Anyone who has gone on a trip in the last year probably has a horror story. Canceled flights have abounded. Customer service wait times with airlines can be hours long. In some places, the costs of rental cars and plane tickets have become astronomical. Many of the economic problems born by the coronavirus pandemic — …
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In the days since former President Donald J. Trump’s Florida home was searched by federal agents last week, he has posted dozens of messages on Truth Social, his social media platform, about the Democrats, the FBI and other perceived enemies. Those statements reflect the strategy Mr. Trump has long used to address controversy, by turns …
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One of the promises of digital life is that more data can help us make better choices. But we also need to be mindful of the economic and human costs of putting a Fitbit on every aspect of being human. There are movements all around us to quantify and optimize more parts of our lives. …
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In the days since former President Donald J. Trump’s Florida home was searched by federal agents last week, he has posted dozens of messages on Truth Social, his social media platform, about the Democrats, the FBI and other perceived enemies. Those statements reflect the strategy Mr. Trump has long used to address controversy, by turns …
A Timeline of Trump’s False and Misleading Statements on the Mar-a-Lago Search Read More »
Self-driving car services are popping up across the country. But they are not what they seem. The latest example is an upgraded service in Las Vegas from the ride-hailing business Lyft. On Tuesday, the company said it would allow users to hail a new kind of self-driving car on and around the Las Vegas Strip, …
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Predictions of imminent civil war and calls for violence surged earlier this week on social media platforms such as Truth Social, the network started by former President Donald J. Trump, after the FBI’s court-approved search of his Florida home on Monday. The search, which resulted in the seizure of classified documents, according to a copy …
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The climate and energy package awaiting final approval by Congress aims to achieve two goals that are not always compatible: Make electric vehicles more affordable while freezing China out of the supply chain. Auto industry representatives have been griping that the proposed $7,500 tax credits for electric vehicle buyers come with so many strings attached …
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SAN FRANCISCO — Tech industry titans have navigated a lot to get where they are today — the dot-com bust, the 2008 recession, a backlash against tech power, the pandemic. They have overcome boardroom showdowns, investor power struggles and regulatory land mines. But this summer, some of them encountered their most threatening opponent yet: multifamily …
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I grind my teeth when the metaphor of “a race” is used in discussions about self-driving vehicle technology. Companies developing computer-piloted car technology, including Tesla, the Chinese company Baidu, and Waymo, a sibling company of Google, are regularly described as being in a horse race to make self-driving vehicles ready for widespread use. Some US …
The United States has authorized $280 billion in taxpayer money to subsidize rich computer chip companies and invest in technology research for the sake of keeping America strong and innovative. President Biden on Tuesday signed the law, officially known as the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, calling it “an investment in America itself.” If …
