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How the Crypto Exchange Bybit Lost $1.5 Billion to North Korean Hackers

12 hours 43 min ago
The cryptocurrency exchange Bybit lost $1.5 billion to North Korean hackers last month — and it all traced back to an account on a free digital storage service.

Discord in Early Talks With Bankers for Potential I.P.O.

Wed, 03/05/2025 - 20:06
The app has become a mainstay of the video game community and young internet users.

Federal Grant Program Opens Door to Elon Musk’s Starlink

Wed, 03/05/2025 - 19:29
Under new rules from President Trump’s Commerce Department, a $42 billion high-speed internet effort will no longer favor fiber-optic cable.

The Return of Digg, a Star of Web 2.0

Wed, 03/05/2025 - 13:14
Two decades after creating Digg, a community-focused social message board, Kevin Rose is reviving the site and teaming up with a founder of Reddit.

Turing Award Goes to A.I. Pioneers Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton

Wed, 03/05/2025 - 04:03
Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton developed reinforcement learning, a technique vital to chatbots like ChatGPT.

Judge Denies Musk’s Request to Block OpenAI’s For-Profit Plan

Tue, 03/04/2025 - 23:40
The court said that Elon Musk could proceed with other parts of a lawsuit he brought against OpenAI last year.

7 Tesla Charging Stations Torched Near Boston

Tue, 03/04/2025 - 15:55
The fires, which the police said were intentionally set, are the latest in a series of attacks against Elon Musk’s company.

What is Trump’s Crypto Reserve Plan?

Tue, 03/04/2025 - 09:03
The prospect of using taxpayer money to stockpile cryptocurrencies in a national reserve has drawn criticism from lawmakers and investors.

TSMC, the Chip Giant, Is to Spend $100 Billion in U.S. Over the Next 4 Years

Mon, 03/03/2025 - 19:30
The investment plan, announced at the White House, was made as the Trump administration pushes to bring chip making back to the United States.

A.I. Start-Up Anthropic Closes Deal That Values It at $61.5 Billion

Mon, 03/03/2025 - 13:57
The announcement follows new fund-raising efforts from rivals like OpenAI, which is set to close a deal that values the company at $300 billion, and Elon Musk’s xAI.

How Elon Musk Uses Internet Slang to Marshal His Army of Online Fans

Sun, 03/02/2025 - 12:18
Mr. Musk uses online slang to marshal his 200 million social media followers in support of his efforts to gut the federal government. But he might be reaching his limits.

Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 Successfully Lands on the Moon

Sun, 03/02/2025 - 06:07
Firefly Aerospace’s robotic vehicle became the second privately built spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon. It could soon be joined by two more private lunar landers.

It’s Like Virtual Reality Goggles for Your Mouth

Fri, 02/28/2025 - 14:57
Scientists tested a device that helped volunteers taste flavors meant to represent distant samples of coffee, lemonade, fried eggs, cake and fish soup.

Under Trump, U.S. Dismantles Crypto Crackdown

Fri, 02/28/2025 - 13:12
Going case by case, regulators have halted investigations and withdrawn or paused lawsuits against top crypto companies and their executives.

Microsoft Will Shut Down Skype in Favor of a Free Version of Teams

Fri, 02/28/2025 - 12:55
The company plans to move users of the pioneering service, which it bought in 2011, to Microsoft Teams.

Why China’s Xiaomi Can Make an Electric Car and Apple Can’t

Fri, 02/28/2025 - 12:52
Xiaomi, which produces smartphones and consumer electronics, delivered 135,000 E.V.s last year after tapping China’s robust manufacturing supply chain.

Anthropic’s C.E.O., Dario Amodei, on Surviving the A.I. Endgame

Fri, 02/28/2025 - 06:00
“I’m just worried that it’ll be a shock to people when it happens.”

Tesla Fires a Manager Who Criticized Elon Musk on Social Media

Thu, 02/27/2025 - 20:09
The employee objected to a post on X by Mr. Musk, Tesla’s chief executive and a top adviser to President Trump, that referred to Nazi leaders.

OpenAI Unveils GPT-4.5 for More ‘Natural Conversation’

Thu, 02/27/2025 - 14:53
The new technology, called GPT-4.5, signifies the end of an era for OpenAI.

Google’s Sergey Brin Asks Workers to Spend More Time In the Office

Thu, 02/27/2025 - 14:25
The tech giant’s co-founder said that if employees worked harder and were in the office more, the company could reach an artificial general intelligence breakthrough.

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