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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...
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...
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...
Bug Zappers Are Swarming on Amazon
Amazon listings for low-cost tech products can send shoppers down a rabbit hole of weird brand...
Photography Is No Longer Evidence of Anything
The most surprising thing about Kate Middleton’s Photoshop debacle is that anyone would consider a photo...
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.
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...
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...
Why Tech Job Interviews Became Such a Nightmare
Rising interest rates led tech companies to become more demanding of potential hires. From lowball offers...
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...
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...
Tech Job Interviews Are Out of Control
Tech companies are famous for coddling their workers but after mass layoffs the industry's culture has...
This Company Says Conversational AI Will Kill Apps and Websites
Sierra hopes every company will use its empathetic AI chatbots for customer interactions.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Your Medical Data Is Code Blue
Medical data companies aren’t doing all they can to protect your most private information. When they...
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...
In Defense of AI Hallucinations
It's a big problem when chatbots spew untruths. But we should also celebrate these hallucinations as...
Forget Growth. Optimize for Resilience
The tech economy is all about getting those next 10,000 users. What if it maximized something...