Category: Computers and the Internet

Truth Social Has an Edge as Rival Right-Wing Apps Falter

Donald Trump’s social media platform has outdistanced similar conservative sites such as Parler and Gettr, even as it lags far behind X and others.
TikTok’s Origin Story: Court Files Show Role of GOP Megadonor Jeff Yass

Court records, mistakenly made public, tell a story about the birth of ByteDance, its bumpy road to success and the role of the Republican megadonor Jeff Yass’s firm.
Takeaways From a Trove of ByteDance Records

The records briefly surfaced in a lawsuit involving the Republican megadonor Jeff Yass’s firm.
Google Fires 28 Employees Who Protested an Israeli Cloud Contract

The dismissals escalated longstanding tensions between company leaders and activist employees opposed to supplying technology to Israel’s government.
TikTok Bill Is Bundled With Aid to Ukraine and Israel

A new House measure attempts to force the Senate’s hand on passing legislation to ban TikTok or mandate the app’s sale.
What a TikTok Ban Would Mean for the U.S. Defense of an Open Internet

Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.
Rusty Foster Tracks Media Gossip From an Island in Maine

Rusty Foster could never live in New York. But his hit newsletter, Today in Tabs, is an enduring obsession of the city’s media class.
Everything You Need to Know About Smartphone Backups

It doesn’t take a lot of work to keep copies of your phone’s photos, videos and other files stashed securely in case of an emergency.
Inside Washington’s Role in Microsoft’s Big AI Deal With G42

The White House laid the ground work for Microsoft’s $1.5 billion investment in an Emirati artificial intelligence start-up, a deal meant to box out Beijing.
Microsoft Makes High-Stakes Play in Tech Cold War With Emirati A.I. Deal

Microsoft plans to invest $1.5 billion in G42, an Emirati company with ties to China, as Washington and Beijing maneuver to secure tech influence in the Gulf.
A.I. Has a Measurement Problem

Which A.I. system writes the best computer code or generates the most realistic image? Right now, there’s no easy way to answer those questions.
Microsoft and NetEase to Relaunch Warcraft and Other Games in China

The deal between the gaming company Blizzard, now owned by Microsoft, and the Chinese giant NetEase renews a partnership that lapsed more than a year ago.