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Europe’s Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U.S. Tech Dominance Against It

To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently helped suspend the email account of an International Criminal Court prosecutor in the Netherlands who was investigating Israel for war crimes.

TikTok Hits Cannes, Where a U.S. Ban Seems a Distant Dream

TikTok executives hosted happy hours and played pickleball with influencers on the French Riviera this week, even as a U.S. ban loomed over the company.

Can A.I. Quicken the Pace of Math Discoveries?

Breakthroughs in pure mathematics can take decades. A new Defense Department initiative aims to speed things up using artificial intelligence.

Your A.I. Queries Come With a Climate Cost

When it comes to artificial intelligence, more intensive computing uses more energy, producing more greenhouse gases.

How Vera Rubin Telescope Scientists Will Deal With 60 Million Billion Bytes of Imagery

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will make the study of stars and galaxies more like the big data-sorting exercises of contemporary genetics and particle physics.

Trump Is Selling a Phone + The Start-Up Trying to Automate Every Job + Allison Williams Talks ‘M3GAN 2.0’

“They’re calling it the T1 Phone 8002 Gold Version, which sounds kind of like a Taylor Swift album.”

Hybrid Cars, Once Derided and Dismissed, Have Become Popular

Automakers and car buyers are taking a second, harder look at hybrids after leaving them behind for electric vehicles.

Chinese Tech Giants Have Big Ambitions in Brazil

Confronted with tariffs and scrutiny in the United States and Europe, Chinese consumer brands are betting that they can become household names in Latin America’s biggest economy.

Tesla’s Robotaxi, Long Promised by Elon Musk, Joins a Crowded Field

Mr. Musk says the driverless taxis could begin ferrying passengers on Sunday in Austin, Texas, where other companies already have similar cars on the road.

BYD and Other Chinese Carmakers Expand Sales in Europe Despite Tariffs

BYD and other companies doubled their share of the car market after the European Union imposed higher tariffs on electric vehicles from China.

Trump to Again Extend TikTok’s Reprieve From U.S. Ban

The president plans to sign another executive order this week that would give the popular video app more time to change its ownership structure.

Senate Passes Cryptocurrency and Stablecoin Rules Bill

The bill was a significant step toward giving the cryptocurrency industry the credibility and legitimacy it has sought, without limitations it has worked to head off.

Tell Us: How Are You Using A.I. at Work?

Has A.I. become a part of your daily work routines? We want to know.

China’s Spy Agencies Are Investing Heavily in A.I., Researchers Say

A new report comes amid rising concern about how China will use new tools to power covert actions, as Western intelligence services also embrace the technology.

Lawmakers Demand Palantir Provide Information About U.S. Contracts

Ten Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the tech company this week asking about its expanding contracts under the Trump administration.

Trumps Promote American Bitcoin, a New Crypto Mining Venture

The debut of American Bitcoin, a mining firm backed by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., has heightened the ethical concerns swirling around the Trump presidency.

Trump’s Trade and Tax Policies Start to Stall U.S. Battery Boom

Battery companies are slowing construction or reconsidering big investments in the United States because of tariffs on China and the proposed rollback of tax credits.