New York Times Technology News

1. ‘To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower

   The oil-rich kingdom is plowing money into glitzy events, computing power and artificial intelligence research, putting it in the middle of an escalating U.S.-China struggle for technological influence.

2. TikTok Broke the Tech Law Logjam. Can That Success Be Repeated?

   For years, federal lawmakers have tried to pass legislation to rein in the tech giants. The TikTok law was their first success.

3. There Is No TikTok in China, Only Douyin. Here’s What It Is.

   ByteDance owns both TikTok and Douyin, and although TikTok has more users around the world, Douyin is the company’s cash cow and a China mainstay.

4. Meta Says It Plans to Spend Billions More on A.I.

   Along with the higher spending, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp projected lighter-than-expected revenue, causing its stock to plummet.

5. How to Claim Your Part of a $5.6 Million Ring Settlement

   The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments to customers who had certain Ring home security cameras and accounts during a particular time period, the agency said.

6. Deepfake of Baltimore Principal Leads to Arrest of School Employee

   A high school athletic director in the Baltimore area was arrested after he used A.I., the police said, to make a racist and antisemitic audio clip.

7. Alphabet’s Revenue Jumps 15% to $80.5 Billion

   Google’s parent company topped revenue and profit estimates and said that it would offer a stock dividend for the first time.

8. Microsoft Reports Rising Revenues as A.I. Investments Bear Fruit

   The tech giant’s quarterly results included strong growth in cloud computing, fueled by its services in generative artificial intelligence.

9. F.C.C. Votes to Restore Net Neutrality Rules

   Commissioners voted along party lines to revive the rules that declare broadband as a utility-like service that could be regulated like phones and water.

10. Key Solar Panel Ingredient Is Made in the U.S.A. Again

    REC Silicon says it will soon start shipping polysilicon, which has come mostly from China, reviving a Washington State factory that shut down in 2019.

11. Honda Commits to E.V.s With Big Investment in Canada

    The Japanese automaker, which has been slow to sell electric vehicles, said it would invest $11 billion to make batteries and cars in Ontario.

12. How Pastor Chad Nedohin Helped Turn Trump Media Into a Meme Stock

    Chad Nedohin, a part-time pastor, is among the fans of Donald J. Trump who helped turn Trump Media into a meme stock with volatile prices.

13. On TikTok, Potential Ban of App Leads to Resignation and Frustration

    While Congress says the social app is a security threat, critics of the law targeting it say it shows how out of step lawmakers are with young people.

14. Binance Founder Should Get 3 Years in Prison, Prosecutors Say

    Lawyers for Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the crypto exchange Binance, countered that he should receive no prison time.

15. Elon Musk Clashes With Australian Court Over Violent Videos on X

    Mr. Musk’s defiance over removing content is testing the boundaries of international legal systems.

16. Inside Lawmakers’ Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill

    A tiny group of lawmakers huddled in private about a year ago, aiming to keep the discussions away from TikTok lobbyists while bulletproofing a bill that could ban the app.

17. Meta’s A.I. Assistant Is Fun to Use, but It Can’t Be Trusted

    Despite Mark Zuckerberg’s hope for the chatbot to be the smartest, it struggles with facts, numbers and web search.

18. The Meta-morphosis of Mark Zuckerberg

    The robotic nerd depicted in “The Social Network” has turned into the kinder, more accessible face of Silicon Valley. What’s going on?

19. How a Virtual Assistant Taught Me to Appreciate Busywork

    A new category of apps promises to relieve parents of drudgery, with an assist from A.I. But a family’s grunt work is more human, and valuable, than it seems.

20. Former Boeing Manager Says Workers Mishandled Parts to Meet Deadlines

    Merle Meyers, who left Boeing last year after a 30-year career, said he was speaking publicly about his experience because he loved the company “fiercely.”