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Big Tech Companies Are Testing How Far They Can Slash Staff
Even as Elon Musk has upended Twitter, the site, with thousands-fewer employees, is still functioning. Meta, Google, and Amazon are operating with dramatically scaled-back workforces. With AI on the rise, the industry may not be getting these jobs back. → Read More
Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Could Be Driving Away Tesla Buyers
The company’s stock has plummeted almost 70% this past year, prices and demand are down, and Democrats are souring on the brand. “I found myself not wanting to be associated with anything related to Musk,” says one Tesla-owning liberal media personality. → Read More
Elon Musk, the Crypto Crash, and the Coming AI Takeover: 2022’s Tech Mayhem Radically Changed Our Lives
From the chaos at Twitter, to the emergence of whip-smart chatbots, what comes out of Silicon Valley moves fast and often recklessly. Now more than ever, we need to have a reckoning with how tech is impacting humanity. → Read More
The Many Questions Surrounding Elon Musk’s Off-Again, On-Again Twitter Takeover, Answered
Will employees flee—and Trump return? With so many twists and turns in the Musk-Twitter saga, playing out in the courtroom and on the platform, it’s tough to game out where all this is headed. But let’s give it a shot. → Read More
Elon Musk’s Yes-Man Chorus Could Be His Undoing
Newly revealed texts in his legal battle with Twitter show pals like Joe Rogan, Jack Dorsey, and Larry Ellison encouraging the Tesla chief to take over the social media company. “It was just fawning over Musk,” said one investor. → Read More
Elon Musk Versus Twitter: Everyone Loses
The social media company and the billionaire are locked in an escalating legal battle. They’re stuck with each other, and we’re stuck with them. → Read More
How Crazy Prices and Yearslong Wait Times Could Doom the Electric-Car Experiment
Supply-chain snarls, raw material shortages, and record-setting inflation are turning the simple act of buying a car into a war of all against all, and there’s no relief in sight. Could the electric-car market collapse under its own weight? → Read More
The New Generation of A.I. Apps Could Make Writers and Artists Obsolete
Sudowrite and Dall-E use machine learning to produce astonishingly serviceable text and images in a flash. What does that mean for stodgy old human beings? → Read More
Bitcoin Is Crashing and All Grown Up
It is a law of physics that astronomical highs will be followed by astronomical lows, but that doesn’t make it any easier. → Read More
Twitter Insiders: Elon Musk Is About to Learn That Space Travel Is Easier Than Twitter
Jeff Bezos has The Washington Post, now Elon Musk will have Twitter. Billionaire vanity projects are good for the ego—but Musk is about to learn that managing a tech platform is about a lot more than shitposting through the culture wars. → Read More
“He Schemes in Public, Looking for Approval”: Investors Are Laughing Off Elon Musk’s Bid for Twitter
The billionaire’s antics are the latest chapter in Twitter’s storied history of chaos and distraction. → Read More
From Afghanistan to Ukraine: How a Team From Silicon Valley Is Helping Evacuate People From War
A conversation with Roderick Jones, a security executive running high-stakes operations in Ukraine to evacuate vulnerable citizens from the war zone. → Read More
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Puts Cryptocurrencies at the Heart of War
While tech leaders push to isolate Russia, the crypto world is clearly struggling to reckon its role in Putin’s war. → Read More
“That’s Just the Next Step in Evolution”: Silicon Valley Is Ready for Robots To Kill Us All
Tech titans may have already accepted our doom, but as we create new technologies, it's not too late to start asking ourselves if there could be another way. → Read More
“It’s Like Working For Dr. Evil”: Facebook’s Stock Crash Is a Long Time Coming
The company’s stock plunged more than 24% following a disastrous earnings call, signaling that maybe, finally, Wall Street thinks just as poorly of the company as everyone else does. → Read More
Silicon Valley Won’t Own Up to Its China Problem
Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya was decried for saying “nobody cares” about Beijing’s alleged genocide of its Uyghur Muslim population. But his declaration may be more in line with the tech world’s mindset than anyone wants to admit. → Read More
The Tech Revolution Has Reached Warp Speed: What Lies in Store for 2022
Deepfakes, privacy-busting cameras, conspiracy theories galore—the pace of change is getting faster, and darker, than ever before. → Read More
Jack Dorsey Out at Twitter: Did He Quit or Was He Fired?
Dorsey’s tumultuous reign at Twitter is over—again. Does he want more time to focus on his true passion—everything crypto—or is the move the result of activist investors? → Read More
“When Has There Ever Been a Moment of Calm at Facebook?”: The Great Employee Exodus That Wasn’t
Despite scandal after scandal, the company’s perk-drunk employees seem to be weathering the storm—but there are signs of trouble. On the business side, one admits, “It doesn’t feel great to be the face of Facebook.” → Read More
The Metaverse Is About to Change Everything
One day soon, we’ll be hanging NFTs on the walls of our digital homes and buying Balenciaga tops for our digital selves. Here’s everything you need to know about the internet’s next big thing. → Read More