How China’s Tencent Avoided an Antitrust Push, For Now.
Tencent’s popularity may help it avoid trouble with Beijing. But its vast power could still squelch innovation in the world’s largest online market.Read More
Year: 2021
Major meat producer JBS USA suffered a cyberattack on Sunday.
Two tweets by Elon Musk in the past two years have run afoul of an agreement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that...
Amazon announced Tuesday it supports the federal legalization of marijuana, and that the company is revising a controversial workplace policy critics say has been...
Organic matter has been found on Mars in soil samples taken from 3 billion-year-old mudstone in the Gale crater by the Curiosity rover, NASA...
Using cinematic tools other comics overlook, the star (who is also the director, editor and cameraman) trains a glaring spotlight on internet life mid-pandemic.Read...
The Human Toll of Bearing Witness
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Smartphone videos are tools for bearing witness and holding the powerful to account. But they come at a cost.Read More
A Rural-Urban Broadband Divide, but Not the One You Think Of
Many more people in cities lack broadband access than in rural areas, but lawmakers are primarily focused on extending high-speed access to remote areas.Read...
Want Your Nails Done? Let a Robot Do It.
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Start-ups are using technology to take a robotic approach to manicures, offering a simple way to provide foolproof nail polish.Read More
Something Bothering You? Tell It to Woebot.
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When your therapist is a bot, you can reach it at 2 a.m. But will it really understand your problems?Read More