The social network may be too large to truly quit. Our personal tech columnist answers questions from readers who are contemplating deactivation.
There are some practical solutions to safeguard some of your data, like installing software to block web tracking technologies.
The new smartphone is packed with gimmicky new features like a personal emoji creator. Don’t be surprised if getting used to those emoji takes what a Samsung executive called “an adjustment period.”
The most popular smartphones can cost $700 or more. But for roughly $200, you can have a model that isn’t cutting edge but is plenty capable.
It can be tempting to hook up everything you love to the internet. But take a moment to appreciate some of the objects that can remain unplugged.
The photo-sharing social network includes a feature for posting and annotating multiple photos and videos in one daily collection.
Apple’s tablet has a headphone jack and a Lightning port to plug in external devices, but you can also pair gadgets and sling files wirelessly.
Newer versions of Google’s browser include a setting to easily mute web pages that would otherwise open with audio blaring.
Free dictation tools convert speech to text and several popular programs now let you add text styling and other formatting by voice command.
Storing digital copies of your child’s artwork allows you to look back fondly, long after the pipe cleaners and glitter have been lost to time.
Our tech columnist tried to skip digital news for a while. His old-school experiment led to three main conclusions.
A new generation of cameras like Google’s new Clips device can understand what they see, creating intriguing and sometimes eerie possibilities.
Next to Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, Amazon’s voice assistant may be turning into the third great consumer computing platform of our era.
A start-up called Skydio has created a consumer drone that flies itself. Its tech is likely to become ubiquitous.
How two tech-industry news sites, The Information and Stratechery, may show a path forward.
Vindu Goel, our technology reporter in Mumbai, explains how cheap mobile data is changing the country and why WhatsApp is indispensable.
Brooks Barnes, who covers Hollywood for The New York Times, discussed how the tsunami of technology has forced the entertainment industry to change.
Ian Austen, a correspondent in Canada for The New York Times, chronicles the ups and downs of the country’s high-tech industry.
Our Mexico bureau chief, Azam Ahmed, uses various strategies to keep communications safe while reporting, including the low-tech tactic of in-person meetings.
How Natasha Singer, a tech reporter at The Times, uses tech when she chronicles the industry’s effect on education, privacy and our health.
The ship was torn apart by Japanese torpedoes during World War II. Hundreds of sailors died, including the five Sullivan brothers of Waterloo, Iowa.
At the exclusive three-day conference run by Amazon in the California desert, the merely brilliant rub shoulders with the geniuses.
In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which data from over 50 million Facebook profiles was secretly scraped and mined for voter insights, many Facebook users have decided to delete their accounts — but untangling yourself from a site like Facebook is not as easy as pressing “delete.”
Facebook’s chief executive spoke with The New York Times about data privacy of users, Cambridge Analytica and the company’s next steps.
Brian Acton, one of the creators of WhatsApp, sold his company to the internet giant for $19 billion. Now he’s telling people to “#deletefacebook.”
