported a 3 percent revenue increase in the latest quarter, even as spending rose and profits fell. https://nyti.ms/41EYNBL

U.K. Blocks Microsoft’s Activision Bid, a Blow to the Tech Giant

The decision barring the takeover of a big video game publisher is a major loss for Microsoft, which also faces pushback from U.S. regulators. https://nyti.ms/41U4RGc

Commerce Dept. Outlines Plans to Fund Cutting-Edge Chip Research

The Biden administration announced its strategy for the National Semiconductor Technology Center, a string of facilities aimed at propelling U.S. innovation. https://nyti.ms/3NhR8oH

What May Have Been Lost If the Hakuto-R Moon Lander Crashed

The Ispace mission had planned to carry a number of customer payloads to the moon’s surface. https://nyti.ms/3VmaP0R

Why Researchers Turned This Goldfish Into a Cyborg

Neuroscientists are examining how fish navigate their world using different brain circuits unlike than those relied on by mammals like us. https://nyti.ms/44369k3

G.M.’s Profits Fell 18.5 Percent in the First Quarter

The decline over the first three months of 2022 was primarily the result of the short-term costs of job cuts and slower sales in China. https://nyti.ms/3n5XyNa

As Carlson and Lemon Exit, a Chapter Closes on Cable’s Trump War

The two hosts took very different approaches, but the decisions by Fox News and CNN to shed the stars marks at least a temporary shift in the excesses of Trump-era coverage. https://nyti.ms/40GVj0m

German Magazine Editor Is Fired Over Fake Michael Schumacher Interview

Die Aktuelle promoted an interview as the first with the retired Formula 1 driver since a 2013 accident. But artificial intelligence had generated the responses. https://nyti.ms/420pYqF

The Crypto Detectives Are Cleaning Up

Early adopters thought cryptocurrencies would be free from prying eyes. But tracking the flow of funds has become a big business. https://nyti.ms/3oCNj39

SpaceX’s Starship Kicked Up a Dust Cloud, Leaving Texans With a Mess

Residents of Port Isabel said that their city was covered in grime following SpaceX’s rocket launch on Thursday. The city said there was no “immediate concern for people’s health.” https://nyti.ms/43Sd5AB

Peering Into the Future of Novels, With the Help of AI

Who wrote it, the novelist or the technology? How about both? Stephen Marche experiments with teaching artificial intelligence to write with him, not for him. https://nyti.ms/43Pdvru

A Tech Industry Pioneer Sees a Way for the U.S. to Lead in Advanced Chips

Ivan Sutherland played a key role in foundational computer technologies. Now he sees a path for America to claim the mantle in “superconducting” chips. https://nyti.ms/41ljK4A

Apple Opens First Store in India, a Promising Frontier for the Tech Giant

Tim Cook, the chief executive of the iPhone maker, visited Mumbai to inaugurate the store. Apple is pushing to expand its market share in India, as well as shift some production there. https://nyti.ms/3Ad9LCo

What Was Twitter, Anyway?

Whether the platform is dying or not, it’s time to reckon with how exactly it broke our brains. https://nyti.ms/3L6uaiY

From Bullets to ‘Bird Residue,’ the Many Trials of Telescopes

Before an observatory can plumb the secrets of the cosmos, it must navigate more humbling challenges. https://nyti.ms/3KLdSL5

Judge Delays Fox and Dominion Trial by a Day

Opening statements in the $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox News were set to begin on Monday. https://nyti.ms/3GR32C5

Satellites Threaten Astronomy, but a Few Scientists See an Opportunity

Mega-constellations built by SpaceX, Amazon and other companies could carry thousands of sensors that could aid research into gamma rays, space weather and other subjects. https://nyti.ms/3KI05VB

SpaceX Test Launches Its Starship Rocket: How to Watch

The new moon and Mars vehicle built by Elon Musk’s company will conduct a test flight to space as early as Monday morning. https://nyti.ms/3GNoIPf

Google Devising Radical Search Changes to Beat Back AI Rivals

The tech giant is sprinting to protect its core business with a flurry of projects, including updates to its search engine and plans for an all-new one. https://nyti.ms/3A29hyZ

The End of Faking It in Silicon Valley

Recent charges, convictions and sentences all indicate that the start-up world’s habit of playing fast and loose with the truth actually has consequences. https://nyti.ms/3MMr05h

Inside the Hunt for the Discord Leaker, and Twitter Chaos Updates

How Times journalists tracked down the alleged leaker of top secret military intelligence. https://nyti.ms/40dNGON

Yes, People Will Pay $27,500 for an Old ‘Rocky’ Tape. Here’s Why.

