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Technology Archive

Archives for November 2023

The race to optimize grief
Culture

Startups are selling grief tech, ghostbots, and the end of mourning as we know it.

By Mihika Agarwal
Why influencers with 7, 8, or 10 kids are having a moment
Family

Americans are having smaller families. Why are we obsessed with large ones?

By Anna North
Politics
The controversy over TikTok and Osama bin Laden’s “Letter to America,” explainedThe controversy over TikTok and Osama bin Laden’s “Letter to America,” explained
Politics

Why bin Laden’s 2002 letter became the latest TikTok moral panic.

By A.W. Ohlheiser and Li Zhou
Technology
Your phone is the key to your digital life. Make sure you know what to do if you lose it.Your phone is the key to your digital life. Make sure you know what to do if you lose it.
Technology

Preparing yourself for the worst is easier than you might think — and it’s never been more important.

By Sara Morrison
Technology
Is the green texting bubble about to burst?Is the green texting bubble about to burst?
Technology

Apple is adopting Google’s texting standard, but blue bubble elitism will probably continue.

By Sara Morrison
Technology
The secrets Google spilled in courtThe secrets Google spilled in court
Technology

What we learned (and didn’t learn) from the big Google antitrust trial.

By Sara Morrison
Technology
The best place for product reviews is … Reddit?The best place for product reviews is … Reddit?
Technology

The hive mind of the internet is good, for once.

By Adam Clark Estes
Technology
The new Meta whistleblower adds to an uneven year for online safety lawsThe new Meta whistleblower adds to an uneven year for online safety laws
Technology

Meta knows its platforms are harming children, whistleblower Arturo Béjar says. What now?

By Sara Morrison
What happened to Airbnb?
Money

Financially, the sharing economy darling is thriving, but guests, hosts, and cities have had enough.

By Whizy Kim

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