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Websites go dark as AI exposes critical security flaws

Government agencies and companies around the world shut down websites Wednesday after two critical flaws came to light involving PHP, a programming language that is the basis for a large share of the internet. PHP sits...

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Tickmill partners with ProTrade Investments to expand its presence in Oman

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A handshake in orbit 50 years ago transformed the space race

A 1973 artists conception of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, with the Apollo spacecraft at left and the Soyuz spacecraft at right. (NASA via The New York Times)

TikTok hit by fresh complaint over data access

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How the deep-sea cables that power the world are made

Submarine cable at the Prysmian plant in Pikkala, Finland, May 14, 2025. (Juho Kuva/The New York Times)

The streaming wars come down to 2: YouTube vs Netflix

The two giant video companies have far different strategies, but the same goal: controlling your TV set. (Jiaqi Wang/The New York Times)

Australia wants to bar children from social media. Can it succeed?

School children use their smartphones near the Barangaroo Ferry Terminal in Sydney, Feb. 24, 2021. (Matthew Abbot/The New York Times)

YouTube pirates cashing in on Hollywood’s Blockbusters

A display in the front lobby at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., June 18, 2024. (Anastasiia Sapon/The New York Times)

UK plans to increase control over Google in search

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UK plans to increase control over Google in search

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Meta offered $100 mn bonuses to poach OpenAI employees: CEO Altman

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Here is everything Apple announced at its annual developer conference

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Google’s new AI-powered search has arrived

AI Mode excels at tasks like product research for online shopping. But it falls short on basic web searches. (Sisi Yu/The New York Times)

X platform suffered a widespread outage

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Google unveils AI chatbot, signaling a new era for search

Attendees take pictures with the Google I/O sign at Shoreline Amphitheatre during Google I/O, an annual conference for software developers, in Mountain View, Calif., on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Mike Kai Chen/The New York Times)

AI poses a bigger threat to women's work

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