by Aynne Kokas JD Vance’s ascendance to vice presidential candidate on the Republican ticket, with ardent backing by tech investor and megadonor Peter Thiel, may seem improbable […]
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The CrowdStrike outage shows the danger of depending on Big Tech overlords
by Heidi Boghosian Starting on Thursday, July 18, with ripple effects for days afterward, a routine software update caused a record-breaking freeze across much of the world. […]
Internet giants hurt kids, concert goers and journalism
by Tom Philp America’s youth spend more time on social media networks than on homework. Popular outlets like YouTube and TikTok have unfettered freedom to keep kids […]
You don’t need an iPhone to benefit from Apple lawsuit
by Rebecca Haw Allensworth Last month, the Department of Justice filed its long-awaited antitrust suit against Apple, accusing the company of monopolizing the smartphone market. This makes […]
TikTok scapegoated for U.S. failure to regulate Big Tech
In a political stampede last Wednesday, the House overwhelmingly approved a bill that would force the app TikTok to be divested from China-based owner ByteDance, or face […]
Why pushing STEM majors is turning out to be a terrible investment
by John D. Skrentny Republicans and Democrats don’t seem to agree on much these days. But despite the gridlock in Congress, both political parties have for years […]
How did Silicon Valley fall from idealism to ruthless exploitation?
by LZ Granderson Adam Bowen and James Monsees — the focus of the Netflix docuseries “Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul” — originally set out […]
Big Tech’s voluntary commitment to responsible AI offers false assurances
by Mohammad Hosseini In response to widespread concerns over artificial intelligence, representatives from Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI met last month with President Joe […]
Banning gov’t officials from talking to Big Tech is no win for free speech
by Suzanne Nossel A couple weeks ago, a federal judge banned communications between large parts of the federal government and social media platforms. The case was brought […]
The writers’ strike is partly about AI
by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers agree on one thing: Artificial intelligence is […]
