Technology

Women use A.I. less than men and do more of the cognitive work at home. The A.I. “family assistant” promises to bridge both divides.

In the Disney-Pixar series’ latest chapter, Jessie, Woody, and Buzz Lightyear confront a looming threat—screen time—that’s changing the play habits of children everywhere.

As Elon Musk sues his former OpenAI partners, A.I. companies are expanding rapidly, but profits are still scarce.

The book “Techno-Negative” reminds us that resistance to new inventions has existed in some form across millennia.

The nature of authorship isn’t as straightforward as it seems.

As the weather becomes less predictable, we need forecasts that are better at telling us what we don’t know.

This was supposed to be the year when autonomous agents took over everyday tasks. The tech industry overpromised and underdelivered.

The rapid normalization of artificial intelligence is forcing a reckoning with how much of the future is being shaped by hype rather than utility.

To feel mentally alive, you have to do more than defeat distraction.

Our columnist on digital culture suggests technology—or anti-technology technology—to give this holiday season.

The author’s new essay collection, “Dead and Alive,” addresses debates on representation in literature, feminism, and how our phones have radicalized us.

In the new book “Enshittification,” Cory Doctorow argues that the deterioration of the online user experience is a deliberate business strategy; he chats with the tech columnist Kyle Chayka.

The technological sublime helps us grasp the power of what we’re creating—but at a cost.

Like the steam engine, electricity, and computers, generative artificial intelligence could take longer than expected to transform the economy.

Evan Osnos speaks with Wired’s Katie Drummond about the hype around artificial intelligence, and what tech moguls learned from Elon Musk’s tenure in the White House.

As the stock prices of Big Tech companies continue to rise and eye-popping I.P.O.s reëmerge, echoes of the dot-com era are getting louder.

In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

In “I, Robot,” three Laws of Robotics align artificially intelligent machines with humans. Could we rein in chatbots with laws of our own?

The founder of OpenAI and the designer behind the iPhone are teaming up on a gadget that they promise to ship out “faster than any company” ever has. What could go wrong?

A new book, “Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading,” argues that notions get taken up not because of their virtue but because of their catchiness.