A two-person startup already uses twenty-eight other tools

A two-person startup already uses twenty-eight other tools

A half-hour to learn Rust

A half-hour to learn Rust

How to brainstorm great business ideas

How to brainstorm great business ideas

5 terrific Siri tricks you’ll use time and again


5 terrific Siri tricks you’ll use time and again



Siri means a secret in Swahili and in Norse, a beautiful woman who leads you to victory. To those of us in Appleland using the voice-controlled personal assistant, it stands for “Speech Interpretation and Recognition Intelligence.” And when you put Siri to work, she can move productivity mountains.

The boss who put everyone on 70K

The boss who put everyone on 70K

I Want Off Mr. Golang's Wild Ride

I Want Off Mr. Golang's Wild Ride

Cellphone Carriers Face $200 Million Fine for Not Protecting Location Data


By BY JENNIFER VALENTINO-DEVRIES from NYT Technology

Freeman Dyson Has Died

Freeman Dyson Has Died

3 essential ways to protect your home security cameras from hackers


3 essential ways to protect your home security cameras from hackers



Here’s a sad reality: The tech we use to protect ourselves can be used against us. An internet-connected security camera alerts you to real-life threats, but it can give hackers a digital route into your home, too.

5 ways to make Windows 10 more secure


5 ways to make Windows 10 more secure



In 2020, making Windows 10 as secure as possible is imperative. Here are five things you can do.

Advanced Navy undersea sonar and laser sensor finds enemy mines fast


Advanced Navy undersea sonar and laser sensor finds enemy mines fast



A massive surface ship and submarine maritime attack in enemy waters near a hostile territory needs to accomplish a number of dangerous operations, penetrate defended areas, identify enemy weapons and move quickly to succeed. Lives hang in the balance of time.

The Week in Tech: Coronavirus Disrupts the Industry


By BY MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology

Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to prevent lawsuits

Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to prevent lawsuits

Mapping Coronavirus, Responsibly

Mapping Coronavirus, Responsibly

Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type for numbers

Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type for numbers

Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths

Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths

The Simpsons in CSS

The Simpsons in CSS

DOJ plans to strike against encryption while the Techlash iron is hot

DOJ plans to strike against encryption while the Techlash iron is hot

MSPaint in JavaScript

MSPaint in JavaScript

Cellphone Carriers May Face $200 Million in Fines for Selling Location Data


By BY JENNIFER VALENTINO-DEVRIES from NYT Technology

Let's Encrypt Has Issued a Billion Certificates

Let's Encrypt Has Issued a Billion Certificates

Unions Push F.T.C. to Study if Amazon Warps the Economy


By BY KAREN WEISE AND DAVID MCCABE from NYT Technology

5 ways to stop annoying robocalls


5 ways to stop annoying robocalls



Here are five strategies to minimize robocalls.

Facebook, Google and Twitter Rebel Against Pakistan’s Censorship Rules


By BY VINDU GOEL AND SALMAN MASOOD from NYT Technology

Cloud Computing Is Not the Energy Hog That Had Been Feared


By BY STEVE LOHR from NYT Technology

Navy arms destroyers with new laser weapons


Navy arms destroyers with new laser weapons



Enemy drones over the ocean could track and surveil U.S. Navy ships, designate targets for aircraft or maritime attacks, or even fire dangerous weapons themselves at surface ships.

Facebook cracks down on ads promising to cure coronavirus


Facebook cracks down on ads promising to cure coronavirus



Facebook is cracking down on advertisements that promise to cure or prevent the coronavirus as some take advantage of fear about the epidemic spreading around the world.

Founder of 8chan Faces Arrest on ‘Cyberlibel’ Charge


By BY DANIEL VICTOR from NYT Technology

Hard Startups

Hard Startups

Microsoft Issues Financial Warning Because of Coronavirus


By BY KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology

Tailwind UI

Tailwind UI

How Delivery Apps Are Eating Up Your Budget


By BY BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology

Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus not contained

Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus not contained

Amazon opens full-size grocery store with no cashiers


Amazon opens full-size grocery store with no cashiers



Amazon on Tuesday unveiled a new supermarket prototype that relies more on technology than human workers — a controversial, job-killing business model that CEO Jeff Bezos had dismissed as nutty three years ago.

An Intuitive Guide to Linear Algebra (2012)

An Intuitive Guide to Linear Algebra (2012)

To get good, go after the metagame

To get good, go after the metagame

3 reasons to block your number before making a call


3 reasons to block your number before making a call



Show of hands. Do you answer calls from numbers you don’t know? Me neither. Sure, it could be something important, but it’s most likely just spam.

TikTok ‘Skullbreaker’ challenge injures New Jersey teen: report


TikTok ‘Skullbreaker’ challenge injures New Jersey teen: report



Doctors are reportedly warning parents about another viral challenge that involves two people getting a third to leap into the air, and then doing their best to kick the person’s feet out from under them.

