Twitch, Where Far-Right Influencers Feel at Home
Barred from Twitter and Facebook as Trump was, social media’s younger conspiracy theorists are moving to Twitch.Read More
Year: 2021
Microsoft reports strongest quarterly growth in years, as profit also rises.
“Digital adoption curves aren’t slowing down,” Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s chief executive, said in a statement. “They’re accelerating.”Read More
Alphabet’s profit more than doubled last quarter as Google’s advertising business rebounded.
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Alphabet posted revenue of $55.31 billion, up 34 percent from a year earlier, and net profit more than doubled to $17.93 billion in the...
Extremists Find a Financial Lifeline on Twitch
QAnon adherents and other far-right influencers are making thousands of dollars broadcasting election and vaccine conspiracy theories on the streaming site.Read More
To Understand Tech, Look Beyond the C.E.O.s
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What the tech barons think matters. But imagine if those working in the trenches had a bigger voice.Read More
In the farming RPG, I can enjoy a life of pastoral domesticity. IRL, I’m a lesbian urbanite struggling through the pandemic.Read More
How Data Is Changing the Way Offices Are Run
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Building owners are using data collection and artificial intelligence to help control systems like heating, lighting, air quality and even the flow of workers.Read...
These Materials Could Make Science Fiction a Reality
Metamaterials, which could improve smartphones and change how we use other technology, allow scientists to control light waves in new ways.Read More
Daniel Kaminsky, Internet Security Savior, Dies at 42
If you are reading this obituary online, you owe your digital safety to him.Read More
Tesla cracks the $1 billion profit mark
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Tesla posted record profits Monday — its third record quarter in a row — as its adjusted earnings reached the $1 billion mark for...