Opinion | Technology

Programmed to find the fastest route without consideration of literally anything else, driving apps endanger and infuriate us on a remarkably regular basis.

A fiction writer challenges an A.I. chatbot to a duel.

The leading companies are co-opting Silicon Valley’s traditional cycle of disruption.

The Biden administration seems to be in denial about China’s staggering advantage.

The TikTok law undermines America’s moral authority on maintaining open internet platforms.

The Cybertruck looks edgy, that’s for sure, but it has serious problems.

Sales of electric vehicles are sagging in part because they’re so dull to drive compared with their gas counterparts.

Cody Fry and Noah Kahan are among the artists who are wondering how the battle between Universal Music Group and the social media platform might affect them.

In our focus on protecting the present and future from A.I., we have forgotten about the urgent need to protect the past.

Agencies should be required to provide verifiable evidence that the tools they use will not cause harm.

The jobs require advanced skills but not necessarily advanced degrees, especially in emerging high-tech fields like A.I., electric vehicles and robotics.

Blaming social media for all kinds of social ills is more convenient for politicians than turning their shared anger into sensible legislation.

For me, the journey began when I asked ChatGPT who I was.

Now that Sam Altman’s back, will he be able to maintain a balance between safety and the profit motive?

Default settings on devices allow the tech industry to keep collecting and using data as it wants.

Vast swaths of the cryptocurrency industry, including FTX, are propped up by pumping up the price of a token with no real value behind it.

The justices should remember that the First Amendment’s highest purpose is to protect the speech that’s necessary to democracy.

Why the development of artificial intelligence might result in greater pollution of our digital public spaces.

The entrepreneur seems to see himself as a mythical hero.

We need a nimble, adaptable new agency with the expertise, resources and authority to rein in the tech giants that control our digital lives.

The Biden administration, in its zeal to keep advanced chips away from China, is failing to miss the risks in many other sectors.

Douglas Hofstadter is re-examining his stance on artificial intelligence.

Government is not an obstacle to new ideas.

Don’t bother learning to code.

The investment wave has the potential to drive a more rapid and efficient decarbonization of the economy while increasing the supply of clean energy.

History suggests that technological payoffs take time.

How artificial intelligence can reimagine art from our past and influence our future.

In a live conversation, we offered tips for readers looking to optimize their digital lives this year.

My drawings are a reflection of my soul. What happens when artificial intelligence — and anyone with access to it — can replicate them?

The recent meltdown was avoidable, but it would have cost the company.

A.I. can be a learning tool for schools with enough teachers and resources to use it well.

Facebook has become my modern-day version of a bazaar, with its rows of tiny stalls offering untold treasures.

Even the collapse of FTX probably won’t kill the archetype.

The garish celebrity playboy, the obsessive engineer and the young artist, as different from one another as they could be, have all veered not in the direction of becoming bratty little boys on a schoolyard.

Elon Musk is not the worst thing about Twitter.

Meta is spending billions on virtual reality, and it has very little to show for it.

Mr. Musk’s plan to buy Twitter underscores the need for federal regulation of social media sites.

Social media didn’t cause my mental illness, but it exacerbated it. Now I have found a way to quiet the noise.

The public must make the transition from green consumers to green citizens.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is damaging international scientific cooperation.

A deal of this magnitude can generate value for Twitter and create stability for future mergers.

Silicon Valley breeds narcissists who run their companies as ideological vanity projects.

Don’t be distracted by the shenanigans going on in the casino.

His long list of unfulfilled commitments wildly exceeds his achievements.

The online system is broken. How do we fix it?

In a post-Roe America, women will bear the costs of letting data collection undermine our liberty.

The geopolitical consequences may be radical.

Will we end up as the family pet?

All public policy is about tradeoffs. Tech regulation is no exception.

A damning expose depicts a company with all the information it needs to fix the egregious oversights and mistakes of the past.

Facebook may have crossed the line.

Even for new technologies, accessibility matters.

There’s something funny about a digital amphibian who might one day pay for my retirement. But it’s more than that.

'When she recognizes you’re frustrated with her, Alexa can now try to adjust, just like you or I would do.'

A new portfolio from Opinion and the newsroom will expand our ambitions in an age-old medium.

Facebook is using privacy as a pretext to squelch inconvenient research about the political ads it delivers.

Loneliness among students has soared worldwide. It doesn't have to be like that.

The AT&T news underscored how the newer Big Tech firms play by their own rules.

A Facebook-appointed panel avoided a clear decision about Trump’s heinous online behavior. It’s kind of perfect, actually.

A movement is underway to slow the obsolescence of our electronic gear.

Assessing its future, both the bad and the good.

A labor battle in Alabama is a referendum on Amazon’s strategy.

As the prices of blockchain-secured works skyrocket and speculators swoop, experts are warning of an unsustainable bubble.

Broadcast television and talk radio are just as problematic as social media.

Recast your past failures as successes, engage in meaningless optics, and other tips from the Silicon Valley playbook.

On Beeple, Nyan Cat and the latest tech phenom: the non-fungible token, or NFT.

Antitrust bills would dismantle Apple and Google’s monopoly over the distribution of smartphone apps and entice companies to relocate to those states.

Too many local governments are still struggling with the technology that people use to get appointments.

We the people need to take more control of how we move into the brave new worlds beyond our planet.

What to make of a proposed law that would require tech companies to pay for news that appears on their platforms.

The questions are bigger than whether Trump should have been suspended.

Recent attacks on government and infrastructure networks reveal the inadequacy of America’s digital defenses.

His loyal lieutenant will take Amazon’s helm as the company faces ever-growing scrutiny.

A one-time tax on those who have made lots of money during the pandemic may be an answer.

They also discuss “flouncing” and whether a Substack newsletter would be too much work for Donald Trump.

Substack is the breakout newsletter platform media insiders are watching. Its chief executive says he has big plans — and an open door.

The chaos of the last two weeks offers an opportunity to rethink the role of technology in our lives.

Uber built a business on the backs of drivers and, now, restaurants. But the company’s chief Dara Khosrowshahi says it’s not part of the ‘menace economy.’

The coronavirus has forced the kind of work experimentation that would have taken a decade otherwise.

The company declared in newspaper ads that it was “standing up to Apple.” It’s a desperate ploy that’s unlikely to work.