LoginAustralia’s Social Media Ban for People Under 16 Takes Effect
10 December 2025 at 03:29
The measure is one of the most sweeping efforts in the world to safeguard children from the harms of the platforms.
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Why the A.I. Boom Is Unlike the Dot-Com Boom
10 December 2025 at 00:31
Silicon Valley is again betting everything on a new technology. But the mania is not a reboot of the late-1990s frenzy.
Ben Horowitz, a major A.I. venture capitalist, in 2019. “The clearest sign that we are not actually in a bubble is the fact that everyone is talking about a bubble,” he said.
Yesterday — 9 December 2025Main stream
A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready.
9 December 2025 at 03:03
Apps like OpenAI’s Sora are fooling millions of users into thinking A.I. videos are real, even when they include warning labels.
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Trump Clears Sale of More Powerful Nvidia A.I. Chips to China
9 December 2025 at 06:30
Approval for the H200 chip followed months of haggling between tech industry backers and defense hawks.
The Trump administration wants to encourage Chinese companies to use Nvidia’s H200 chip while limiting sales of the company’s newest chips, known as Blackwell.
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Trump Clears Sale of More Powerful Nvidia A.I. Chips to China
9 December 2025 at 06:30
Approval for the H200 chip followed months of haggling between tech industry backers and defense hawks.
States Are Raking In Billions From Slot Machines on Your Phone
8 December 2025 at 18:00
Online casinos have proved to be a much stronger source of tax revenue than sports betting apps. They may be coming to a state near you.
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A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready.
9 December 2025 at 03:03
Apps like OpenAI’s Sora are fooling millions of users into thinking A.I. videos are real, even when they include warning labels.
© The New York Times
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- App That Tracks ICE Raids Sues U.S., Saying Officials Pressured Apple to Remove It
App That Tracks ICE Raids Sues U.S., Saying Officials Pressured Apple to Remove It
8 December 2025 at 23:11
The developer of ICEBlock, which notifies users of ICE agent sightings, said Attorney General Pam Bondi censored his free speech.
A street raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and other federal law enforcement officers along Canal Street in New York in October.
© Victor J. Blue for The New York Times
Can We Stop Our Digital Selves From Becoming Who We Are?
7 December 2025 at 22:06
Pay attention to how you pay attention.
© Corinne Vionnet, from the series "ME. Here Now"
Pay Attention to How You Pay Attention
8 December 2025 at 13:41
Pay attention to how you pay attention.
Everyone Wants High-Quality Clothes. That’s Become Its Own Trend.
7 December 2025 at 14:00
Being a smart consumer has never been easier. Influencers and the fashion industry are all taking advantage of that.
Everyone Wants High-Quality Clothes. That’s Become Its Own Trend.
7 December 2025 at 14:00
Being a smart consumer has never been easier. Influencers and the fashion industry are all taking advantage of that.
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- Australia’s Social Media Ban for Under-16s Is Coming. The Teenagers Are Skeptical.
Australia’s Social Media Ban for Under-16s Is Coming. The Teenagers Are Skeptical.
8 December 2025 at 07:30
The country is trying to wean children under 16 off the likes of TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram with a new law. The teenagers are skeptical.
© Matthew Abbott for The New York Times
How Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Will Work
7 December 2025 at 13:01
The country is barring children under 16 from social media, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at a nationwide regulation.
James Tomlinson, 9, playing a game on a phone in Melbourne, Australia.
© Matthew Abbott for The New York Times
Don’t Fear the A.I. Bubble Bursting
6 December 2025 at 05:45
Generative A.I. needs a course correction for the sake of energy efficiency and for its own advancement.
I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain
2 December 2025 at 03:12
Jack Conte, the chief executive of Patreon, a platform for creators to monetize their art and content, outlines his vision for an internet that puts people, not ad revenues, first.
How to Prepare Your Kids for the A.I. Revolution
1 December 2025 at 18:00
I help to build A.I. systems, and even I know there are real reasons to be concerned about how A.I. affects our children.
How Diaries Can Help Beat Back Artificial Intelligence
30 November 2025 at 04:29
In a world taken over by the digital, hard-copy, handwritten diaries are a way to fight back.
Goodbye, Price Tags. Hello, Dynamic Pricing.
28 November 2025 at 19:46
Shopping has always been a game. And now it’s being rigged against you.
Goodbye, Price Tags. Hello Dynamic Pricing.
28 November 2025 at 18:01
Shopping has always been a game. And now it’s being rigged against you.
Why We Need Fairy Tales in the Digital Age
28 November 2025 at 18:00
The internet is a dangerous place. Folklore can teach us how to move through it.
Goodbye, Price Tags. Hello, Dynamic Pricing.
28 November 2025 at 17:55
Shopping has always been a game. And now it’s being rigged against you.
A.I. Is Marketing Itself as the Anti-A.I.
26 November 2025 at 18:01
Artificial intelligence is unpopular and uncool — so A.I. companies are making ads that don’t even bother to show their own products. Will it pay off?
How Can Anyone Seriously Doubt Meta Is a Monopoly?
23 November 2025 at 19:00
All you need is common sense.
In the A.I. Race, Chinese Talent Still Drives American Research
19 November 2025 at 13:00
Although some Silicon Valley executives paint China as the enemy, Chinese brains continue to play a major role in U.S. research.
Man Accused of Running Southeast Asia Scam Compound Is Extradited to China
13 November 2025 at 23:17
China and the United States say She Zhijiang, a Chinese-born businessman, ran a major scam compound in Myanmar. He was arrested in Bangkok in 2022.
Welcome to Our New Era. What Do We Call It?
11 November 2025 at 12:31
We have arrived at a “Polycene” moment where binary systems are giving way to multiple interconnected ones.
Trump’s China Trade and Tariff Policy Is a Hot Mess
4 November 2025 at 06:00
As he so often does, the president is pushing the wrong answer to the right question on trade policy with Beijing.
Little Word of a TikTok Deal Out of Trump-Xi Meeting
31 October 2025 at 00:00
Neither President Trump nor Chinese officials indicated any new developments for the popular video app. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent previously suggested they could “consummate” transfer of control from its Chinese owner.