Mozilla’s DNS over HTTPs

Mozilla’s DNS over HTTPs

Smithsonian Releases 2.8M Images into Public Domain

Smithsonian Releases 2.8M Images into Public Domain

Disney blocks John Oliver’s new episode critical of India’s PM Modi

Disney blocks John Oliver’s new episode critical of India’s PM Modi

We use Kubernetes and spot instances to reduce EC2 billing up to 80%

We use Kubernetes and spot instances to reduce EC2 billing up to 80%

Cloudflare silently deleted my DNS records

Cloudflare silently deleted my DNS records

Donald Knuth was framed

Donald Knuth was framed

Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician, has died at 101

Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician, has died at 101

EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app

EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app

Ex-Microsoft engineer convicted of stealing millions in digital currency for lavish purchases


Ex-Microsoft engineer convicted of stealing millions in digital currency for lavish purchases



A former Microsoft employee was convicted Tuesday of wire fraud and other charges for stealing millions in gift cards and digital currency from the company then reselling the items to fund a $1.7 million lakefront home and $160,000 Tesla vehicle.

DARPA to develop hypersonic 'Glide Breaker' that would knock missile threats out of the sky


DARPA to develop hypersonic 'Glide Breaker' that would knock missile threats out of the sky



The U.S. Defense Department has awarded a multimillion-dollar contract for a system that would knock threatening missiles out of the sky.

Cloud over Mt. Shasta appears 'out of this world'


Cloud over Mt. Shasta appears 'out of this world'



Are human beings alone in the universe? It's the question of a lifetime and no one has really been able to answer it yet. 

Andreessen-Horowitz craps on “AI” startups from a great height

Andreessen-Horowitz craps on “AI” startups from a great height

Army engineers more lethal and more explosive fragmenting missiles, artillery


Army engineers more lethal and more explosive fragmenting missiles, artillery



The Army Research Laboratory is now engineering new rocket, missile and artillery rounds able to destroy groups of mobile enemy fighters, incinerate armored vehicles and eliminate structures with a single munition -- all at much longer ranges than currently deployed weapons can fire. 

We found six critical PayPal vulnerabilities, and PayPal punished us for it

We found six critical PayPal vulnerabilities, and PayPal punished us for it

New 'gym' looks to attract esports athletes


New 'gym' looks to attract esports athletes




Chinese hacking: 5 major cases of Beijing-linked cyber intrusion


Chinese hacking: 5 major cases of Beijing-linked cyber intrusion



Check out the 5 major times the Chinese hacked US institutions in an effort to collect data on Americans and steal scientific research.

Mathematics for the Adventurous Self-Learner

Mathematics for the Adventurous Self-Learner

As the Start-Up Boom Deflates, Tech Is Humbled


By BY ERIN GRIFFITH from NYT Technology

Guide to running Elasticsearch in production

Guide to running Elasticsearch in production

Which of these Amazon Prime purchases are real?

Which of these Amazon Prime purchases are real?

Chinese hacking: 5 major cases of Beijing-linked cyber intrusion


Chinese hacking: 5 major cases of Beijing-linked cyber intrusion



Amid the growing political and economic influence of China, attention has turned to Beijing’s concerted efforts to collect data on Americans and steal scientific research.

DOJ re-examining decades-old law that grants sweeping legal protections for online speech


DOJ re-examining decades-old law that grants sweeping legal protections for online speech



The DOJ hosts a forum on law that protects tech companies from legal liability for online speech.

Spain builds submarine 70 tons too heavy due to wrong decimal (2013)

Spain builds submarine 70 tons too heavy due to wrong decimal (2013)

Does memory leak? (1995)

Does memory leak? (1995)

Sue robocallers, photograph Amazon deliveries, VR after death and more: Tech Q&A


Sue robocallers, photograph Amazon deliveries, VR after death and more: Tech Q&A



Each week, I receive tons of questions from my listeners about tech concerns, new products and all things digital.

Digital Edits, a Paid Army: Bloomberg Is ‘Destroying Norms’ on Social Media


By BY SHEERA FRENKEL AND DAVEY ALBA from NYT Technology

Discord is not an acceptable choice for free software projects

Discord is not an acceptable choice for free software projects

Scientists use ML to find an antibiotic able to kill superbugs in mice

Scientists use ML to find an antibiotic able to kill superbugs in mice

DigitalOcean raises $100M in debt as it scales toward revenue of $300M

DigitalOcean raises $100M in debt as it scales toward revenue of $300M

Guide to Equity Compensation

Guide to Equity Compensation

10 sites to watch movies for free


10 sites to watch movies for free



What should I watch? This question plagues us, no matter how we watch TV. Once we’ve binged our favorite series, seen all the recommended shows and movies, and browsed every genre we could find, we still hit a wall. What’s left? we think, as we impatiently await the third season of “Westworld.”

Google Reaches Document Protection Deal in Antitrust Fight


By BY DAVID MCCABE from NYT Technology

Amazon let a fraudster keep my Sony A74 IV and refunded him

Amazon let a fraudster keep my Sony A74 IV and refunded him

More bosses give four-day workweek a try

More bosses give four-day workweek a try

What does Apple have up its sleeve in 2020?


What does Apple have up its sleeve in 2020?



Apple is expected to have at least two big product launches in 2020 with the first round coming possibly as early as March. The focus of the second, in the fall, will likely be a 5G iPhone.

