Elizabeth Warren wants regulators to examine Big Tech’s expansion into autos
Elizabeth Warren is calling for more federal oversight of Big Tech. In a letter (PDF link) the Democratic senator sent on Tuesday, she asked the Federal...
Twitter Had a Plan to Fix Social Media. Will Elon Musk Follow It?
Musk’s chief concern will be whether he can align his philosophical affection for decentralization with the need to turn Twitter into a profitable business. He has...
The Strange Death of the Uyghur Internet
Making a living as a programmer also became hard, says a former Bilkan developer, who asked to remain anonymous out of concern for his family’s safety....
Former Apple employee admits to defrauding the company out of $17 million
A former Apple employee has pled guilty to defrauding the company out of over $17 million. Dhirendra Prasad, who spent most of his decade at Apple...
Cannabis Banking Startups Want to Make It Easy to Buy Weed
Physical safety is also a concern that fintech startups are trying to address. The more banks that go online and enter the space, the safer the...
Would You Sell Your Vacation Days for Cash?
PTO Genius, another startup launched in 2020, nudges employees that its algorithm guesses are at risk for burnout—based on factors like long hours and behavior changes—to...
Mathieu Flamini Has a Plan to Decarbonize the Chemical Industry
In 2008, the soccer player Mathieu Flamini moved from Arsenal, where he’d spent four years as a tough but classy midfielder, to AC Milan in Italy’s...
If Musk Starts Firing Twitter’s Security Team, Run
Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $44 billion after the least sexy will-they-won’t-they saga of all time. And while Musk attempted to reassure advertisers yesterday that...
Twitter Users Flock to Other Platforms as the Elon Musk Era Begins
A week before Elon Musk closed his $44 billion Twitter deal, Cassie LaBelle, a writer who is part of a transgender community on Twitter, started a...
Elon Musk Now Owns Twitter
After months spent trying to undo the deal he initiated, Tesla founder Elon Musk will pay $44 billion to take ownership of Twitter, honoring an agreement...