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Threads Review: How Meta’s New App Stacks Up Against Twitter

Sophie Caldwell

When we — Brian X. Chen and Mike Isaac, both longtime tech journalists — got an assignment from our editor last week to review Threads, the new social network from…

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Quebec Lures $5 Billion Battery Factory for Electric Cars

Sophie Caldwell

Northvolt, a Swedish maker of batteries for electric cars, said on Thursday that it would build a factory near Montreal after the Canadian government matched financial incentives that would have…

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How to Direct A.I. Chatbots to Make Them More Useful

Sophie Caldwell

Anyone seduced by A.I.-powered chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard — wow, they can write essays and recipes! — eventually runs into what are known as hallucinations, the tendency for artificial…

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Sony’s PlayStation Chief to Retire Next Year

Sophie Caldwell

Jim Ryan, who leads Sony’s PlayStation video game console business, will retire next year, Sony said on Wednesday.Mr. Ryan joined Sony in 1994, and has held various executive positions at…

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With Meta’s Quest 3, Mixed Reality Is Here. So Now What?

Sophie Caldwell

Last week, I spent several hours trying Meta’s latest goggles, the Quest 3. They ship next month. The headset runs virtual reality games with a novel twist: While shooting a…

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Lina Khan vs. Jeff Bezos: This Is Big Tech’s Real Cage Match

Sophie Caldwell

Jeff Bezos made his fortune with one truly big idea: What if a retailer did everything possible to make customers happy?His forcefully nurtured creation, Amazon, sold as many items as…