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Byline: Jim Kerstetter How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Jim Kerstetter, deputy technology editor in San Francisco, discussed the tech [...]

Each week, we review the week's news , offering analysis about the most important developments in the tech industry. Want this newsletter in your inbox? Sign up here . Hi, [...]

The publishing industry's relationship with Facebook has always had a certain scorpion-and-frog quality to it. First, a quick recap of the fable of the scorpion and the frog: A scorpion [...]

If you've seen the movie ''Office Space,'' you probably know at least a little bit about the computer industry's Y2K conversion. Peter, the main character in the movie, had a [...]

Silicon Valley's plan to reinvent so many things outside the high-tech industry has had a rough go of it lately. Food delivery services are having a hard time turning a [...]

From Fox News to Uber, sexual harassment may be the story of the year in the business world. And in Silicon Valley, 2017 may finally be the year business leaders [...]

When hackers stole $81 million from a bank in Bangladesh last year, fingers were eventually pointed at North Korea. The accusation indicated that North Korea's hackers appeared willing to go [...]

In Silicon Valley, people famously work long hours. Do what it takes. Perfect that gadget or widget. Help your wealthy venture capital backer raise the money necessary to buy that [...]

We are two months into ''ransomware as a mainstream news topic,'' and we have quickly moved toward scrutiny of a new wrinkle in that kind of cyberattack: when ransomware is [...]

WannaCry, that cyberattack that captured tens of thousands of computers as well as the world's attention last month, was certainly bad. Imagine one day discovering your work material or family [...]

That many workers in the United States will eventually be replaced by technology seems inevitable. The question is when -- not if -- it will happen. For the workers' counterparts [...]

Facebook, under pressure in a number of countries because of criticism that it is not doing enough to curtail extremist content on its site, says it is going to lean [...]

It is a bit startling to hear a 40-year-old man say that it is time for him to grow up. But that is what Uber's chief executive, Travis Kalanick, implied [...]

Next week, the long-struggling business known as Yahoo will finally become part of Verizon, combining its resources with Verizon-owned AOL, another internet pioneer that lost its way. Not surprisingly, about [...]

One thing about being a technology pioneer is that you get to discover problems before anyone else. So it was with Google and its self-driving car project. Several years ago, [...]

DȨtente between President Trump and Silicon Valley is proving hard to maintain. Here's a brief history. * During the presidential election last year, the tech industry made it clear that [...]

If there is one thing to know about Farhad Manjoo, the technology columnist for The New York Times, it is that he uses Twitter. A lot. So if anyone would [...]

It seems there is no such thing as an uneventful week for Uber. On Tuesday, the company fired embattled engineer Anthony Levandowski, who came to the ride-hailing outfit through last [...]

Sometimes a shift in power happens so subtly that you don't even notice it is occurring. Take the increasingly important field of artificial intelligence. For all the talk of autonomous [...]

It has been some time since a technology company ran afoul of antitrust investigators in the United States. But in Europe, it's an entirely different story. On Thursday, the European [...]

Sometimes old friends make for the best of enemies. By now, the nasty fight between the ride-hailing service Uber and Waymo, the unit of Alphabet that used to be Google's [...]

It didn't take long for researchers to start drawing connections from the ransomware attack that raced around the world over the last five days to earlier episodes, including attacks on [...]

If the ransomware attack that has spread throughout the world has taught us one thing, it is the benefits of legally obtained software. Computer users around the world -- particularly [...]

A cyberattack has hit at least 200,000 computers in 150 countries since Friday. More will be known about the extent of the incident as workers who might have missed it [...]

The technology industry is fond of its anodyne language: Customers are ''users.'' Videos and stories are ''content.'' Putting other people out of business is ''disruption.'' But word choices meant to [...]

For a number of years now, the federal government has been pressuring internet companies to provide information on their users. More often than not, they are obliged to cooperate by [...]

By now, you've probably heard about advertising problems on Google's YouTube video service. The quick recap: It seems Google's automated ad system is dropping ads for well-known brands into videos [...]

Internet civil liberties advocates did not get the news they wanted from New York's top court on Tuesday. Facebook hit the end of the line in a long fight with [...]

While campaigning for president last year, Donald J. Trump promised changes to the H-1B visa program that brings skilled foreign workers to the United States. A critique of the program [...]

There was a time when IBM was a monopolistic giant that looked indestructible. And there was a time when Microsoft looked like the tech company that could never be beaten. [...]

Those rules meant to protect the privacy of your internet activity that you may have heard about? Never mind. In a 50-48 vote mostly along party lines on Thursday, the [...]

A common piece of wisdom in business circles is that regulation is bad and stifles innovation. But that leaves us with the curious case of electric cars, as Farhad Manjoo [...]

It's official. Uber's senior management team is not entirely men. On Tuesday, the ride-hailing service held a news conference to assure people of a few things: Uber's board of directors [...]

If what Uber is experiencing right now is something akin to adolescent growing pains, then the ride-hailing company is going to be one giant outfit when it grows up. If [...]

Robots have worked in factories for years. They're starting to do the driving for you. Now some people believe the next advance by artificial intelligence into the workplace will involve [...]

For all of its famed redundancy, the internet at times can appear awfully fragile. Two weeks ago, an Amazon employee entered an incorrect set of commands on a computer, accidentally [...]

The documents revealed by WikiLeaks that indicate the Central Intelligence Agency has been sitting on a collection of spy-friendly software vulnerabilities are certainly intriguing. More worrisome, perhaps, is the question [...]

Documents released by WikiLeaks that indicate the extensive collection of cyberweapons by the C.I.A. are a reminder that this sort of thing is a growing international business. On Tuesday, WikiLeaks [...]

There are few things more aggravating than rush-hour traffic in Midtown Manhattan. Now, local officials are questioning whether ride-hailing apps like Uber are adding to the pain. The New York [...]

It is no secret that North Korea's military ambitions include building an intercontinental missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to the United States. What isn't as well known is [...]

As bad weeks ago, starting last weekend Uber has had one of the worst in tech industry annals. Though it is believed to be wildly unprofitable (it is hard to [...]

When trying to understand what's wrong with the culture at the giant start-up Uber, it's helpful to remember an old expression: A fish rots from the head first. Over the [...]

News can be exhausting in the time of the Trump presidency: The screaming headlines. The tweets. The bickering on social media. The polemic from a conservative news site posted as [...]

You have probably heard about the enthusiasm for the impending technology initial public offerings among people who sell expensive things. The sports car dealerships shine their excessively powered Italian cars. [...]

The checklist of Trump administration worries continues to grow. Let's start with the executive order that limited immigration from seven mostly Muslim countries. As David Streitfeld writes, technology companies were [...]

The technology industry is not exactly known for following the rules. Move fast. Break things. Apologize later. The industry's clichés don't project compliance. But there does appear to be an [...]

For such an influential venture capitalist, Peter Thiel managed to stay under the radar for a long time. In ''The Social Network,'' the notably fictional film account of Facebook's early [...]

Let's face it: Just about any boss on the planet would like to have the problems of Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive. In the recent holiday season, iPhone sales were [...]

Perhaps now is not the time to bring up crass things like profits and losses, but it is at least interesting to note that the social media tool at the [...]