Technology

Politicians have long faced racist and sexist attacks online. But Ms. Harris is being attacked on more platforms, with new technologies and in front of bigger audiences than Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were. Read full article

The Senate was set to pass the Kids Online Safety Act on Tuesday, but the legislation faces an uphill battle in the House because of censorship concerns. Read full article

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram faced allegations that it had collected facial identification information on millions of users in violation of a state law. Read full article

After Blake Benthall was arrested for running Silk Road 2.0, the infamous illegal drug bazaar, things didn’t go the way you might expect. Read full article

Ron Wyden and Edward Markey urged the F.T.C. to investigate how car companies handled the data from millions of car owners. Read full article

An episode unburdened by what has been. Read full article

The use of artificial intelligence is exploding around the world, but the technology’s language models are primarily trained in English, leaving many speakers of other languages behind. Read full article

The prominent A.I. start-up said it planned to eventually fold the new technology into its popular online chatbot, ChatGPT. Read full article

Passed by voters in 2020, the ballot measure classifies Uber and Lyft drivers as independent contractors rather than as employees. Read full article

A.I. is getting good at math — and might soon make a worthy collaborator for humans. Read full article