May 17, 2021 The FCC’s high-profile bet on Elon Musk Illustration by Amanda Northrop/Vox, Photography by Nilay Patel / The Verge, Joshua Lott/Getty The billionaire’s space internet project could connect millions of remote American…
May 16, 2021 It never made sense for AT&T to buy WarnerMedia. Now it’s undoing its $100 billion deal. WarnerMedia’s Game of Thrones. | HBO The people who brought you Game of Thrones are merging with the people who bring you 90 Day…
May 14, 2021 Why captchas are getting harder Want to watch this video? Please identify all the traffic lights first. It’s not you — captchas really are getting harder. The worst thing…
May 14, 2021 WeWork’s CEO says remote workers are less engaged. Is he right? People are less engaged when working from home. That’s likely because there’s a pandemic going on. | Ute Grabowsky/Photothek via Getty Images What studies…
May 13, 2021 How angry Apple employees’ petition led to a controversial new hire’s departure One of Apple’s many corporate office buildings in Cupertino, California. Even Apple can’t avoid employee conflict over issues like sexism. It’s not every day…
May 12, 2021 A crypto billionaire donated $1 billion to India. Make sure you include an asterisk. Vitalik Buterlin is a 27-year-old billionaire philanthropist. | David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images The saga highlights just how uncharted the territory is in…
May 12, 2021 How YouTube Kids keeps kids watching YouTube Kids feeds children algorithmically curated videos that run indefinitely. | Valera Golovniov/LightRocket/Getty Images YouTube says it’s adding more control over autoplay in its…
May 12, 2021 Tesla is casting a spotlight on the government’s struggle to keep up with self-driving cars Tesla is one of several car companies introducing increasingly autonomous features into cars meant to be operated by human drivers. | Toru Hanai/Bloomberg via…
May 11, 2021 Buy now, pay later changed retail. Health care and rent are next. Buy now, pay later providers Klarna, Afterpay, and Quadpay spent years slowly infiltrating the retail market. The pandemic has accelerated their popularity among all…
May 10, 2021 Facebook will push you to read articles before you share them Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. | Getty Images The company says it wants to promote “more informed sharing.” The next time you try to share…