September 15, 2020 How to make Zoom calls feel a little more like real life Efi Chalikopoulou for Vox The same tech that powers Pokémon Go might make virtual meetings suck less. Now six months into the pandemic, it’s…
September 14, 2020 What the heck is going on with TikTok and Oracle, explained TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has been in the middle of a messy, months-long negotiation with the US government over its future. | Photo Illustration…
September 12, 2020 How to make sure the census counts you Christina Animashaun/Vox Fill out your census form! April 1 was the official Census Day. Although you are legally obligated to participate in the census,…
September 10, 2020 California’s recurring wildfire problem, explained A burned residence smolders from the Bear Fire, part of the North Complex Fires, in Butte County, California, on September 9, 2020. | Josh…
September 10, 2020 Twitter is tightening its rules against voting misinformation Twitter is expanding its policies against voter misinformation ahead of the election. | Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images The new rules would flag *****’s…
September 10, 2020 The case for Broadband for All Efi Chalikopoulou for Vox We need to get the internet to everyone in America. Here’s what it would take to do it. Since the…
September 9, 2020 You can get a robot to keep your lonely grandparents company. Should you? Efi Chalikopoulou for Vox The ethical costs and benefits of a companion robot — during the pandemic and beyond. Mabel LeRuzic, age 90, lives…
September 9, 2020 Right-wing media thrives on Facebook. Whether it rules is more complicated. The Facebook page of Ben Shapiro, the conservative personality who runs the Daily Wire, frequently makes the top ten list shared by Kevin Roose,…
September 3, 2020 Facebook won’t stop Facebook from spreading lies about the election Photo by Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images Facebook is sort of banning political ads in the week before the 2020 election and making other well-intentioned tweaks….
September 2, 2020 Larry Ellison has abruptly shut down the foundation he spent years setting up Larry Ellison, one of the world’s richest people, has struggled to figure out what to do with his fortune. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The…