Ford Abandons the Self-Driving Road to Nowhere
Self-driving car developer Argo AI suddenly announced that it was closing its doors this week. Some of its 1,800-odd employees, already reduced by summer layoffs, are...
Europe Prepares to Rewrite the Rules of the Internet
Next week, a law takes effect that will change the internet forever—and make it much more difficult to be a tech giant. On November 1, the...
Uber Squeezed Europe’s Taxi Drivers. Now It Wants to Hire Them
Drivers like Hubert might be skeptical of Uber’s deals, but within some unions there is real hostility toward the company. “We don’t expect anything from Uber....
AI’s New Creative Streak Sparks a Silicon Valley Gold Rush
Guo believes generative AI is a leap in the potential of AI technology similar to one beginning in 2012 that reshaped the whole tech industry and...
A Chaotic Crypto Launch Reveals How Hard It Is to Beat Ethereum
Whether Aptos is able to meet this objective will have plenty to do with the programming language underpinning its chain, called Move, which was developed from...
Microplastics Are Everywhere. Here’s What You Can Do About It
So what, you might ask—it’s just plastic! After all, if you accidentally swallow a shirt button, it’ll pass straight through you, right? But when it’s broken...
How Retail App Temu Lures US Shoppers With Mind-Bending Prices
Temu looked desolate when it first launched, but it now adds thousands of new products each day, the company claims. Rui Ma, an investor and analyst...
Apple’s App Review Fix Fails to Placate Developers
Apple’s app review process underscores the asymmetry between the world’s most valuable company and small app developers, especially those working solo. When Alin Panaitiu received a...
The Quiet Insurrection the January 6 Committee Missed
Still, he was granted a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse into not just the January 6 attack. He also believes he identified the insurrection’s central player: Trump’s former...
What the Soup-Throwing Climate Activists Got Right
Some people have argued that the stunt discredited the wider climate movement. I don’t buy that for a second. Instead, I suspect it is far more...