‘Kony 2012,’ 10 Years Later
Once the most viral video of all time, the film reads as both a digital relic and a precursor to an era in which...
Reality Intrudes on a Utopian Crypto Vision
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The cryptocurrency boom has spawned enterprises democratically governed by a community of users. Or that’s the theory. Making it work has been much messier.Read...
Apple Has to Try Hard Now
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The tech giant used to give us only a few cool options. Now it has to work harder to win us over.Read More
The opportunities seem endless. The reality is much more complicated.Read More
The digital Iron Curtain: How Russia’s internet could soon start to look a lot like China’s
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Like much else about the country, Russia’s internet has long straddled East and West.
Russia, Blocked From the Global Internet, Plunges Into Digital Isolation
Russian authorities and multinational companies have erected a digital barricade between the country and the West, erasing the last remnants of independent information online.Read...
Dreaming of Suitcases in Space
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A California start-up company believes it can one day speed delivery of important items by storing them in orbit.Read More
Apple is about to hold its first big product event of 2022 and the focus will be on performance. That likely means faster chips,...
TikTok Suspends Livestreaming and New Uploads From Russia
Millions of people have turned to TikTok for live updates from Ukraine.Read More
TikTok Ukraine War Videos Raise Questions About Spread of Misinformation
The Chinese-owned video app is dealing with a flood of war videos and the question of whether it is spreading unverified information.Read More