A Spreadsheet of China’s Censorship Shows the Human Toll
An online spreadsheet with an anonymous minder tabulates Xi Jinping’s crackdown on speech.Read More
Month: February 2021
What Kind of Plane Am I Flying On?
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After engine debris from a Boeing 777-200 rained down on a Denver suburb, some fliers may want to know more about plane safety and...
A Critic of Technology Turns Her Gaze Inward
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Sherry Turkle is best known for exploring the dysfunctional relationships between humans and their screens. She takes on a new focus — herself —...
Away From Silicon Valley, the Military Is the Ideal Customer
While much has been made of tech’s unwillingness to work with the Pentagon, start-ups are still plumbing the industry’s decades-long ties to the military.Read...
F.C.C. Approves a $50 Monthly High-Speed Internet Subsidy
The money, aimed at low-income households, is part of an effort to bridge the access gap to broadband connectivity amid the pandemic.Read More
AT&T, loaded with debt from its DirecTV deal, sells part of its TV business to a private equity firm.
The spinoff, which will give TPG a minority stake, values the TV business at $16.25 billion — about a third of what AT&T paid...
Some are calling David Dobrik’s new photo app, Dispo, the next Instagram.Read More
Airbnb posts a $3.9 billion loss in its first report as public company. 
Twitter Shakes Off the Cobwebs With New Product Plans
Though it has received outsized attention for the last few years, the company has not changed very much. But a recent acquisition spree signals...
The long, painful path of net neutrality
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Where the war over net neutrality stands, and why it (sort of) matters today.Read More