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A top adviser to Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of FTX, Ms. Ellison pleaded guilty to conspiring with him to steal $8 billion and became a crucial witness for the prosecution. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/technology/caroline-ellison-ftx-sentence.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

He was once a backer of liberal causes. Then everyone seemed to turn on him. Now he wants to stay away from politics — if that’s possible. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/technology/mark-zuckerberg-trump-politics.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Ahead of November’s election, Meta has de-emphasized political content on Facebook, Instagram and Threads and doesn’t want to talk about candidates or campaigns. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/technology/meta-election-politics.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Mr. Musk described Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as “authentic, honest and thoughtful.” She used her Atlantic Council spotlight to defend Western values. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/business/elon-musk-giorgia-meloni.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Jim Covello, Goldman Sachs’s head of stock research, warned that building too much of what the world doesn’t need “typically ends badly.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/technology/ai-jim-covello-goldman-sachs.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Federal officials acknowledged that few Chinese vehicles were on U.S. roads now, but said that the administration wanted to take proactive measures to strengthen national security. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/us/politics/chinese-software-ban-cars-biden.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

By tweaking the chemistry of rivers and oceans, humans could remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the air. But huge challenges loom. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/climate/oceans-rivers-carbon-removal.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

By tweaking the chemistry of rivers and oceans, humans could remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the air. But huge challenges loom. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/climate/theyve-got-a-plan-to-fight-global-warming-it-could-alter-the-oceans.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Robert Tymofichuk, a teacher in Alberta, Canada, spent nearly 2,000 hours building an operational hovercraft from salvaged car parts and with no blueprint. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/technology/diy-hovercraft-alberta-canada.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Social media companies may try to ban RT, the Russian state media broadcaster. But the network has proved in the past to be a wily adversary when confronted with efforts to silence it. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/europe/russia-rt-social-media.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Five years after leaving Apple, the iPhone designer is forging a new life in San Francisco, one imaginative building at a time. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/technology/jony-ive-apple-lovefrom.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

While Intel has struggled in recent years, other chipmakers are thriving because of a boom in demand. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/20/technology/qualcomm-intel-talks-sale.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

As the government wraps up its case, it has built a picture of how Google has become dominant among companies that buy and sell ads online. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/20/technology/google-ad-antitrust-trial-arguments.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The week of their debate, Kamala Harris outspent Donald Trump by 20 to 1 on Facebook and Instagram. It was just one sign of how uneven their online advertising battle has become. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/20/us/politics/kamala-harris-trump-campaign-spending.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Meta, YouTube and other sites collected more data than most users realized, a new report by the Federal Trade Commission finds. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/technology/ftc-meta-tiktok-privacy-surveillance.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Israeli government did not tamper with the Hezbollah phones that exploded, defense and intelligence officials say. It manufactured them as part of an elaborate ruse. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/world/middleeast/israel-exploding-pagers-hezbollah.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Elon Musk’s social media platform used a technical maneuver to restore service for many Brazilians after a court blocked it. Blocking it again would be difficult, experts said. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/world/americas/brazil-musk-x-ban.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

New devices from Motorola and Google prove that phones with bendable screens keep getting better — and some are even becoming cheaper. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/technology/personaltech/foldable-smartphones.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The state joins dozens of others in regulating the A.I. fakery in ways that could impact this year’s presidential race. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/technology/california-deepfakes-law-social-media-newsom.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Ms. Ellison, Sam Bankman-Fried’s former girlfriend and a top executive in his empire, is set to be sentenced on Sept. 24 for her role in the collapse of the crypto exchange. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/technology/caroline-ellison-ftx-sentence.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The chipmaker, which has been struggling, said on Monday that it obtained a new government grant, signed a contract with Amazon and would pause some initiatives. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/us/politics/intel-chips-semiconductor-grant.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Three experts on social media and disinformation share their predictions for this year’s chaotic election. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/technology/election-ai-qanon-disinformation.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In a livestream, Donald Trump formally introduced World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture led by two digital currency entrepreneurs with little experience running high-profile businesses. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/technology/trump-crypto-world-liberty-financial.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

