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    Google Workers Protest Cloud Contract With Israel's Government

    Google employees are staging sit-ins and protests at company offices in New York and California over...

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    This AI Startup Wants You to Talk to Houses, Cars, and Factories

    Archetype builds AI models that act as a translation layer between humans and complex sensors, using...

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    Apple Store Employees Say Coworkers Were Disciplined for Supporting Palestinians

    A protest is planned Saturday at a Chicago Apple store where workers say managers disciplined staff—and...

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    Bug Zappers Are Swarming on Amazon

    Amazon listings for low-cost tech products can send shoppers down a rabbit hole of weird brand...

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    Photography Is No Longer Evidence of Anything

    The most surprising thing about Kate Middleton’s Photoshop debacle is that anyone would consider a photo...

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    Why Is the Slack Hold Music So Haunted and So Good?

    Those sounds you hear when you’re alone in a Huddle aren’t canned. They’re uncanny.

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    Y Combinator's Chief Startup Whisperer Is Demoting Himself

    As the influential startup incubator downsizes—and navigates political pushback—managing director Michael Seibel is taking a new...

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    Ageism Haunts Some Tech Workers in the Race to Get Hired

    Hundreds of thousands of tech workers have been laid off since 2022. Some who don’t fit...

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    Why Tech Job Interviews Became Such a Nightmare

    Rising interest rates led tech companies to become more demanding of potential hires. From lowball offers...

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    The Mindblowing Experience of a Chatbot That Answers Instantly

    AI chips from startup Groq allow chatbots to answer queries almost instantly. That could open up...

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    My Quest to Fix a Crashing Roku App Provides a Warning About AI

    Consumer technology has trained users to expect and deal with crashes and other bugs. When the...

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    Tech Job Interviews Are Out of Control

    Tech companies are famous for coddling their workers but after mass layoffs the industry's culture has...

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    This Company Says Conversational AI Will Kill Apps and Websites

    Sierra hopes every company will use its empathetic AI chatbots for customer interactions.

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    Kara Swisher Is Sick of Tech People, So She Wrote a Book About Them

    Silicon Valley’s top pundit dishes on her memoir Burn Book, immature billionaires, and whether she’s actually...

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    Here’s the Thing AI Just Can’t Do

    Google says its powerful new chatbot Gemini can supercharge your creativity. But who is really providing...

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    After 20 Years of Facebook, Lawmakers Are Still Trying to Fix It

    Mark Zuckerberg celebrated Facebook’s birthday with a grilling from senators demanding more protections for children. New...

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    How Beloved Indie Blog 'The Hairpin' Turned Into an AI Clickbait Farm

    Beloved women’s website The Hairpin shut down in 2018. This month it returned from the dead...

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    Apple Shares the Secret of Why the 40-Year-Old Mac Still Rules

    The pioneering PC revolutionized how people interact with computers. As the Mac enters its fifth decade,...

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    Why Tech Workers Are Ditching Big Cities for Boise

    Idaho’s capital city is seeing an influx of young people as they apply for tech jobs...

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    Your Medical Data Is Code Blue

    Medical data companies aren’t doing all they can to protect your most private information. When they...

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    No, the Great Tech Layoffs of 2023 Aren’t Happening Again

    Amazon, Discord, Duolingo, and Google all started 2024 with layoffs. But the tech job market isn’t...

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    In Defense of AI Hallucinations

    It's a big problem when chatbots spew untruths. But we should also celebrate these hallucinations as...

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    Forget Growth. Optimize for Resilience

    The tech economy is all about getting those next 10,000 users. What if it maximized something...