Tag Archives: NYT

Trump Clears Sale of More Powerful Nvidia A.I. Chips to China

Approval for the H200 chip followed months of haggling between tech industry backers and defense hawks.

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Who Is Andrew Ferguson, the FTC Chairman Who Tilted the Agency to Trump?

Andrew Ferguson has used the Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection mandate to investigate issues important to President Trump and his base.

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App That Tracks ICE Raids Sues U.S., Saying Officials Pressured Apple to Remove It

The developer of ICEBlock, which notifies users of ICE agent sightings, said Attorney General Pam Bondi censored his free speech.

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How Stablecoins Can Help Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions

Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are difficult to trace, experts say.

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Netflix to Buy Warner Bros in $83 Billion Deal

The deal to acquire the Hollywood behemoth’s television and film studios as well as HBO Max will bulk up the world’s biggest paid streaming service.

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EU Hits Elon Musk’s X With $140 Million Fine

The case over online transparency has become a flashpoint between the European Union and the Trump administration.

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New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work

Filed in federal court on Friday, the suit joins more than 40 other court disputes between copyright holders and A.I. companies.

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OpenAI Calls a ‘Code Red’ + Which Model Should I Use? + The Hard Fork Review of Slop

“For OpenAI to realize its ambitions, it is not going to be enough for them to make a model that is as good as Gemini 3. They need to be able to leapfrog it again.”

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How Batteries Got Cheaper and Made the Electric Grid More Reliable

An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.

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Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit

Meta plans to direct its investments to focus on wearables like its augmented reality glasses but does not plan to abandon building the metaverse.

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