Ex-Twitter Workers Puzzle Over Elon Musk’s Abandoned Laptops
Elon Musk’s Twitter needs every penny. With millions of dollars in allegedly unpaid rent and bills, plus $13 billion owed to lenders who financed his takeover, there is “still much...
Alphabet’s Layoffs Aren’t Very Googley
In 2004, Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin engaged in a comically passive-aggressive IPO road show. They eschewed business suits for casual garb, refused to...
Big Tech Is Really Bad at Firing People
People who are still at the company aren’t sure if they’re next. Bowling said that workers who still have access to the company’s systems told him...
Robot Cars Are Causing 911 False Alarms in San Francisco
For some residents of San Francisco, the robotic future of driving is just a tap away. Ride-hailing services from GM subsidiary Cruise and Alphabet company Waymo allow them to...
ChatGPT Is Coming for Classrooms. Don’t Panic
When high school English teacher Kelly Gibson first encountered ChatGPT in December, the existential anxiety kicked in fast. While the internet delighted in the chatbot’s superficially sophisticated answers...
Airlines and Cattle Farmers Have Beef With Google’s Climate Math
Flying premium from San Francisco to Los Angeles, a common trip for some Californians, could generate 101 kilograms of carbon emissions, or perhaps 142 or even...
The Rebellion Amazon Can No Longer Ignore
But the union’s success overcoming this bureaucracy in Coventry has piqued the interest of Amazon workers around the world, who are trying to organize a global...
The Earth Is Begging You to Accept Smaller EV Batteries
Humanity may not exactly be winning its battle to avert climate change, but the electrification of cars has begun to look like a success story. Ten...
China Is the World’s Biggest Face Recognition Dealer
“It bolsters the case for why we need to be setting parameters around this type of technology,” says Alexandra Seymour, an associate fellow at the Center for...