Editorial** WARNING: Contains Nudity ** Marilyn Monroe?s Pucci dress sells for $325k at auction that nets total $4million as Monroe and Hugh Hefner memorabilia goes under hammer
EditorialTech’s most powerful elite seem to be embracing a new tone lately. It is more openly defiant, combative and a turnaround from just a few years ago, when the industry was put on its heels by exposés about its “bro” culture. (Cari Vander Yacht/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of the Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells research group from Texas Tech follow a storm near Sturgis, S.D. on June 13, 2022. (Erinn Springer/The New York Times)
EditorialNora Hamada, whose business for training recruiters, Recruit Rise, has shifted focus away from high-growth start-ups, at home in Portland, Ore., Aug. 29, 2022. (George Wylesol/The New York Times)
EditorialCompanies developing computer-piloted car technology shouldn’t be in a race, sometimes it’s better to be safe than first. (Charles Desmarais/The New York Times)
EditorialThe march of technology has come with this puzzling reality: Hardly any technologies of the iPhone era have been an unqualified success. (Konrad Adam Modrzejewski/The New York Times)
EditorialTech workers took out loans based on the value of their start-up stock in recent years; that may come back to haunt them. (George Wylesol/The New York Times)
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EditorialIt happens like clockwork. Companies, including Apple this week, introduce new options to make their gadgets feel new and improved. And like clockwork, a vast majority of people won’t use these features. (Konrad Adam Modrzejewski/The New York Times)
EditorialInnovation is essential and tough to sustain now that technology is a mammoth industry. But the fixation on an individual’s ingenuity above all other abilities is a selective memory of tech history. (Jack Snelling/The New York Times)
EditorialFederal privacy bills, security legislation and antitrust laws to address the power of the tech giants have all failed to advance in Congress, despite hand wringing and shows of bipartisan support. (Matt Chase/The New York Times)
EditorialApple’s “CODA” won the Oscar for best picture. Cool. But what happens when Big Tech stops throwing money around? (Asya Demidova/The New York Times)
EditorialMany international businesses in tech and other industries are stopping work in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, but it’s not clear how long the corporate solidarity to isolate Russia will last. (Ruru Kuo/The New York Times)
EditorialThe international business community is getting out of Russia. Global tech companies including Google, Facebook and Apple remain mostly open for business there. (Jinhwa Oh/The New York Times)
EditorialThe international business community is getting out of Russia. Global tech companies including Google, Facebook and Apple remain mostly open for business there. (Jinhwa Oh/The New York Times)
EditorialTechnology is so ingrained in our lives now that many of the company quirks that felt adorable in 2000 now seem like artifice. Exhibit One: “Metamates.” (Asya Demidova/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Biden administration is trying to figure out what to do about apps from China, including TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese internet giant ByteDance. U.S. officials have worried for years that China’s government might turn the information collected by the social media site against Americans. (Ruru Kuo/The New York Times)
EditorialAmerica’s five technology superpowers — Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Facebook — are titanic, and still growing. (Nick Sheeran/The New York Times)
EditorialThe 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. (Sean Dong/The New York Times)
EditorialMicrosoft said on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, that it would buy Activision Blizzard, which makes video games including Candy Crush and Call of Duty. (Erik Carter/The New York Times)
EditorialBig Tech got bigger-er and stronger in 2021. But it also appeared more vulnerable than ever to the forces of regulation, competition, a complicated public mood and perhaps hubris. (James Kerr/Scorpion Dagger/The New York Times)
EditorialHeading into the third year of the coronavirus pandemic, we need and deserve more microdoses of human empathy and community. Technology can help. (Jon Han/The New York Times)
EditorialIf the tech predictions pan out, we’ll soon be wearing computers on our faces and plugging into immersive realms of virtual people and places, perhaps blended with the real world around us. (Burton Booz/The New York Times)
EditorialCompanies inspired by the cryptocurrency bitcoin are creating social networks, storing online content and hosting websites without any central authority. (Daniel Savage/The New York Times)
EditorialAs the economy contracts and many companies struggle to survive, the biggest tech companies are amassing wealth and influence in ways unseen in decades. (Nick Little/The New York Times)