In Hong Kong, Short-Lived Censorship Hints at a Deeper Standoff
The Mr. Law, 27, said he and other activists had set up the site from outside Hong Kong. A New York Times check on the...
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Khaby Lame, the Everyman of the Internet
In March 2020, during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Khabane Lame, a young factory worker in the northern Italian industrial town of Chivasso,...
Russian Cybercriminal Group Was Behind Meat Plant Attack, F.B.I. Says
About 400 workers were back on the job at the JBS beef plant in Souderton, Pa., versus about 1,500 who would work in a typical...
Virtual Reality Therapy Plunges Patients Back Into Trauma. Here Is Why Some Swear by It.
“V.R. is not going to be the solution,” said Jonathan Rogers, a researcher at University College London who has studied rates of anxiety disorders during...
India and Israel Inflame Facebook’s Fights With Its Own Employees
SAN FRANCISCO — When India’s government ordered Facebook and other tech companies to take down posts critical of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic in...
5 Ways to Get More Out of Android 11
Last week’s Tech Tip column collected several iOS 14 tips for iPhone users, and many phones running Google’s Android 11 operating system have similar controls...
Silicon Valley’s Meh Middle
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.The Silicon Valley myth doesn’t leave much room...
Bo Burnham’s ‘Inside’: A Comedy Special and an Inspired Experiment
The incentives of the web, those that reward outrage, excess and sentiment, are the villains of this show. In a giddy homage to “Cabaret,” Burnham,...
Why China’s Most-Hated Internet Company Decided to Play Nice
That’s glossing over the huge power imbalance between Tencent and the many satellite companies in its orbit. Colin Huang, founder of Pinduoduo, hinted at that...
Want Your Nails Done? Let a Robot Do It.
This article is part of our new series, Currents, which examines how rapid advances in technology are transforming our lives.Omri Moran was on time for...