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The criminal conviction of the once-lionized cryptocurrency billionaire will have ripple effects on the entire industry. Sam Bankman-Fried attends court this summer in a federal case that accused him of fraud, conspiracy and other charges.Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images…

The justices appear to have no idea when they should get involved with online disputes between government officials and their constituents. Three justices attend an event at the Trump White House.Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images Ian Millhiser is a senior…

Shadowbanning and the Israel-Hamas war, explained. Shadowbanning dates back to the early days of the internet.Vox; MirageC/Getty Images A.W. Ohlheiser is a senior technology reporter at Vox, writing about the impact of technology on humans and society. They have also…

LONDON — Chatbots like ChatGPT wowed the world with their ability to write speeches, plan vacations or hold a conversation as good as or arguably even better than humans do, thanks to cutting-edge artificial intelligence systems. Now, frontier AI has…

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Tuesday morning after six months aboard China’s orbiting space station. Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao emerged in good health from the return capsule near the Jiuquan Satellite Launch…

U.S. regulators on Monday sued SolarWinds, a Texas-based technology company whose software was breached in a massive 2020 Russian cyberespionage campaign, for fraud for failing to disclose security deficiencies ahead of the stunning hack. The company’s top security executive was…

The justices risk miring the entire federal judiciary in the content moderation wars. In this photo illustration, a notification from Twitter appears on tweet by former President Donald Trump that the social media platform says violated its policy on May…

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Estela Sandoval Díaz was huddled in her tiny concrete bathroom, sure these were the final moments of her life, when Hurricane Otis ripped off her tin roof. With it went clothing, savings, furniture, photos and 33 years…

WASHINGTON — Testifying in the biggest U.S. antitrust case in a quarter century, Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended his company’s practice of paying Apple and other tech companies to make Google the default search engine on their devices, saying the…

LONDON — Facebook and Instagram users in Europe are getting the option to pay for ad-free versions of the social media platforms as a way to comply with the continent’s strict data privacy rules, parent company Meta said Monday. Starting…