NYT > Technology

SpaceX Strikes Deal With Cursor for $60 Billion (Tue, 21 Apr 2026)
The potential acquisition comes as Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker, which has been emphasizing artificial intelligence, is preparing to go public.
>> Read more

A Wish List for John Ternus, the Man Replacing Tim Cook as Apple’s CEO (Tue, 21 Apr 2026)
John Ternus, an Apple veteran who runs hardware engineering, will take over an extraordinarily profitable company in need of new ideas.
>> Read more

Tim Cook Was Very, Very Good at Making Money (Tue, 21 Apr 2026)
If the Steve Jobs era was defined by technological innovation, the Tim Cook period was one of exceptional financial growth.
>> Read more

Even Without Internet Access, Prisoners Are Trying to Benefit From A.I. (Tue, 21 Apr 2026)
Most prisons forbid online access. But inmates are finding ways to ask chatbots questions anyway.
>> Read more

Musk’s SpaceX Goals Shift Ahead of Its I.P.O. (Wed, 22 Apr 2026)
As SpaceX prepares to go public, Mr. Musk has proposed moonshots that differ from the company’s original aim of reaching Mars.
>> Read more

Aging in Place: How Technology Might Help You Grow Old at Home (Wed, 22 Apr 2026)
The budding field is turning dreams into reality for older adults who are eager to age in place, filling caregiving gaps and easing minds as America ages rapidly.
>> Read more

Amazon Plans to Invest Up to $25 Billion in Anthropic (Mon, 20 Apr 2026)
Anthropic also committed to spending $100 billion on Amazon technologies that can help build and deploy A.I. systems.
>> Read more

Apple C.E.O.s Through the Years: From Michael Scott (Not That One) to John Ternus (Tue, 21 Apr 2026)
Apple’s corner office has been a seat from which executives like Steve Jobs changed how we interact with technology.
>> Read more

Tim Cook Will Step Down as Apple C.E.O. (Tue, 21 Apr 2026)
The longtime leader of the iPhone maker will be replaced by John Ternus, the company’s head of hardware engineering.
>> Read more

Elon Musk Ignores French Prosecutors, Widening Tech Rift With Europe (Mon, 20 Apr 2026)
Prosecutors investigating his social media company, X, had summoned him for a meeting. His no-show reflected a broader dispute over regulation.
>> Read more

California Accuses Amazon of Price Fixing in Legal Filing (Mon, 20 Apr 2026)
The state claimed the e-commerce giant pressured brands like Levi’s and Hanes to ask competing retailers to raise prices on certain products.
>> Read more

White House and Anthropic Hold ‘Productive’ Meeting, Aiming for a Compromise (Fri, 17 Apr 2026)
Friday’s meeting at the White House followed the introduction of Anthropic’s powerful new artificial intelligence model, Mythos, which U.S. officials believe could be critical for security.
>> Read more

Cerebras, an A.I. Chip Maker, Files to Go Public as Tech Offerings Ramp Up (Sun, 19 Apr 2026)
The Silicon Valley chip maker filed a prospectus just as SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI prepared for their own listings, in what is shaping up to be a wave of enormous initial public offerings.
>> Read more

How Do You Measure an A.I. Boom? (Fri, 17 Apr 2026)
A chart created by METR, a nonprofit A.I. organization, has become an industrywide obsession as it measures the rapid development of big A.I. systems.
>> Read more

A.I. Backlash Turns Violent + Kara Swisher on Healthmaxxing + The Zuck Bot Is Coming (Fri, 17 Apr 2026)
Is anti-A.I. radicalization a growing trend?
>> Read more

Through A.I. Glasses-Powered Translation, Korea’s Theaters Hope for a K-Pop Moment (Sun, 19 Apr 2026)
Producers and the cultural authorities hope that technology can overcome a language barrier and take the country’s shows to the world.
>> Read more

Pentagon Seeks Help From Ford and G.M. (Thu, 16 Apr 2026)
Concerned about the slow pace and high cost of weapons production, Pentagon officials have begun talks with General Motors and Ford Motor about producing certain parts.
>> Read more

Sneaker Company Allbirds Plans to Pivot to A.I. Yes, A.I. (Wed, 15 Apr 2026)
After selling its business for $39 million last month, the company said it planned to buy powerful computer chips and rebrand itself NewBird AI.
>> Read more

Ford Says Doug Field, Who Led Company's E.V. Push, is Leaving (Wed, 15 Apr 2026)
Doug Field, a former Tesla and Apple executive, had returned to Ford Motor in 2021 to help develop new electric models and software.
>> Read more

Ad Companies Settle With F.T.C. Over Claims of Harm to Conservative Sites (Wed, 15 Apr 2026)
WPP, Dentsu and Publicis settled claims they colluded on policies to combat misinformation, denying ad revenue to publishers on the right.
>> Read more

What Is ‘Jagged Intelligence’ and How Can It Reframe the AI Debate? (Thu, 16 Apr 2026)
A.I. has always been compared to human intelligence, but that may not be the right way to think about it. What it does well can help predict what jobs it may replace.
>> Read more