Want to Buy a Scrunchie Mask? Great. But Forget About That N95.
Scientists are urging Americans to upgrade their face coverings. But Amazon, Google and Facebook restrict the sale of medical-grade masks. Critics say the rules...
Amazon Moves From Film Industry’s Margins to the Mainstream
With several films competing for Golden Globes on Sunday night and a number of high-priced movies coming this year, the streaming service has altered...
Can Tech Break Us Out of Our Bubbles?
1 min read
We need more ways to find new movies, books and activities — especially those that challenge us.Read More
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
What Kind of Plane Am I Flying On?
1 min read
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
1 min read
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