E.V. Owners Don’t Pay Gas Taxes. So, Many States Are Charging Them Fees.
States are using higher registration fees for electric cars to make up for declining fuel taxes, but some are punitive,…
Elon Musk, Video Game King? Well, Maybe Not.
Gaming is a big part of the billionaire’s public persona. But other players are questioning whether he has the time…
Trump’s Crypto Venture Divides the Industry He Aims to Support
The president’s promotion of a speculative digital coin left some crypto investors feeling blindsided, while others saw it as a…
How the New York Times Website Got Its URL
The Times wanted to go online in 1996 with nytimes.com. But the domain was already owned — by a Times…
Tom Green, Former Provocateur, Is Building Something New
“We probably won’t fall through,” Tom Green said as he stepped out onto an expansive frozen lake that sits along…
The Surveillance Tools That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Border enforcement agencies have spent billions assembling surveillance tools to track and find people. These could be critical in President…
TikTok Ban and Trump Executive Order Lead to Tech Company Dilemma
The federal law banning TikTok has revealed a major schism among American tech companies: Some are willing to flout the…
Meta to Increase Spending to $65 Billion This Year in A.I. Push
Much of the capital investment, a big jump from 2024, will fund expansion of Meta’s data centers, which provide the…
Quantum TikTok + Memecoin Mania + Chris Hayes on the Attention Wars
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadioThis week, TikTok died, came back to…
‘Eternal You’ and the Ethics of Using A.I. to ‘Talk’ to Dead Loved Ones
Examining what it means to make money by selling the bereaved on an illusion, the film feels like something of…