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“I sold my face to Google for $5:” Why Google’s attempt to make facial recognition tech more inclusive failed
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On October 15, Google announced its latest phone: the Pixel 4. There’s been hype around this phone for months. Its features were the worst-kept secret in tech. So the stuff that Google said at the launch
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U.S. Politics
Elizabeth Warren raised five times as much money from Big Tech as Joe Biden did
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Elizabeth Warren is crushing Joe Biden when it comes to donations from employees at Silicon Valley’s largest tech companies — despite her pledge to break many of them up. Warren raised five times as much
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Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg said a lot of nothing in his big speech
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Mark Zuckerberg is on a transparency tour. Earlier this month, the Facebook CEO held a livestreamed version of the social media company’s normally closed employee Q&As. And on Thursday, he streamed a talk
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Netflix
Netflix missed its subscriber numbers, again
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Netflix has missed its subscriber numbers for the second consecutive quarter — a result that could worry Wall Street as the streaming company braces for a slew of competitors that are coming in the next
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Twitter
Kamala Harris’s call to suspend Trump’s Twitter account, explained
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To say President Donald Trump has a penchant for firing off some weird, disturbing, and even dangerous tweets is an understatement. But should he be kicked off Twitter entirely? Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA)
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eCommerce
Amazon’s 1-day shipping is convenient — and terrible for the environment
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Since 2005, Amazon has attracted hundreds of millions of customers to its Prime membership program by promising one thing — free and fast shipping, with products arriving within 48 hours or less. There
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U.S. Politics
The simmering debate over Big Tech explodes on the Democratic debate stage
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Democrats running for president had their most vigorous debate yet about the power of tech companies, finally bringing the long-simmering conversation about Big Tech into the mainstream of Democratic The
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Tech Industry
Can you be an ethical biohacker?
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Josiah Zayner is a biophysicist who made headlines in 2017 when he tried to edit his genome live onstage at a conference. Using the gene-editing tool CRISPR to modify his DNA, Zayner whipped out a syringe
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Tech Industry
Generation Z doesn’t want to hear from you
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Each generation is more connected than the last, but the latest generation, those born after 1998, wants to buck the trend. Members of so-called Generation Z are less likely than their millennial counterparts
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Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren compares Big Tech to Big Oil in a new fundraising ban
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Elizabeth Warren said Tuesday ahead of the fourth Democratic debate that she will reject campaign donations from some tech executives and investors, a first-of-its-kind move that places Silicon Valley
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Hong Kong
Google employees are fighting over their company’s decision to ban a Hong Kong protest video game app
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The fight between pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong and the Chinese government is now playing out on the internal message boards of one of the world’s largest tech companies. Google employees have
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Facebook
The techlash hasn’t come up in the Democratic presidential debates. Warren could change that.
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For the past few years there has been a loud and contentious debate about the need to reform and regulate Silicon Valley. But it hasn’t come up during the three Democratic presidential debates this year:
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Tech Industry
Why the government is investigating Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook for antitrust — but not Microsoft
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The companies making the software many office workers depend on are at war with each other. And while battles over workplace communication software may sound mundane, they reflect a larger, more pressing
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Saudi Arabia
Silicon Valley is snubbing Saudi Arabia’s glitzy conference a year after the Khashoggi killing
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The challenge at last year’s investment conference in Saudi Arabia was convincing Silicon Valley celebrities not to abruptly cancel. The challenge this year is to convince them to show up at all. The Riyadh
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Amazon
Amazon’s new weapon to crush competition: $1 items delivered for free — by tomorrow
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As Amazon has grown from an online bookstore into an everything store, it has tackled product category after product category on its way to e-commerce domination. But there’s an area where Amazon’s growth
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Tech Industry
Bestselling author Shea Serrano’s writing reads like a conversation. That’s not an accident.
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Shea Serrano is a great talker. And a great writer. Serrano, a bestselling author whose newest book Movies (And Other Things) is out this week, writes about basketball, movies, race, and a grab bag of
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China
Apple cracked China when Facebook and Google couldn’t. Now that’s a problem for Apple.
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Apple has been more successful in China than any other consumer tech company. Now that’s a problem for Apple. On Wednesday, Apple said it removed HKMapLive, an app used by protest organizers in Hong Kong,
October 10
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U.S. Politics
GitHub is the latest tech company to face controversy over its contracts with ICE
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GitHub, which hosts an important platform for software developers, is the latest prominent Silicon Valley company to be embroiled in controversy over its contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement
October 9
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Facebook
Facebook is refusing to take down a Trump ad making false claims about Joe Biden
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President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is running a false ad about former Vice President Joe Biden on Facebook, and there’s nothing the company is going to do about it. It doesn’t bode well for to
October 9
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Remote Working
How remote work is quietly remaking our lives
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From their ersatz offices in coffee shops, coworking spaces, and living rooms, a growing number of remote workers are quietly remaking the way we work and live. Take Eden Rehmet, who was able to parlay
October 9
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Tech Industry
The techlash is real, and Silicon Valley should be worried, says BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith
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Tech CEOs and their underlings have spent the past few years apologizing in Washington. Google paid a fine. Facebook paid a very big fine. Donald Trump is yelling at Silicon Valley. So is Elizabeth Warren.
October 8
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Postmates
Postmates’ new IPO delay says something bigger: Wall Street is turning against Silicon Valley
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Tech startups imbibe cash and run on optimism. Lately they’re running short on both. In the latest example of this new reality, Postmates, the food-delivery startup valued at over $2 billion that was to
October 8
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Rent the Runway is accepting new customers again following warehouse operations disaster
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Rent the Runway, the popular clothing rental service, said Tuesday it was once again accepting new rental orders and subscribers following a nearly month-long operations disruption that caused customer
October 8
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Activists are pressuring lawmakers to stop Amazon Ring’s police surveillance partnerships
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More than 30 civil rights organizations, including RAICES, Media Justice, and the National Immigration Law Center, published a joint letter Tuesday asking lawmakers to end local police partnerships with
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Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren suggests, without evidence, that Facebook changed its political ad rules after meeting with Trump
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Senator Elizabeth Warren accused Facebook on Monday of emboldening Donald Trump, even suggesting that the social media company’s leadership struck some deal with Trump behind closed doors that explains
October 7
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Walmart
Walmart paid $300 million for Bonobos. Two years later, the men’s fashion brand is laying off staff.
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Online menswear brand Bonobos laid off dozens of employees on Monday amid a broader push by its parent company Walmart to rein in e-commerce losses. A spokesperson would not say exactly how many jobs cut
October 7
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Smart TV
Amazon’s video app is back in Apple’s App Store. But get ready to see more streaming fights.
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Amazon’s Prime Video app, which disappeared from Apple’s app stores this morning, is back. In a statement on Friday evening, an Amazon spokesperson told Recode, “Earlier today, there was a technical glitch
October 4
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Uber
A landmark law disrupted the gig economy in California. But what comes next for Uber drivers?
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In May, California passed landmark legislation that rewrote the rules for the gig economy, including the more than 300,000 drivers who work for companies like Uber and Lyft in the state. The bill, AB makes
October 4
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WeWork
If you think WeWork is in trouble now, just wait until the recession hits
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The recent public mayhem at WeWork, the largest coworking company in the US, has not only left WeWork’s future uncertain, but it’s also prompted questions about the viability of the whole coworking industry.
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Privacy
Facebook’s commitment to privacy is about to be tested
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Mark Zuckerberg says he’s convinced that the future of Facebook is private. He now has the first test of that conviction. The Justice Department is preparing to ask Facebook to slow down its plan to encrypt
October 3