TikTok on Monday pushed back against a law that would force the popular video app to sell to a non-Chinese owner or be banned, in what is shaping up to be a landmark case. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/technology/tiktok-us-ban-case.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Kicking off the second week of an antitrust trial, Neal Mohan testified that Google did what was best for consumers and the ad industry. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/technology/google-antitrust-youtube-ceo.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Scientists from the United States, China and other nations called for an international authority to oversee artificial intelligence. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/business/china-ai-safety.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Efforts by the Beijing-backed Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, or SMIC, to break through innovation barriers have landed it in a geopolitical tech battle. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/technology/smic-china-us-trade-war.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

TikTok will be in federal court on Monday, aiming to block a new law that will ban the popular video app in the United States early next year. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/technology/tiktok-us-ban-court.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Mr. Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed FTX cryptocurrency exchange, was convicted last fall and is serving a 25-year sentence in prison. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/13/technology/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-appeal.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Mr. Trump said he would introduce the project on Monday, continuing his embrace of the crypto industry, a major source of political donations. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/13/technology/donald-trump-cryptocurrency-business.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

As threats to his personal safety have become graver, the world’s richest man has barricaded himself behind a phalanx of bodyguards that operates like a mini-Secret Service. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/13/technology/elon-musk-security.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

General Motors and the South Korean automaker say they will collaborate on new vehicles, buying parts and clean energy technologies. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/business/general-motors-hyundai-partnership.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Accidents involving blades made by GE Vernova have delayed projects off the coasts of Massachusetts and England and could imperil climate goals. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/business/energy-environment/offshore-wind-blade-vineyard-wind.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The astronauts of the Polaris Dawn mission, after traveling through heavy radiation and high orbits, are getting ready to open the hatch of their SpaceX vehicle. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/science/spacex-polaris-dawn-astronauts-spacewalk.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The San Francisco start-up hopes to raise $6.5 billion as part of an aggressive push for more investment. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/technology/openai-fund-raising-valuation.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Mr. Zuckerberg talked to a packed house Tuesday night for the “Acquired” podcast. It’s a sign of how tech titans reach the public now. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/technology/mark-zuckerberg-podcast-acquired.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

An immersive article shows readers what a New York Times reporter has tracked for nearly a decade: Robot taxis still need human help. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/insider/when-self-driving-cars-dont-actually-drive-themselves.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

After launching early on Tuesday, the billionaire Jared Isaacman and his crew traveled to altitudes not visited by any astronaut since the Apollo moon missions of the 1960s and ’70s. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/science/polaris-dawn-spacex-orbit-astronauts.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Falsehoods claiming migrants in Ohio are killing cats and decapitating ducks went viral this week. The Trump campaign embraced them. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/technology/trump-dead-cats-migrants-ohio.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The latest announcement from Apple’s China rival came just hours after the unveiling of iPhone 16. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/business/huawei-trifold-iphone.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The cases had established the European Union as the world’s leading tech watchdog, but have since raised questions about its protracted appeals process. https://nyti.ms/4dT6t9V

The tech giant went to court on Monday in a second antitrust trial, this one focused on its dominance in advertising technology software. The case could reshape its business. https://nyti.ms/4ggnw7g

Apple is using Apple Intelligence, a suite of tools for generating images and text, to upsell the iPhone 16. But you can get similar features elsewhere. https://nyti.ms/3z8kqS9

The Swedish battery manufacturer said it would eliminate jobs and seek partnerships as it grappled with competition from China. https://nyti.ms/4gbImVv

The company is expected to showcase a number of new products at a two-hour event. https://nyti.ms/4ejR16v

How the tech giant has fared in its major legal battles across the U.S. and Europe so far. https://nyti.ms/4eeNC8V

The capsule, which returned without astronauts, and other space programs at Boeing have suffered many delays and cost overruns. https://nyti.ms/3MCZLbQ

Drug dealers, scammers and white nationalists openly conduct business and spread toxic speech on the platform, according to a Times analysis of more than 3.2 million Telegram messages. https://nyti.ms/47grqJk

After ruling against Google last month, Judge Amit P. Mehta said he would take until next August to determine fixes that the company must make. https://nyti.ms/3TnW51t

So-called agentic artificial intelligence doesn’t require a human to tell it what to do. At least, that’s the idea. https://nyti.ms/47fFBhM

“This is not a normal legal dispute.” https://nyti.ms/3Xj9vx1