The New York Times - Technology

1. Inside the Y2K Crisis That Never Was, 25 Years Later

   Planes didn’t fall from the sky on Jan. 1, 2000. A technology reporter who wrote a front-page article early that morning reflects on a crisis that never was.

2. Big Rockets, a Big Telescope and Big Changes in Space Await in 2025

   Here are some key events to look forward to in space and astronomy in the year ahead.

3. The 2024 Good Tech Awards

   In a year of continued A.I. progress, “founder mode” drama and a Trump election win, a few tech projects stood out for their clear benefits to humanity.

4. Social Media Companies Face Global Tug-of-War Over Free Speech

   President-elect Donald J. Trump’s picks for the F.C.C. and F.T.C. have vowed to remove censorship online. That conflicts with European regulators who are pushing for stricter moderation.

5. Home Beauty Device Trends

   As the science of skin care continues to expand, some of those advances have landed directly in consumers’ hands. Is that a good thing?

6. China Hacked Treasury Dept. in ‘Major’ Breach, U.S. Says

   The episode comes at a particularly sensitive moment, just as the Biden White House is dealing with one of the most far-reaching, and damaging, hacks into American infrastructure in the cyberage.

7. The Men Who Use Instagram to Groom Child Influencers

   Photographers and other men offer to build online followings for young girls, but some are pedophiles who work with parents to sexualize them.

8. Trump Weighs In on H-1B Visas Supported by Elon Musk

   He said in an interview that he had used the visas for skilled workers “many times.” But he has mainly used visas for unskilled workers like housekeepers.

9. How Donald Trump Went From Calling for a TikTok Ban to Backing Off

   In 2020, he moved to ban the Chinese-owned app. Now, he is opposing the Biden administration’s effort to do just that.

10. FAA Grants Bezos’ Blue Origin Launch License for New Glenn Rocket

    The company, owned by the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, also received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to launch the vehicle to orbit.