How technology changes work and everyday life.
Follow the technologies reshaping jobs, ownership, privacy and daily routines. We examine what new tools make possible, who controls them and how their consequences reach beyond the launch announcement.
Instagram is testing longer videos that could bring full podcasts, interviews and shows into its app. The question is whether creators will get paid for them.
Major financial institutions are restricting AI agents that can access customer accounts, raising questions about security, financial responsibility and who pays when automated technology makes a mistake.
Goldman’s baseline treats AI displacement as gradual, but the same report says a downturn would speed it up, which would turn a temporary layoff into a permanent one.
Even Gates’s best-case scenario includes two decades of winners and losers, and the people on the losing end of that timeline have no seat where its length is decided.
An unverified story about one missing dot is spreading because candidates recognize the pattern, and the problem it points to is that nobody sees what an automated filter rejects.
The laboratory giant says unauthorized access to a system used for ordering tests and retrieving results exposed personal information and patient records. The company is investigating what was accessed and preparing to notify affected patients.
The Quest Diagnostics breach is a reminder that our medical records, finances, photographs and private conversations live in systems we rarely see, run by organizations we are expected to trust.
The iPhone Duo sold through its initial preorder allocations within minutes, and some customers now face delivery dates in 2027. Apple’s biggest new smartphone experiment in years is off to a strong start, but limited inventory complicates the picture.
Ulta Beauty, Lowe’s and Home Depot are facing scrutiny over license plate surveillance technology. Retailers say the cameras help prevent theft, but customers and privacy advocates want to know what happens to the information collected.
Two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, the programming language behind millions of websites, could let hackers take control of servers and steal sensitive information. Artificial intelligence helped uncover the flaws, but it could also make them easier to exploit.
Federal civilian agencies have been ordered to remove DeepSeek-related products and services from their technology systems, reflecting growing concerns over the national-security implications of foreign-developed artificial intelligence.
A Gartner survey found 34% of U.S. consumers are very or extremely willing to use AI chatbots for gift recommendations, mostly for inspiration and price checks rather than letting AI make the purchase.
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