Using a tool that Facebook offers its users, our columnist found out more than he wanted to know about the social network, the ad industry and himself.
It’s time to stop using technology and the internet as though you were shopping at a supermarket.
Facebook and Twitter don’t make it easy to run your old posts through the scrubber. So our personal tech columnist took on the challenge.
The social network may be too large to truly quit. Our personal tech columnist answers questions from readers who are contemplating deactivation.
There are some practical solutions to safeguard some of your data, like installing software to block web tracking technologies.
If your phone uses a single port for the charger and headphones, you can still power the battery while you listen to music — with the help of some additional gear.
You can attach one to a post or a status update, but only if you are using a certain type of Facebook page.
Devious code is sending people to fraudulent quiz and contest pages, so ignore that “lucky winner” notice and run a security scan.
If your screen has become jumbled with too many open files, folders and programs to manage, you can quickly sort the pile.
The incognito and private browsing modes built into most modern browsers shield your online activity at home — but maybe not to the rest of the world.
Our tech columnist tried to skip digital news for a while. His old-school experiment led to three main conclusions.
A new generation of cameras like Google’s new Clips device can understand what they see, creating intriguing and sometimes eerie possibilities.
Next to Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, Amazon’s voice assistant may be turning into the third great consumer computing platform of our era.
A start-up called Skydio has created a consumer drone that flies itself. Its tech is likely to become ubiquitous.
How two tech-industry news sites, The Information and Stratechery, may show a path forward.
Rebecca Blumenstein, a deputy managing editor of The Times, shared the biggest developments that are coming and how her children use apps.
Sapna Maheshwari, who covers advertising for The Times, discusses how she tracks the online ads that track us.
Jonah Bromwich, a breaking news reporter at The Times, uses an arsenal of social media tools to catch the latest tweets, posts and comments to discern their patterns.
Hanna Ingber, editorial director of The Times Reader Center, provided a how-to on using social media to converse with readers on topics from race to the weather.
Julie Turkewitz, The Times’s correspondent in Denver, often finds herself on mountain roads and unexpected flights. But being prepared for anything means knowing what’s essential.
The social network posted increases in profit and revenue as it deals with a torrent of criticism about its privacy practices and the way it handles user data.
The Facebook chief executive has vowed to clean up the social network, but his company has failed to stop even those impersonating him from swindling people.
Parents will be able to handpick the channels and topics their children can view on the app, which has been criticized for allowing disturbing content to slip through.
Winning the contest could mean a steeper increase in local housing costs over the next decade, a study finds. Nashville is already contemplating the impact.
The social media service may not be adding new users at much of a clip, but its advertising-driven business seems to have stabilized.