Kate Conger
The New York Times
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Recent articles by Kate:
Uber’s Ride-Hailing Business Craters, but Deliveries Surge in Pandemic
Uber said revenue fell 29 percent in the second quarter because people traveled less, but food deliveries soared. → Read More
Star Technologist Who Crossed Google Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
Anthony Levandowski, a onetime star Silicon Valley engineer of self-driving cars, had pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets. → Read More
F.T.C. Investigating Twitter for Potential Privacy Violations
The social media company said the agency was examining whether it had misused people’s personal information to serve ads. → Read More
Native Americans Fight Coronavirus and Deficient Data
Statistical gaps can make it difficult to properly allocate public resources to Native Americans. When that’s the case, one leader said, “tribal nations have an effective death sentence.” → Read More
Twitter Takedown Targets QAnon Accounts
The company permanently suspended thousands of accounts associated with the fringe conspiracy theory movement. Facebook was said to be preparing to take similar action. → Read More
Hackers Tell the Story of the Twitter Attack From the Inside
Several people involved in the events that took down Twitter this week spoke with The Times, giving the first account of what happened as a pursuit of Bitcoin spun out of control. → Read More
Snapchat Stopped Promoting Trump Account
The social media company’s decision follows Twitter’s moves to label Mr. Trump’s posts inaccurate or as inciting violence. → Read More
Lawsuit Says Trump’s Social Media Crackdown Violates Free Speech
The nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology argues that the president’s move against Twitter and other companies is retaliatory. → Read More
Matt Gaetz Tweet Gets Twitter Warning Label for Glorifying Violence
The post, from Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, had likened protesters to terrorists and called for them to be hunted down. → Read More
Trump Prepares Social Media Executive Order to Limit Protections
The move is almost certain to face a court challenge and signals the latest salvo by President Trump to crack down on online platforms. → Read More
Twitter Adds Labels to Trump’s Tweets for First Time
The social media company added a link to two of Mr. Trump’s tweets in which he had posted about mail-in ballots. → Read More
Uber Said to Be in Talks to Acquire Grubhub
A deal would unite two large players in food delivery as more people order in meals during the pandemic. → Read More
The Results Are In for the Sharing Economy. They Are Ugly.
Lyft, Uber and Airbnb depend on travel, vacations and gatherings. That’s a problem when much of the world is staying home. → Read More
Senators Want to Know Amazon Retaliated Against Coronavirus Whistle-Blowers
Democratic senators sent a letter to the company asking for more details after it fired four employees who raised health concerns about its warehouses. → Read More
California Sues Uber and Lyft, Claiming Workers Are Misclassified
The ride-hailing companies are accused of defying a new state law that says gig workers should be treated as employees. → Read More
‘I Could Solve Most of Your Problems’: Eric Schmidt’s Pentagon Offensive
The former Google C.E.O. has reinvented himself as the prime liaison between Silicon Valley and the military-industrial complex. → Read More
Former Uber Executive Pleads Guilty to Trade Theft
Anthony Levandowski was charged with stealing driverless-car plans when he left Google to form a company, which Uber then acquired. → Read More
Pentagon Asks to Reconsider Awarding Huge Cloud Contract to Amazon
The action came after Amazon had contended that it lost the deal because of potential interference from President Trump. → Read More
Twitter Reaches Deal With Activist Fund That Wanted Jack Dorsey Out
Elliot Management had tried to force out Mr. Dorsey, the co-founder and C.E.O., after accumulating a stake in the company. → Read More
Hedge Fund May Push for Ouster of Jack Dorsey as Twitter’s C.E.O.
The activist hedge fund Elliott Management has taken a sizable stake in Twitter and called for changes at the social network. → Read More