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Technology Archive

Archives for June 2023

Technology
The ongoing and increasingly weird Reddit blackout, explainedThe ongoing and increasingly weird Reddit blackout, explained
Technology

Thousands of subreddits went dark to protest Reddit’s new moneymaking idea.

By Sara Morrison
Technology
The hottest new perk in tech is freedomThe hottest new perk in tech is freedom
Technology

How small tech companies are using remote work to compete with the big guys.

By Rani Molla
Climate
What you should know about buying a used EVWhat you should know about buying a used EV
Climate

The first electric car for most people will be a used one.

By Umair Irfan
Technology
The US government is buying your data to spy on youThe US government is buying your data to spy on you
Technology

Your tax dollars are going to data brokers.

By Sara Morrison
Politics
Is the PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger even legal?Is the PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger even legal?
Politics

Biden’s former antitrust adviser thinks regulators might block the “partnership.” Congress is investigating. The Justice Department might be, too.

By Sara Morrison
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained
Four different ways of understanding AI — and its risksFour different ways of understanding AI — and its risks
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

Worldviews are clashing when it comes to artificial intelligence.

By Kelsey Piper
Culture
Beatrix Potter, the unlikely hero of the anti-hustle culture movementBeatrix Potter, the unlikely hero of the anti-hustle culture movement
Culture

Welcome to critterposting, the very cute, very cottagecore, and (somewhat) radical antidote to American life.

By Rebecca Jennings
AI automated discrimination. Here’s how to spot it.
Technology

The next generation of AI comes with a familiar bias problem.

By A.W. Ohlheiser
Technology
NASA’s newest X-plane wants to save the planetNASA’s newest X-plane wants to save the planet
Technology

The space agency has a plan to “skip a generation” of passenger aircraft design to fight climate change.

By Adam Clark Estes
Technology
The US government wants to stop the biggest deal in video game historyThe US government wants to stop the biggest deal in video game history
Technology

Microsoft is facing a US antitrust suit. Again.

By Sara Morrison
Tulsa will pay you to live there. And you’ll love it.
Technology

Remote workers came for the cash. They stayed for the community.

By Rani Molla
How a carmaker’s mistake created the ultimate internet challenge
Technology

Thanks in part to TikTok, the Kia Boys and the grand theft auto have swept the country.

By Sara Morrison
Crypto
Now might be a good time to consider quitting cryptoNow might be a good time to consider quitting crypto
Crypto

What the SEC’s lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase mean for the future of cryptocurrencies — and for you.

By Whizy Kim
Technology
Why the SEC is cracking down on crypto and big tech companiesWhy the SEC is cracking down on crypto and big tech companies
Technology

The SEC has come for Coinbase.

By Sara Morrison
Technology
Firing Chris Licht won’t fix CNNFiring Chris Licht won’t fix CNN
Technology

Ever after its CEO’s firing, CNN remains stuck in no man’s land.

By Peter Kafka