How the Kremlin Infiltrated Russia’s Facebook
VK has become a major beneficiary of Russia’s recent ban on its competitors. In March, the platform reached a record 50 million daily users, becoming the...
As Bitcoin Falters, Crypto Miners Brace for a Crash
Last year, as bitcoin’s price rose as high as $68,000, miners were having a blast. Their profits, according to some estimates, were hovering just under 90...
Tension Inside Google Over a Fired AI Researcher’s Conduct
When asked about Chatterjee, Google spokesperson Jason Freidenfelds provided a company statement confirming he was “terminated with cause.” Freidenfelds also provided a statement from Zoubin Ghahramani,...
Companies Are Hacking Their Way Around the Chip Shortage
As the global chip shortage stretches toward the two-year mark, manufacturers are pulling some unusual tricks to keep production lines moving. Carmakers are using semiconductors taken...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Plans Would Mean Less Free Speech for Many
In March 2021, a Turkish court ordered the news site Diken to remove a critical story about an ally of the country’s president, Recep Tayip Erdogan....
Benjamin Franklin Meets the Blockchain
Hi, everyone. Another grim week. The plain truth is that we have got to stop selling weapons of war to random civilians. The Plain View In...
An Autonomous Car Blocked a Fire Truck Responding to an Emergency
On an early April morning, around 4 am, a San Francisco Fire Department truck responding to a fire tried to pass a doubled-parked garbage truck by...
Who Owns 4chan?
By 2016, Nishimura announced that the costs of running 4chan were simply too high and suggested the site’s closure was imminent. In 2018, Nishimura attempted to...
Microsoft’s Code-Writing AI Points to the Future of Computers
Microsoft just showed how artificial intelligence could find its way into many software applications—by writing code on the fly. At the Microsoft Build developer conference today,...
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An Amazon Warehouse Worker Takes the Fight to Shareholders
Amazon’s organizing warehouse workers have been rattling the ecommerce giant, winning union elections, and staging walkouts to agitate for better working conditions. Now, one worker is...