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Muchos Bezos
Few tech companies have charted a more fascinating course than Amazon. It's expanded from its humble beginnings as a bookseller to an absolute jugger…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Truth About Section 230
There's no way the lawmakers who drafted Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act way back in 1996 could have known that it would go on to deter…
5 years ago
Leave No Trace
Facebook, Apple, and Google may have very different approaches to user privacy, but they do have something in common: All three companies are current…
5 years ago
Facebook’s Andrew Bosworth
Facebook doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to keeping user data private. So when it revealed a few weeks ago that it was working on a …
5 years ago
500th Episode Extravaganza
This week marks the 500th episode of Gadget Lab. That is an astonishingly huge number; to pay proper tribute to it, we’ve invited some of Gadget Lab’…
5 years ago
Breaking Up, Hooking Up
Tech companies are very good at serving up personalized content based on what they know about you. But they're not very good at picking up on big, su…
5 years ago
Free Shipping
Last week, the cargo ship Ever Given got itself stuck in the Suez Canal for six days. The blockage completely disrupted maritime trade routes, captur…
5 years, 1 month ago
Reentry Anxiety
Vaccines are here, unemployment is down, and the pandemic is nearing its end. These are obviously good things. Still, the idea of returning to "norma…
5 years, 1 month ago
Future Computing the Facebook Way
How will we interact with computers in the future? When we finally evolve beyond keyboards, mice, touchscreens, and voice controls, what’s next? This…
5 years, 1 month ago
WTF Is an NFT?
When you think of digital media, you probably think of something like a YouTube video or a meme. Something you can access for free, any time you want…
5 years, 1 month ago