How Google Spent 15 Years Concealing Its Internal Conversations
Trying to avoid antitrust suits, Google systematically told employees to destroy messages, avoid certain words and copy the lawyers as…
Severing of Baltic Sea Cables Was ‘Sabotage,’ Germany Says
Germany’s defense minister said damage to two fiber-optic cables on the sea floor appeared deliberate, but a culprit was not…
Robots Struggle to Match Warehouse Workers on ‘Really Hard’ Jobs
In the outbound dock of an Amazon warehouse near Nashville, a robotic arm named Cardinal on a recent day stacked…
Substack’s Bet on Politics Newsletters Leads to Subscriber Growth
The newsletter start-up, which once drew an overture from Elon Musk, is betting on politics content and recruiting stars. But…
Trump Picks Brendan Carr to Lead F.C.C.
Mr. Carr, who currently sits on the commission and is a vocal critic of Big Tech, has said the agency…
Bluesky Is Growing Up. Maybe Too Fast.
In February 2023, a half-dozen techies introduced a social network prototype in an invitation-only launch. They deliberately debuted their creation,…
Election Reveals Right-Wing Shift of Social Media Platforms
If the election underscored anything about the internet, it was the ascendancy of social platforms for the right. That puts…
Thousands Report Netflix Livestream Crashes During Mike Tyson-Jake Paul Fight
Users across the U.S. reported being unable to load the high-profile boxing match.Tens of thousands of Netflix users reported that…
How Elon Musk Cuts Costs at Tesla, SpaceX and X
Mr. Musk dug into his companies’ budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with…
Crypto Congress + HBD ChatGPT + What Social Media Platform Should I Be On?
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadioKevin Roose and Whitney Jones and Dan…