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“I sold my face to Google for $5:” Why Google’s attempt to make facial recognition tech more inclusive failed

Elizabeth Warren raised five times as much money from Big Tech as Joe Biden did

Mark Zuckerberg said a lot of nothing in his big speech

Netflix missed its subscriber numbers, again

Kamala Harris’s call to suspend Trump’s Twitter account, explained

Amazon’s 1-day shipping is convenient — and terrible for the environment

The simmering debate over Big Tech explodes on the Democratic debate stage

Can you be an ethical biohacker?

Generation Z doesn’t want to hear from you

Elizabeth Warren compares Big Tech to Big Oil in a new fundraising ban

Google employees are fighting over their company’s decision to ban a Hong Kong protest video game app

The techlash hasn’t come up in the Democratic presidential debates. Warren could change that.

Why the government is investigating Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook for antitrust — but not Microsoft

Silicon Valley is snubbing Saudi Arabia’s glitzy conference a year after the Khashoggi killing

Amazon’s new weapon to crush competition: $1 items delivered for free — by tomorrow

Bestselling author Shea Serrano’s writing reads like a conversation. That’s not an accident.

Apple cracked China when Facebook and Google couldn’t. Now that’s a problem for Apple.

GitHub is the latest tech company to face controversy over its contracts with ICE

Facebook is refusing to take down a Trump ad making false claims about Joe Biden

How remote work is quietly remaking our lives

The techlash is real, and Silicon Valley should be worried, says BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith

Postmates’ new IPO delay says something bigger: Wall Street is turning against Silicon Valley

Rent the Runway is accepting new customers again following warehouse operations disaster

Activists are pressuring lawmakers to stop Amazon Ring’s police surveillance partnerships

Elizabeth Warren suggests, without evidence, that Facebook changed its political ad rules after meeting with Trump

Walmart paid $300 million for Bonobos. Two years later, the men’s fashion brand is laying off staff.

Amazon’s video app is back in Apple’s App Store. But get ready to see more streaming fights.

A landmark law disrupted the gig economy in California. But what comes next for Uber drivers?

If you think WeWork is in trouble now, just wait until the recession hits

Facebook’s commitment to privacy is about to be tested