July 30, 2020 On Mars, an autonomous rover and helicopter will roam free The Perseverance rover is the size of a small car and more technologically sophisticated than anything you’ve ever seen. | NASA / JPL Some…
July 30, 2020 Amazon just posted record sales and profit in the middle of a pandemic Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in 2018. | Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Images The record sales that prompted Amazon to pay workers more…
July 30, 2020 Why Facebook and Twitter won’t fact-check *****’s latest false claims about voting Facebook and Twitter aren’t fact-checking *****’s latest social media posts containing false claims about mail-in voting. | Alex Wong/Getty Images *****’s claims may be…
July 30, 2020 Winners and losers from the Big Tech antitrust hearing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg predictably faced some of the harshest questions from members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust. | Mandel Ngan/Pool/AFP via…
July 30, 2020 Microsoft’s astonishing climate change goals, explained The Microsoft store is seen on April 30, 2020 in New York City. | Photo by Eduardo MunozAlvarez/VIEWpress via Getty Images The company plans…
July 29, 2020 Jeff Bezos’s antitrust grilling was a reminder of Amazon’s power over its sellers Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testifies remotely Amazon before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on “Online Platforms and Market…
July 29, 2020 Republicans showed why Congress won’t regulate the internet Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies virtually before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on Online Platforms and Market Power in…
July 29, 2020 Why it matters that TikTok wants to reveal its algorithms As the leaders of the US tech giants are grilled by Congress, TikTok’s CEO aimed to set a new standard for transparency from social…
July 29, 2020 The pandemic is raising concerns about how teens use technology. But there’s still a lot we don’t know. A new report from Common Sense media raises concerns about the potential impact of social media on teenagers’ mental health. | Indranil Mukherjee/AFP via…
July 29, 2020 The Big Tech hearings won’t lead to real change. That’s okay. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying before Congress in October 2019. | Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images The heads of Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon…