Big Tech
Vox’s coverage of the big players in tech and their monopoly on the industry.
The company is set to lose $1 billion this year in its attempts to compete with Amazon. That’s not a problem, says the Walmart executive who’s supposed to compete with Amazon.
Smith says it doesn’t matter if you’re not as responsible for breaking things as someone else — if you can be part of the solution, you should.
Get used to giving up control.
Organizers want to see the company reduce its carbon footprint, cancel contracts with fossil fuel companies, and stop lobbying for politicians who deny climate change.
Nearly a year after Google’s #MeToo walkout, a previously unreported internal document details dozens of employees’ stories of harassment and retaliation for reporting workplace issues.
An interview with Times reporter and author Mike Isaac, on covering a titanic battle and being used as leverage in that battle.
Investigations into Big Tech are all the rage right now — including among state attorneys general.
On the latest episode of Recode Decode, Kraus says the rocky debuts of the ride-hailing giants on Wall Street have not scared Lime away from an eventual IPO.
Milo Yiannopoulos and his right-wing peers seemed state of the art in 2016. CNN’s Oliver Darcy talks about what changed since then.
A jokey Facebook event has gone viral thanks to the power of shitposting.
Anthony Levandowski could face up to 10 years in prison after being indicted for allegedly stealing trade secrets.
Under political pressure, the company is restricting its historically open work culture.
It’s a tightrope walk.
Employees are circulating a petition asking the company not to bid on contracts with government agencies that enforce controversial immigration policies such as child detention.
Its social app Neighbors makes Ring more effective on criminals — and customers.
Is that good? Is that bad? It’s definitely unusual.
Wall Street isn’t happy.
It’s part of the e-commerce giant’s ongoing public relations campaign to quash unions and rewrite the narrative around its workforce.
Google search and claims of conservative bias, explained.
Another former engineer has alleged that the company fired him over his political beliefs.
New York state has launched an investigation into what happened at Capital One.
They say these candidates are good for society, good for tech, and — surprisingly — good for Google.
The workers recently filed a complaint with the Illinois State Department of Labor.
You’ll want to delete your Facebook account.
Companies like DoorDash and Amazon have been accused of dipping into the tip jar. On Tuesday night, DoorDash reversed its policy.
Government regulators are, yet again, stepping up scrutiny on Big Tech.
Microsoft’s new billion dollar partnership with OpenAI is a big bet on the future of artificial intelligence.
Despite increasing criticism, Amazon refuses to acknowledge many of the unintended consequences its rise to dominance has spawned.
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.”
Here are our counterpoints to the points Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook made during their House antitrust hearing.
People only steal content if they think it’s good. That’s bad news for Amazon Prime Video.
Amazon’s Ring was a Prime Day bestseller. Get ready for more neighborhood surveillance and fear-based social media.
Amazon has to do more than pay a $15 minimum wage to keep workers happy.
“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.”
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.”
Food delivery prices, labor rights, and the state of the IPO market are all at stake.
“Bogus” kind of gives it away.
Microsoft Teams isn’t better than Slack, but it is freer.
The Minnesota action will be the first major US work stoppage for the company.