The New York Times - Technology

1. Trump Picks Brendan Carr to Lead F.C.C.

   Mr. Carr, who currently sits on the commission and is a vocal critic of Big Tech, has said the agency should regulate the tech industry.

2. Substack’s Bet on Politics Newsletters Leads to Subscriber Growth

   The newsletter start-up, which once drew an overture from Elon Musk, is betting on politics content and recruiting stars. But profits remain elusive.

3. Election Reveals Right-Wing Shift of Social Media Platforms

   If the election underscored anything about the internet, it was the ascendancy of social platforms for the right. That puts Democrats at a disadvantage.

4. How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Growth

   The fledgling social media site has been flooded with new users since the election. It hasn’t all been easy.

5. How to Add Extra Security Layers to Your Phone or Tablet

   New features in Apple’s iOS 18 and Google’s Android 15 can lock up apps with sensitive information and even hide them from view.

6. How Google Spent 15 Years Concealing Its Internal Conversations

   Trying to avoid antitrust suits, Google systematically told employees to destroy messages, avoid certain words and copy the lawyers as often as possible.

7. Physicist Who Made Superconductor Claims Exits University of Rochester

   Journals had retracted papers on superconductors that worked at room temperature and materials science that involved Ranga Dias.

8. Severing of Baltic Sea Cables Was ‘Sabotage,’ Germany Says

   Germany’s defense minister said damage to two fiber-optic cables on the sea floor appeared deliberate, but a culprit was not known.

9. Robots Struggle to Match Warehouse Workers on ‘Really Hard’ Jobs

   The machines can load and unload trucks, move goods and do other repetitive tasks but are stymied by some, like picking items from a pile.

10. ChatGPT Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness

    A small study found ChatGPT outdid human physicians when assessing medical case histories, even when those doctors were using a chatbot.