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Air Taxi Rivals End Legal Fight and Agree to Collaborate

Two rivals in the race to mass-produce an all-electric aircraft said on Thursday that they had agreed to collaborate and settled a trade-secrets...

Sweden Is Not Staying Neutral in Russia’s Information War

Facing a tsunami of disinformation about the treatment of Muslims that has in recent months fueled protests from Stockholm to Baghdad, Sweden decided...

Amid Sextortion’s Rise, Computer Scientists Tap A.I. to Identify Risky Apps

Almost weekly, Brian Levine, a computer scientist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is asked the same question by his 14-year-old daughter: Can...

San Francisco Balks at Expanding Driverless Car Services on City’s Roads

Over the past year or so, a jarring sight has become common in San Francisco: driverless cars buzzing around the city’s streets with...

This Is a Reminder That You’re Probably Oversharing on Venmo

There’s an app for snooping on your friends, family and colleagues to find out about their fancy dinners, the people they are dating...

Amazon to Meet Regulators as U.S. Considers Possible Antitrust Suit

Amazon is scheduled to meet with members of the Federal Trade Commission next week to discuss an antitrust lawsuit that the agency may...

Crypto’s Next Craze? Orbs That Scan Your Eyeballs.

One evening last month, a crowd of cryptocurrency enthusiasts gathered at an art gallery in downtown Manhattan. They were greeted by a scene...

A Zoom Call, Fake Names and an A.I. Presentation Gone Awry

Arthur AI, an artificial intelligence company in New York, received a message in April last year from a start-up called OneOneThree. Yan Fung,...

Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match

Porcha Woodruff was getting her two daughters ready for school when six police officers showed up at her door in Detroit. They asked...

Zuckerberg Pressures Musk to Set Date for ‘Cage Match’

For months, the chatter in Silicon Valley has centered on whether Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk would actually participate in a “cage match”...

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