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Israel used the NSO Group’s cyberweapon as a tool of diplomacy. The F.B.I. tested it for domestic surveillance. Then everything soured. Here are highlights of a New York Times Magazine investigation.

Marcelo Claure became a close confidant of SoftBank’s founder and played a singular role at the Japanese conglomerate. He was seeking roughly $2 billion over several years.

The company’s revenue and profit beat Wall Street expectations, easing concerns that supply chain problems and the coronavirus were a drag on sales.

The agency cited national security in revoking the license for the American subsidiary of a state-owned Chinese telecom operator.

The carmaker had a profit of $5.5 billion as sales of its electric vehicles kept soaring, especially in China and Europe.

Already suspended under the platform’s Covid-19 misinformation rules, he continued to post videos daring YouTube to ban him.

An Amazon program guaranteed sellers a minimum price while offering a potential upside if an algorithm determined that customers were willing to pay more

Late payment charges, hotel resort fees and other tacked-on expenses collectively add billions to what Americans pay for goods and services.

Intel had been charged with paying illegal rebates to companies that used its semiconductors over rival Advanced Micro Devices.

The four-ton piece of the rocket hasn’t been heard from since it launched an American satellite called DSCOVR. It could make a 65-foot crater on the far side of the moon.

Profit and sales at the tech giant, the first of the largest tech companies to report earnings for the three months ending in December, grew about 20 percent.

The network’s boss, Jeff Zucker, tries to make up for lost time by signing Chris Wallace, Audie Cornish and Eva Longoria.

At a time when we are concerned about health, the smart ring, which can track sleep and body temperature, is too flawed to recommend.

The woman, a 45-year-old Virginia resident, is accused of threatening Mr. Cook and visiting his home, according to the court documents.

Before the end of the year, ispace aims to place a lander with two small rovers on the lunar surface. It may find other visitors have also made the trip this year.

Fashion Nova held lower-starred reviews for approval before they could be posted, the F.T.C. said in a complaint.

Online creators make the content that entertains and informs us, and they want to share in the riches.

This new political breed accepts paychecks in Bitcoin. The mayors also want to use buzzy new tech like NFTs to raise money for public projects.

A Chinese electronics company said it had bought the WeChat account legitimately, but some Australian officials said it was hijacked, and urged a boycott.

Three states and the District of Columbia allege that the tech giant misled consumers by continuing to track those who had changed their privacy settings to prevent data collection.

The tech industry has grown ever more rich off big ideas that were developed more than a decade ago. New things like quantum computing and self-driving cars could take a while.

The president said passage of a China competition bill was needed “for the sake of our economic competitiveness and our national security.”

The effort is the first time the tech giant has tried to get a government case against it tossed out.

The Immersive Storytelling Studio at the National Theater in London is using technology to bring a miniature musical to viewers’ homes. It’s one of several high-tech British projects pushing dramatic boundaries.

Building up U.S. chip production has been a focus of lawmakers and companies alike amid a global shortage of the crucial components.

The potential for interference between 5G signals and the radio altimeters long used by pilots has divided the telecom and aviation industries.

With midterm elections approaching, a vote expected on Thursday could be the first of several that Congress takes on bills aimed at the industry.

Dressing for a virtual world is going to be both enormously liberating and potentially very, very messy.

Activision has a lot of popular games that fit into Microsoft’s plans to build a vast library of titles that can be played on all sorts of devices. The metaverse can wait.

Tracking the virus in wastewater is helping some cities and hospitals respond to the most recent wave of the coronavirus, but a more coordinated national effort is needed, experts say.

Some players, unhappy with Activision in recent years, said the Microsoft deal could reverse a decline in quality.

U.S. antitrust leaders said they would focus on the tech industry’s free services as they strengthened the review process for corporate consolidation.

Microsoft cited the metaverse as a reason for buying Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. Let’s break down what that really means.

A dispute over “web3” in the cryptocurrency industry was publicly exposed in a Twitter spat between Jack Dorsey and Marc Andreessen. Here’s what it’s all about.

Mobile apps for office buildings have become popular as employers try to entice staff back on site by making work-related tasks convenient and safe.

Researchers said the app, which will store sensitive health data on participants at the Winter Games, has serious encryption vulnerabilities.

The company has big plans to turn its delivery fleet green. But very few of the vehicles are made right now.

The malware was revealed as Russian troops remained massed at the Ukrainian border, and after Ukrainian government agencies had their websites defaced.

Young fans are messaging social media creators and entrepreneurs seeking experience. But the terms of the arrangements can vary widely.

The states’ central claim is that Facebook acquired competitors — particularly Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 — in a predatory manner, by crushing competition.

The states argue that Google reached a deal with Facebook to have the social network join its effort in an effort to “kill” a competing ad network.

As Omicron spreads, some experts are calling for a switch to saliva-based tests, which may detect infections days earlier than nasal swabs do.