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Big Tech Archive

Archives for July 2019

Technology
A former Amazon employee hacked the credit card data of 100 million AmericansA former Amazon employee hacked the credit card data of 100 million Americans
Technology

New York state has launched an investigation into what happened at Capital One.

By Theodore Schleifer
Technology
Why Google employees are donating to Warren and Sanders — candidates who want to break up GoogleWhy Google employees are donating to Warren and Sanders — candidates who want to break up Google
Technology

They say these candidates are good for society, good for tech, and — surprisingly — good for Google.

By Rani Molla and Shirin Ghaffary
Technology
Amazon warehouse workers in Chicago say the company cheated them of overtime hoursAmazon warehouse workers in Chicago say the company cheated them of overtime hours
Technology

The workers recently filed a complaint with the Illinois State Department of Labor.

By Shirin Ghaffary
Culture
Netflix’s The Great Hack explores how Cambridge Analytica sold your data during the 2016 electionNetflix’s The Great Hack explores how Cambridge Analytica sold your data during the 2016 election
Culture

You’ll want to delete your Facebook account.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Technology
Where your delivery app tips really go, explainedWhere your delivery app tips really go, explained
Technology

Companies like DoorDash and Amazon have been accused of dipping into the tip jar. On Tuesday night, DoorDash reversed its policy.

By Shirin Ghaffary
Technology
Watch out, Google, Amazon, and Facebook: the Justice Department just launched a major antitrust reviewWatch out, Google, Amazon, and Facebook: the Justice Department just launched a major antitrust review
Technology

Government regulators are, yet again, stepping up scrutiny on Big Tech.

By Emily Stewart
Future Perfect
Microsoft wants to build artificial general intelligence: an AI better than humans at everythingMicrosoft wants to build artificial general intelligence: an AI better than humans at everything
Future Perfect

Microsoft’s new billion dollar partnership with OpenAI is a big bet on the future of artificial intelligence.

By Kelsey Piper
The Amazon dilemma: how a tech powerhouse that fulfills our every consumer need still lets us down
Podcast
Technology

Despite increasing criticism, Amazon refuses to acknowledge many of the unintended consequences its rise to dominance has spawned.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Why 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang doesn’t want to break up GoogleWhy 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang doesn’t want to break up Google
Podcast
Technology

Big Tech’s consolidation is hurting innovation, Yang says, but just saying “break them up” is a “20th century approach to [a] 21st century problem.”

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Big Tech told Congress it has plenty of competitors. It’s crushing them all.Big Tech told Congress it has plenty of competitors. It’s crushing them all.
Technology

Here are our counterpoints to the points Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook made during their House antitrust hearing.

By Rani Molla and Peter Kafka
Technology
Password sharing could be a good thing for Netflix and HuluPassword sharing could be a good thing for Netflix and Hulu
Technology

People only steal content if they think it’s good. That’s bad news for Amazon Prime Video.

By Rani Molla
Technology
Amazon Prime Day could usher in a new wave of fear-based social media usageAmazon Prime Day could usher in a new wave of fear-based social media usage
Technology

Amazon’s Ring was a Prime Day bestseller. Get ready for more neighborhood surveillance and fear-based social media.

By Rani Molla
Technology
Amazon workers are celebrating Prime Day with a protestAmazon workers are celebrating Prime Day with a protest
Technology

Amazon has to do more than pay a $15 minimum wage to keep workers happy.

By Emily Stewart
Technology
Mayor Pete Buttigieg talks about systemic racism, regulating tech, and the divided Democratic Party on Recode DecodeMayor Pete Buttigieg talks about systemic racism, regulating tech, and the divided Democratic Party on Recode Decode
Podcast
Technology

“The internet started out as the delicate flower. It had to be cultivated and we had let it see where it was going to go. Now we know where it’s going to go, and it’s time to put in the guardrails.”

By Eric Johnson
Technology
Pete Buttigieg says Americans should have the right to hide personal details from the internetPete Buttigieg says Americans should have the right to hide personal details from the internet
Podcast
Technology

On an upcoming episode of Recode Decode, he told Kara Swisher that it’s time for a “national debate” about the so-called “right to be forgotten.”

By Eric Johnson