Radical hydrogen-boron reactor leapfrogs current nuclear fusion tech

Radical hydrogen-boron reactor leapfrogs current nuclear fusion tech

New 'gym' looks to attract esports athletes


New 'gym' looks to attract esports athletes



Nerd Street Gamers creates Philadelphia esports training facility.

New Army technology fast-tracks damaged tanks back to combat


New Army technology fast-tracks damaged tanks back to combat



Should U.S. forces be facing a massive armored enemy ground vehicle assault, they would need their own heavily armored vehicles -- such as infantry carriers, ground forces, unmanned attack vehicles and, perhaps of greatest significance, Abrams tanks.

How to Write Usefully

How to Write Usefully

8 places better than Craigslist to sell your stuff


8 places better than Craigslist to sell your stuff



When it comes to selling things you no longer need, Craigslist is the go-to place for many people. But we’ve all heard the horror stories about Craigslist. It’s a reason why many local police departments let you conduct transactions in their facilities.

The Week in Tech: Coronavirus Hits Apple’s Financial Forecast


By BY NELLIE BOWLES from NYT Technology

Smart phones affect your brain the same way drugs do


Smart phones affect your brain the same way drugs do



Study reveals the first physical evidence-based proof; psychotherapist Tom Kersting reacts.

Suspicious Discontinuities

Suspicious Discontinuities

Real-time, in-camera background compositing in The Mandalorian

Real-time, in-camera background compositing in The Mandalorian

Let's Encrypt has turned on stricter validation requirements

Let's Encrypt has turned on stricter validation requirements

ADS-B Exchange – Co-op of unfiltered flight data

ADS-B Exchange – Co-op of unfiltered flight data

New Mexico Sues Google Over Children’s Privacy Violations


By BY NATASHA SINGER AND DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI from NYT Technology

Dad of journalist Alison Parker blasts Google over videos of her murder spreading online, files FTC complaint


Dad of journalist Alison Parker blasts Google over videos of her murder spreading online, files FTC complaint



The father of a television news journalist named Alison Parker blasted Google-owned YouTube for allowing despicable videos of her murder to proliferate on the popular video platform.

Navy arms amphibs with 13 F-35s, changes future attack tactics


Navy arms amphibs with 13 F-35s, changes future attack tactics



Launching a massive, fast-paced air assault from the sea, providing close-air support for amphibious assault forces and bringing forward-operating surveillance and networking technology to maritime warfare -- are all part of the changing operational calculus introduced by adding F-35s to maritime attack.

Lawrence Tesler, Pioneer of Personal Computing, Dies at 74


By BY JOHN MARKOFF from NYT Technology

Alexa helps residents in Arizona community pay their utilities


Alexa helps residents in Arizona community pay their utilities



City of Mesa, Arizona teams with Amazon to provide services through virtual assistant.

5 Internet crimes you need to pay attention to


5 Internet crimes you need to pay attention to



The 5 Internet crime trends you need to pay attention to.

YouTube videos of journalist Alison Parker’s murder still circulating, father says


YouTube videos of journalist Alison Parker’s murder still circulating, father says



The father of Alison Parker, a television news journalist who was murdered during a live broadcast in 2015, has slammed YouTube over sick videos of her slaying that continue to circulate on the video-sharing site.

Hackers Were Inside Citrix for Five Months

Hackers Were Inside Citrix for Five Months

Explorabl.es

Explorabl.es

Bert Sutherland Has Died

Bert Sutherland Has Died

Why SQLite succeeded as a database (2016)

Why SQLite succeeded as a database (2016)

IRS sues Facebook for $9B, says company offshored profits to Ireland

IRS sues Facebook for $9B, says company offshored profits to Ireland

Internet Society told to halt .org sale by its own advisory council

Internet Society told to halt .org sale by its own advisory council

Larry Tesler Has Died

Larry Tesler Has Died

Your Doorbell Camera Spied on You. Now What?


By BY BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology

Tom Shillue discusses Denver's pit bull feud and robocalls


Tom Shillue discusses Denver's pit bull feud and robocalls



Comedian Tom Shillue discusses social media feud between Denver Mayor and the Governor of Colorado along with new robocall revenge app.

Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower than it was in 1983

Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower than it was in 1983

TikTok now offering parental controls to protect children


TikTok now offering parental controls to protect children



The popular social media app, TikTok, will now offer parental controls so parents can limit their kids' use-time and disable direct messages.

Computer vision basics in Excel, using just formulas

Computer vision basics in Excel, using just formulas

Aircraft, Big and Small, Are Changing Our Relationship With Flight


By BY CHRISTINE NEGRONI from NYT Technology

What happens to your social media accounts when you die?


What happens to your social media accounts when you die?



None of us are getting out of this alive. With the advent of consumer tech and the internet, you can now make your wishes known in a myriad of ways. For starters, if you’re wondering where’s the best place to make sure your loved ones follow your will directives and have access to your passwords, you can do this online.

No, Judges Don’t Overturn Elections Because of isolated Irregularities

By Unknown Author from NYT Technology