BMW Is a Surprise Winner in Electric Vehicles
As BMW car bodies glided down an assembly line in Munich recently, showered by sparks from robotic welders, it was hard to tell which vehicles would be powered by batteries,…
Key OpenAI Executive Played a Pivotal Role in Sam Altman’s Ouster
More than three months after OpenAI’s board of directors briefly ousted Sam Altman, the chief executive of the high-profile artificial intelligence company, questions remain about exactly what led the board…
The Youths Have Spoken: Wallets Are Lame. Go Digital.
To a growing number of youths, a wallet stuffed with cash and cards is as unfashionable as the millennial tuck, no-show socks and skinny jeans. To the cool kids, carrying…
‘Dune: Part Two’ Gives Sci-Fi-Obsessed Silicon Valley a Reason to Party
In a top-floor atrium in downtown San Francisco on Thursday evening, tech workers from Google, Slack, X and Mozilla mingled next to a pair of cardboard cutouts of Timothée Chalamet…
The Paradox at the Heart of Elon Musk’s OpenAI Lawsuit
It would be easy to dismiss Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI as a case of sour grapes.Mr. Musk sued OpenAI this week, accusing the company of breaching the terms of…
Gemini’s Culture War, Kara Swisher Burns Us and SCOTUS Takes Up Content Moderation
Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeGoogle removed the ability to generate images of people from its Gemini chatbot. We talk about why, and about the…
Inquiry Into Ouster of OpenAI’s Chief Executive Nears End
WilmerHale, a prominent U.S. law firm, is close to wrapping up a detailed review of OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman, and his ouster from the artificial intelligence start-up late last…
Why Microsoft Has Accepted Unions, Unlike Its Rivals
The December day in 2021 that set off a revolution across the videogame industry appeared to start innocuously enough. Managers at a Wisconsin studio called Raven began meeting one by…
What to Know About the Supreme Court Case on Free Speech on Social Media
Social media companies are bracing for Supreme Court arguments on Monday that could fundamentally alter the way they police their sites.After Facebook, Twitter and YouTube barred President Donald J. Trump…
A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed by Moms and Stalked by Men
The ominous messages began arriving in Elissa’s inbox early last year.“You sell pics of your underage daughter to pedophiles,” read one. “You’re such a naughty sick mom, you’re just as…