Nick Bilton

Today, two new technological tricks that together could invade our past selves and rewrite the rules of credibility. Also, we release something terrible into the world.

What happens if we hand over our stickiest moral quandary to a two-ton hunk of metal and let it loose on our streets?

A new article in "Vanity Fair" looks at how Silicon Valley may have unwittingly helped to create Donald Trump. 

Internet bots are bits of code that run automated tasks online, often sending you spam links on social media. They're becoming increasingly sophisticated and are even being used by some governments and major corporations to shape public opinion. Nick Bilton, a reporter for the New York Times and lead writer of the Bits Blog, explains how these bots work and how they're being used.

New York Times columnist and reporter Nick Bilton tells the story behind Twitter, a drama of betrayed friendships and power struggles, as the founders went from engineers to wealthy celebrities. Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal tells how, as Twitter grew, the four founders fought bitterly for money, influence, publicity, and control over a company that grows larger and more powerful by the day. 

New York Times columnist and reporter Nick Bilton tells the story behind Twitter, a drama of betrayed friendships and high-stakes power struggles, as the founders went from everyday engineers to wealthy celebrities. Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal tells how, as Twitter grew, the four founders fought bitterly for money, influence, publicity, and control over a company that grows larger and more powerful by the day. 

New Tech City host Manoush Zomorodi spoke to the New York Times technology columnist about why none of Twitter's original founders continue to work at the company and how a service bu...

These days, it seems that technology connects us with everything we want to know. Using our phones, Facebook, the pages of Wikipedia and YouTube videos, we instantly fulfill our desires for information, connection and amusement. But as a result, have we eliminated many of life's surprises?

After weeks of speculation and hype the Apple iPad was unveiled yesterday. What does it look like? What does it do? And will you want to buy one?

Nick Bilton, Design Integration Editor for The New York Times and the User Interface Specialist & Researcher for The New York Times Research & Development Lab, and Joe Brown, Associate Editor for Wired Magazine, discusses current trends in television technology--from HDTV to plasma screens to the upcoming 3D ...

Tech Takeout: New York Times tech reporter Nick Bilton explains the implications of Blackberry manufacturer Research In Motion having had a second major email and internet outage in...

A few stories about the future of TV caught our eye this week that we wanted to follow up on.  The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple may begin to offer TV subscriptions via the ...