Collectors are finding that their childhood has a price — and it’s going up. When the future is frightening, it’s boom times at the nostalgia factory. https://nyti.ms/3KEG41W

Meme Group on Discord Is Focus of Uproar Over Leaked Pentagon Documents

Youth culture and national defense collided in a community known for edgy jokes. The YouTube celebrity it was dedicated to seemed as surprised as anyone. https://nyti.ms/3oberGt

NPR to Suspend Twitter Use After ‘Government-Funded’ Label

The broadcaster said that the label undermined its credibility “by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent.” https://nyti.ms/3KRhDyH

What Good Are Wearable Computers if the Data Is Wrong?

An Apple Watch or a Garmin can draw incorrect conclusions about your health, but the broad trends may be more valuable than the numbers. https://nyti.ms/3KxYtNN

Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis at Meta

Workers at Facebook’s parent have been increasingly alarmed by job cuts and the company’s direction. https://nyti.ms/43pmfEw

California Economy Is on Edge After Tech Layoffs and Studio Cutbacks

As recession fears persist, the troubles in major industries have hurt tax revenues, turning the state’s $100 billion surplus into a deficit. https://nyti.ms/3MzHDRy

Justice Department Recently Looked Into Twitter, Lawsuit Says

The focus of the inquiry was unclear, but several former executives said they had racked up more than $1 million in expenses dealing with it and other legal issues. https://nyti.ms/3KOyNOi

The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin

Bitcoin mines cash in on electricity — by devouring it, selling it, even turning it off — and they cause immense pollution. In many cases, the public pays a price. https://nyti.ms/3MvTfVI

Why Pope Francis Is the Star of AI-Generated Photos

Francis has become a recurring favorite to show in incongruous situations, such as riding a motorcycle and attending Burning Man, in A.I.-generated images. https://nyti.ms/40URNjT

A.I. Vibe Check With Ezra Klein, and Kevin Tries Phone Positivity

How do you make sense of all the different philosophical camps surrounding A.I.? https://nyti.ms/41c0kig

Senior Twitter Lawyer Resigns, the Latest in a Series of Executive Departures

The lawyer had been closely involved in the company’s talks with the Federal Trade Commission over promises it had made on privacy. https://nyti.ms/3nVg9vq

Attacks on Dominion Voting Persist Despite High-Profile Lawsuits

Unproven claims about Dominion Voting Systems still spread widely online. https://nyti.ms/3Uh1d6J

This Historically Black University Created Its Own Tech Intern Pipeline

A new program at Bowie State connects computing students directly with companies, bypassing an often harsh Silicon Valley vetting process. https://nyti.ms/43cPzhc

TikTok Is Fined $15.9 Million Over Misusing Kids’ Data in Britain

The video-sharing app inappropriately allowed access by more than one million underage children in the United Kingdom in 2020, regulators said. https://nyti.ms/3nLhHbl

Going Viral on TikTok Can Get Students an A in These College Classes

A marketing professor gave his students a challenge: If they made a video that got a million views, the final exam would be canceled. https://nyti.ms/3zw4jdK

Twitter’s Logo Changes to Doge as Users Await Blue Check-Mark Removal

The promised changes to the platform’s verification program have been slow. Attention has focused instead on the image of a doge in place of the blue Twitter bird. https://nyti.ms/40Vdhgf

‘Hot Ones’ Was a Slow Burn All Along

This YouTube talk show’s premise is simple: Disarm celebrities with deep-cut questions and scorchingly spicy wings. Nearly 300 episodes later, the recipe still works. https://nyti.ms/3KpNZjR

Tesla Sales Rose in the First Quarter

The electric car company’s decision to slash prices appears to have offset the effect of higher interest rates. https://nyti.ms/3MeEczo

A Big Rover Aims to Be Like ‘U.P.S. for the Moon’

A small company, Astrolab, announced a deal with SpaceX to send a robotic version of its transport vehicle to the lunar surface and help deploy other company’s payloads. https://nyti.ms/3ZsUBDf