Big Tech
Vox’s coverage of the big players in tech and their monopoly on the industry.
What is the Kids’ Online Safety Act, and why should you care about it?
Platforms like Google have been protected from liability, but generative AI could put that at risk.
TikTok has made itself into a hub for Gen Z political expression. But as Zoomers change politics, how is the app changing them?
Why AI agents that could book your vacation or pay your bills are the next frontier in artificial intelligence.
Does Apple have a monopoly on smartphones? The Justice Department thinks so.
Reddit could become the next meme stock — or flop.
At what point can we believe that an AI model has reached consciousness?
Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is among those lining up to buy TikTok if Congress enacts a law that forces its Chinese owner to sell.
The company you might not have heard of is now worth $2 trillion — more than Google or Amazon.
The protests spotlight gig workers’ lack of basic labor protections.
Sure, Elon Musk’s into ketamine and Peter Thiel has his doping Olympics, but drugs and tech are nothing new.
In two decades the behemoth social media platform has made a lot of money and brought in a lot of users — and made life worse for a lot of people.
The debate over the safety of democratizing AI is missing the point.
Apple’s mixed reality headset heralds a new era of “spatial computing.” We are not ready.
Will OpenAI’s new chatbot store finally make AI useful?
Finally, a way for your phone to know even more about your personal life.
A warning about the NameDrop feature on iOS 17 is just the latest in a long history of misleading Facebook posts from law enforcement.
Sam Altman is back at OpenAI. What happens to its safety mission?
The alternative — a mass exodus of OpenAI’s top talent to Microsoft — would have been worse.
Apple is adopting Google’s texting standard, but blue bubble elitism will probably continue.
What we learned (and didn’t learn) from the big Google antitrust trial.
Meta knows its platforms are harming children, whistleblower Arturo Béjar says. What now?
Financially, the sharing economy darling is thriving, but guests, hosts, and cities have had enough.
Which search engine do you use, and why is it Google? A judge will soon decide.
Microsoft now owns Activision Blizzard, after dodging roadblocks from several government agencies around the world.
Former FCC chair Tom Wheeler has a few ideas for how to regulate the “Digital Gilded Age.”
Why the FTC is going after your Prime subscription (and a few other things).
The Federal Trade Commission, led by longtime Amazon critic Lina Khan, finally makes its move.
Hungry for money, hackers in Vietnam have hacked into thousands of Meta accounts.
Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have a vision for generative AI. Will it work?
How to buy a new phone for less without paying more.
Microsoft was first to AI search, but Google’s Bard can now pull stuff in from Gmail, Docs, Maps, and more.
Tap-to-pay makes spending money fun, easy, and virtually invisible.
California’s new Right to Repair Act can’t magically make Apple’s popular earbuds good for the environment.
The Massachusetts senator explains why we need an FCC for Big Tech.
Apple is going to sell us $3,500 headsets next year. It still hasn’t said why.
It’s no accident — the intertwining of religion and technology is centuries old.
Once again, this year’s phones will look a lot like last year’s. But real innovation is on the horizon.
Dozens of attorneys general filed a suit accusing Google Play of anti-competitive practices.
Generative AI tools are generating less interest than just a few months ago.