The collapse in cryptocurrency prices last year forced a procession of major firms into bankruptcy, trigging a government crackdown and erasing the savings of millions of inexperienced investors.But for a […]
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Back to news homeHow Montana’s Attorney General Made Banning TikTok a Top Priority
On a recent summer day, Austin Knudsen, Montana’s attorney general, drove his red Buick from Helena, the state’s capital, to Boulder, a tiny town about a half-hour away whose main […]
How the Dream of Building a California City From Scratch Got Started
What if you built a new city from the ground up? The idea has tantalized urban planners and utopian dreamers for centuries. In 2017, Jan Sramek joined their crusade.Mr. Sramek, […]
Falsehoods Follow Close Behind This Summer’s Natural Disasters
As natural disasters and extreme environmental conditions became more commonplace around the world this summer, scientists pointed repeatedly to a shared driver: climate change.Conspiracy theorists pointed to anything but.Some claimed […]
A California Land Mystery Is Solved. Now the Political Fight Begins.
Jan Sramek was 15 years old the first time he tried to get a government to do something he wanted. Back then, he was an internet- and science fiction-obsessed teenager […]
Where Tech Investors Are Buying Up Land, Locals Are Worried
In a rural slice of California’s Solano County, between the cities of the Bay Area and Sacramento, rumors have been swirling for years about “the Flanneries,” a mystery company buying […]
The A.I. Revolution Is Coming. But Not as Fast as Some People Think.
Lori Beer, the global chief information officer of JPMorgan Chase, talks about the latest artificial intelligence with the enthusiasm of a convert. She refers to A.I. chatbots like ChatGPT, with […]
How Schools Can Survive A.I.
Last November, when ChatGPT was released, many schools felt like they’d been hit by an asteroid.In the middle of an academic year, with no warning, teachers were forced to confront […]
YouTube Improperly Used Targeted Ads on Children’s Videos, Watchdogs Say
After a research report last week found that YouTube’s advertising practices had the potential to undercut the privacy of children watching children’s videos, the company said it limited the collection […]
How Nvidia Built a Competitive Moat Around A.I. Chips
Naveen Rao, a neuroscientist turned tech entrepreneur, once tried to compete with Nvidia, the world’s leading maker of chips tailored for artificial intelligence.At a start-up that was later bought by […]