How the A.I. Boom Could Push Up the Price of Your Next PC
A.I. companies are buying up memory chips, causing the prices of those components — which are also used in laptops and smartphones — to soar.
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More in Tech Fix ›A.I. Is Giving You a Personalized Internet, but You Have No Say in It
The relentless addition of artificial intelligence in popular apps raises questions about what’s at stake. The answer: the future of the internet and its lifeblood, digital advertising.
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CreditDerek Abella A.I. Has Arrived in Gmail. Here’s What to Know.
Google’s A.I. assistant, Gemini, can create a to-do list based on recent emails, among other new tricks. There are implications for your privacy.
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CreditSisi Yu The Tech That Will Invade Our Lives in 2026
From talking computers to self-driving cars, here are the trends to watch.
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CreditSisi Yu 10 Pieces of Tech Jargon That Confused Us in 2025
Here’s a cheat sheet for decoding this year’s A.I.-driven tech lingo, from RAG to superintelligence.
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CreditSisi Yu Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers
If companies can modify internet-connected products and charge subscriptions after people have already purchased them, what does it mean to own anything anymore?
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More in Tech Tip ›How to Watch Free Live Television on Your Phone or Tablet
Whether by app or old-school antennas, budget-friendly options abound.
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CreditJ.D. Biersdorfer How to Deal With That Drawer Full of Old Gadgets
This month, resolve to revive or relinquish those old music players and point-and-shoot cameras — and retrieve any files trapped on the devices.
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CreditJ.D. Biersdorfer Save Holiday Time With These Handy Smartphone Features
Try these useful shortcuts for sharing your Wi-Fi with guests, wrangling your to-do list or deciding what to do with family and friends.
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This year’s high-end models from Apple and Google raise the bar for mobile photography, but users should take the time to learn the settings and features.
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A combination of strategic planning, good timing and a long-awaited product helped the maker of electronic story boxes weather the onset of tariffs.
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More in Technology ›Meta Begins $65 Million Election Push to Advance A.I. Agenda
Meta’s biggest election investment aims to prevent state legislation that it fears could inhibit artificial intelligence development. Its spending starts this week in Texas and Illinois.
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CreditJason Henry for The New York Times Elon Musk’s xAI Gets $3 Billion Investment From Saudi-Backed A.I. Firm
Humain, which was created by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last year, said it made the investment just before xAI was acquired by SpaceX, Mr. Musk’s rocket company.
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CreditHaiyun Jiang/The New York Times Uber Will Offer Incentives for E.V. Charger Construction
The company said it would encourage companies that operated chargers to install them in neighborhoods where its drivers lived and work.
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CreditSpencer Platt/Getty Images How to Watch Free Live Television on Your Phone or Tablet
Whether by app or old-school antennas, budget-friendly options abound.
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CreditJ.D. Biersdorfer Decoding the A.I. Beliefs of Anthropic and Its C.E.O., Dario Amodei
The company is at odds with the Pentagon over how its A.I. will be used. The conflict has its roots in the foundational plan for Anthropic.
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This A.I. Tool Is Going Viral. Five Ways People Are Using It.
Claude Code generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps.
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Gmail to Let Users Change Their Addresses While Keeping Data
Under the shift, which Google said would eventually be rolled out to all users, old addresses would remain active. Messages and services would not be lost.
By Adeel Hassan
Worn Down by Worry, Parents Look Longingly at Australia’s Social Media Ban
After the country barred children under 16 from using social media, many parents have been asking whether similarly tough action is needed in their own countries.
By Adam Satariano and Lynsey Chutel
How Some Countries Are Following Australia’s Ban on Social Media for Children
Nations like France, Spain, Malaysia and Denmark are considering barring young people from platforms like Facebook and TikTok amid fears about their potential harm.
By Lynsey Chutel
How Thousands of Strangers Chose My Wedding Dress
It can be easier to talk to strangers, which might explain why Reddit has become an increasingly popular resource for wedding planning.
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David Lerner, a Mr. Fix-it of Apple Computers, Dies at 72
He and a partner founded Tekserve, a Manhattan emergency room for frozen hard drives, keyboards, screens and their confounded owners.
By Sam Roberts
Google Unveils Gemini 3, With Improved Coding and Search Abilities
The new artificial intelligence model is the second the company has released this year. OpenAI and Anthropic made similar updates a few months ago.
By Tripp Mickle and Cade Metz
Tech FixSelf-Driving Taxis Are Catching On. Are You Ready?
With the arrival of Amazon’s Zoox robot taxi in San Francisco to compete with Waymo, autonomous services are gaining momentum. But there are pros and cons.
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Confused by the iPhone Pocket? That’s by Design.
Decades after their founders connected, Apple and Issey Miyake released a collection of phone pouches that have some people baffled. They hope it will inspire creativity.
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