There’s been no shortage of documentaries covering the perils of Big Tech. Most recently, Netflix’s The Social Dilemma made waves, for better or worse, as it leaned on insiders to unpack the manipulative designs of social […]
On Monday we presented readers with the latest observations from BofA quants who pointed out that Q3 earnings “smacked of the tech bubble” because despite impressive beats, in many cases stocks dropped (or outright […]
Five major U.S. tech companies released their third-quarter earnings reports after the closing bell on Thursday, each with a similar story to tell about how the coronavirus pandemic is driving sales and […]
Apple announced four new iPhone 12 models today and set about the task of convincing people that they really do need the phones’ key new feature, 5G wireless connectivity. The new iPhone […]
Here’s an unsettling exercise: Imagine if the food manufacturing industry could abandon all transparency. In this world, the Food and Drug Administration wouldn’t exist to monitor and label food. Essential regulation such […]
Joy Buolamwini got Jeff Bezos to back down. In June, Amazon announced that it was issuing a moratorium on police use of its controversial facial recognition software, called Rekognition, which it had sold to law […]
Big Tech CEOs—Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai of Google, and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg—testified yesterday before the U.S. House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee. I don’t expect much to result from this […]
Tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter are having a “huge problem” controlling content on their platforms, and censoring conservatives isn’t enough, claimed BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti. “Tech platforms are having a […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) responded to its critics this week by launching a new task force to examine big tech’s market power as the agency faces pressure to get tougher on […]
