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...
ADS-B Exchange, the Flight Tracker That Powered @ElonJet, Sold to Jetnet
The standard the exchange relies on, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), is becoming increasingly ubiquitous and is mandated by the FAA. It’s that standard that has made ADS-B...
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...
Most Criminal Cryptocurrency Funnels Through Just 5 Exchanges
For years, the cryptocurrency economy has been rife with black market sales, theft, ransomware, and money laundering—despite the strange fact that in that economy, practically every...
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...