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Senators aggressively questioned executives from major tech companies, especially Meta and TikTok, while Mark Zuckerberg spoke directly to victims’ families. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/technology/tech-senate-hearing-child-safety.html

In testimony before Congress, Christopher A. Wray, the agency’s director, said Beijing was preparing to sow chaos if disputes with the United States flared into conflict. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/us/politics/fbi-director-china-wray-.html

The Meta chief executive addressed families during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on child online safety. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/technology/mark-zuckerberg-senate-apology.html

WME said the partnership would help its clients get fake images of themselves removed or receive compensation for use of their likenesses. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/business/media/ai-hollywood-artist-protection.html

WME said the deal would help its clients either get fake images removed or receive compensation for use of their likenesses. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/business/media/hollywood-agency-partners-with-tech-start-up-over-ai-protection.html

The automaker has placed a bet on battery-powered cars, but it has struggled to produce and sell the vehicles in large numbers. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/business/general-motors-fourth-quarter-earnings.html

Some tech workers are filming their layoffs and sharing them on social media. They say it’s part catharsis, part transparency. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/technology/social-media-tech-layoffs.html

Amazon walked away from the $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot as it faces questions from regulators in the European Union and United States. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/business/amazon-roomba-irobot-deal.html

Many feared that artificial intelligence would kill jobs. But hospitals, insurance companies and others are creating roles to navigate and harness the disruptive technology. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/technology/us-jobs-ai-chatgpt-tech.html

Ring, a maker of internet-connected cameras that is owned by Amazon, said the police could no longer ask people to share video recordings using the company’s app, Neighbors. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/business/amazon-ring-doorbell-camera-police.html

The class-action suit said the genetic testing company failed to notify customers whose personal information was compiled into “curated” lists that were sold on the dark web. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/business/23andme-hack-data.html

He developed and implemented the protocol that synchronizes the digital clocks nestled within billions of networked devices. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/technology/david-l-mills-dead.html

Fans of the star and lawmakers condemned the images, probably generated by artificial intelligence, after they were shared with millions of social media users. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/arts/music/taylor-swift-ai-fake-images.html

Eugene Yu, the owner of an election software company, was arrested in 2022 on charges of breaching election data. Those charges were dropped weeks later. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/technology/los-angeles-county-eugene-yu-wrongful-charges.html

The disclosure comes amid congressional scrutiny and a Federal Trade Commission crackdown on commercial data brokers. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/us/politics/nsa-internet-privacy-warrant.html

A report by a law firm hired to investigate an October crash in San Francisco found that executives failed to fully explain what happened in the incident. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/technology/cruise-crash-report-san-francisco.html

Not long ago, true crime storytellers had little in the way of first-person footage captured in real time to rely on. Now, as much of our daily lives are documented, the genre is transforming. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/arts/gypsy-rose-blanchard-true-crime.html

The music-streaming platform’s new “daylist” feature serves users three personalized playlists a day, with titles ranging from quirky to bewildering. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/style/spotify-daylists.html

Quarterly earnings soared from a year earlier after the company booked a tax benefit, but increased competition and a price war took a toll, the electric-car maker said. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/business/teslas-electric-vehicles-profit-price-cuts.html

Starting with Google Glass, all have been plagued with the same issues, even as Apple plunges into the market with its Vision Pro. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/technology/personaltech/apple-vr-smart-goggles.html