Kara Swisher
The New York Times
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Opinion | When an Angry Old Pol Shakes His Fist at the Internet
‘Insta-greed’ may finally lead to regulation of Big Tech. → Read More
Opinion | Hollywood’s Recovery, Live Events in the Covid Era and Microsoft
The entertainment industry is still grappling with the digital future. → Read More
Opinion | Will Lawmakers Finally Act Against Big Tech?
Facebook may have crossed the line. → Read More
Opinion | Clamping Down on ‘Spiritual Opium’
Chinese tech regulation, Elizabeth Holmes’s trial and Facebook’s obfuscation. → Read More
Opinion | The Endless Facebook Apology
It's shocking but hardly surprising. → Read More
Opinion | Don’t Get Bezosed
A spyware flaw, Elizabeth Holmes and my latest Facebook alert. → Read More
Opinion | A Sept. 11 Conundrum
What we leave behind. → Read More
Donald Trump Just Can’t Quit Zuckerberg and Dorsey
His latest stunt shows how badly he still misunderstands speech and platforms. → Read More
Opinion | AT&T’s Sorry Retreat From Digital Media
The AT&T news underscored how the newer Big Tech firms play by their own rules. → Read More
Good Riddance, Donald Trump?
A Facebook-appointed panel avoided a clear decision about Trump’s heinous online behavior. It’s kind of perfect, actually. → Read More
Opinion | Tech in the Post-Pandemic World
Assessing its future, both the bad and the good. → Read More
Opinion | Jeff Bezos Is Taunting Politicians. Will They Take the Bait?
A labor battle in Alabama is a referendum on Amazon’s strategy. → Read More
Opinion | Trump May Start a Social Network. Here’s My Advice.
Recast your past failures as successes, engage in meaningless optics, and other tips from the Silicon Valley playbook. → Read More
Opinion | What the Heck are NFTs? Let’s Ask Beeple.
The artist just sold an encrypted digital collage for $69 million. So are nonfungible tokens the next new asset class, or is it all hype? → Read More
Opinion | Another Big Step Toward Digitizing Our Lives
On Beeple, Nyan Cat and the latest tech phenom: the non-fungible token, or NFT. → Read More
Opinion | Airbnb Has a Hate Group Problem, Too
But it’s not the same as Facebook’s. C.E.O. Brian Chesky discusses why he and Mark Zuckerberg have different consequences to consider. → Read More
Opinion | Stop Whining About Big Government
The narrative that the private sector drives innovation is only half the story. → Read More
Opinion | I Asked the Head of Space Force What the Agency Has Done for Me Lately
Gen. John Raymond has put up with plenty of mockery. But, he says, there’s nothing funny about protecting U.S. interests from Russian and Chinese anti-satellite technology. → Read More
Opinion | Stacey Abrams on American Idealism and American Betrayal
Abrams helped win major Democratic victories in Georgia, the right is retaliating and it’s getting personal. But Abrams says she doesn’t mind; it’s all about the long game. → Read More
Opinion | No Parties. No Sports. How Oberlin College Is Surviving the Pandemic.
Colleges across the country are figuring out how Covid has changed the college experience, while parents are struggling to understand why schools haven’t changed their price tag. → Read More