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A set of popular apps helped China’s ByteDance develop a key component of advanced artificial intelligence: information on how a billion people use the internet.

The company moved most of its manufacturing to Vietnam from China to avoid tariffs. But the unpredictability of President Trump’s plans has thrown Nintendo for a loop.

A new estimate of the ghostly particle’s maximum possible mass brings physicists a tad closer to understanding the universe.

With tariffs threatening to drive up the costs of most things, the new entry-level phones from Apple and Google present a timely opportunity to save some bucks.

In a legal filing, OpenAI asked a federal court to hold Mr. Musk responsible for any damage he has caused the firm, in the latest sign of their bitter feud.

The spacecraft are the online giant’s entry into beaming wireless service from space, but the company has much to do before it can compete with SpaceX’s Starlink.

Elon Musk’s team is leading an effort to link government databases, to the alarm of privacy and security experts.

Jo Ellis, a National Guard pilot, is suing an influencer who falsely identified her as the captain of a helicopter that collided with a passenger plane in January.

On her first visit to Morocco’s largest city, a visitor swears off her phone, the internet and even printed guides. Her aim? To get lost, learn as she goes, and reclaim the serendipity of travel.

The future of the popular video app is now at the center of a geopolitical tussle between Washington and Beijing.

In over a dozen books, he explored the failures of journalism and the internet, blaming capitalism and calling for the nationalization of Facebook and Google.

A few carmakers have closed factories, laid off workers or shifted production in response to the auto tariffs that took effect last week.

With inauguration donations and Mar-a-Lago visits, leaders of the biggest tech companies sought favor with the president in an attempt to steer regulation and tariffs, to little avail.

The Silicon Valley giant had ordered employees to stay silent on the landmark case before reaching a settlement with a workers’ union over the issue.

The social media platform has experienced a return in advertisers and new exposure as an official source of government news.

Humor and art have been used to mock the powerful in Britain for centuries. Now Elon Musk is on the receiving end.

Minimalist gadgets like the new Light Phone III, a smartphone that barely does anything, promise to help us focus. The trade-offs are big.

Teslas that have been sold or traded in during the backlash against the company’s chief executive have become bargains on lots.

As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and historians said.

The use of a video persona created with artificial intelligence software to help make an argument earns a stern rebuke.

These businesses, including e-commerce platforms and payment processors, are pulling back on public offering plans and bracing for pain.

The app was facing a Saturday deadline to change its ownership or face a ban in the United States.

Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, would not seem to be in the line of fire from tariffs. But President Trump’s trade actions are hitting even social networking businesses.