Tech

It’s clear more than ever that governments will no longer leave technology alone.Europe mandaed standard phone chargers for portable electronics while Texas passed a contested law to restrain social media companies’ policing...

Most of us own multiple types of chargers to replenish our devices. That’s because many products, like Apple phones and Microsoft Surface computers, are plugged in with wires that use unique connectors.Soon,...

SAN FRANCISCO — No one wanted to miss out on the cryptocurrency mania.Over the last two years, as the prices of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies surged, crypto start-ups proliferated. Companies that...

A Massachusetts court ruled on Tuesday that a proposed ballot measure concerning the job status of gig drivers violated state law and was not eligible to be put to voters this fall.The...

Millennials may have been the first generation to come of age online, but their Gen Z successors have truly grown up with it — and hardly ever log off.A 2018 Pew Research...

Microsoft and the Communications Workers of America union announced an agreement on Monday that would make it easier for employees to unionize at the video game maker Activision Blizzard, which Microsoft is...

Some of Mr. Trump’s former aides testified that the Fox call shocked them but also undermined their confidence in his chances of victory. Jason Miller, a senior aide on the Trump campaign,...

The cryptocurrency market melted down again on Monday, as the price of Bitcoin plummeted to its lowest point since 2020, wiping away years of investments.Bitcoin is down 18 percent over the last...

In April, scientists at the European Center for Nuclear Research, or CERN, outside Geneva, once again fired up their cosmic gun, the Large Hadron Collider. After a three-year shutdown for repairs and...

SAN FRANCISCO — Google placed an engineer on paid leave recently after dismissing his claim that its artificial intelligence is sentient, surfacing yet another fracas about the company’s most advanced technology.Blake Lemoine,...