Technology

Do you have a friend worth $130? Inside the shopping app that puts a price tag on all your contacts
Want to know how much your friends are worth? Meet Flip, the shopping app that will put a price tag on every single person in your phone’s contact list.Cajole...
George Santos’ Ziwe interview shows the promise — and limits — of his Hollywood dreams
WASHINGTON —  Most lawmakers who leave Congress in disgrace hide from the media. George Santos is trying to become an internet icon. The expelled and indicted Republican has fought relentlessly...
Why Google’s lobbying in California skyrocketed this year
The 30-second video ad struck an ominous tone, urging Californians to tell their lawmakers to vote against legislation that would force Google, Facebook and other large platforms to pay...
Apple is pulling two of its watches off shelves by Christmas due to patent dispute
Apple is pulling two of its most popular watch models from shelves this week. By Christmas Day, if a trade ruling stands, those watches will be illegal to import...
Opinion: Amazon’s takeover of the Inland Empire is a textbook case of corporate manipulation
Warehouses, trucking and other aspects of the logistics industry have taken over much of the real estate in the Inland Empire in recent years, and now we know the...
A weirdly candid interview with Elon Musk’s new AI chatbot, about Elon Musk
Fickle bosses can be tough. Doubly so when they’re also the richest person on the planet.So when Elon Musk’s newest underling officially started on the job December 8, The...
Column: This was the year of AI. Next year is when you should worry about your job
The biggest story in tech this year was, without a doubt, the explosive ascent of AI. The biggest story in tech next year will be whether it can turn...
Science doesn’t yet support broad restrictions on teens’ access to social media, experts say
To understand the path forward in regulating social media, it’s helpful to look to a transformative technology from the previous century: the car.A car is an essential tool for...
Emojis to the rescue? More are needed to address the biodiversity crisis, scientists say
Earth has millions of fungi species, but the official emoji library has only one: Amanita muscaria, the red-capped, white-spotted mushroom found in fairy tale picture books and Super Mario...
Sam Altman tells Trevor Noah what he really thinks about his ouster, the dangers of AI and Taylor Swift
When Sam Altman was abruptly fired last month as chief executive of artificial intelligence powerhouse OpenAI, the rupture left him with a lot of thinking to do.But looking back...