The Tech Antitrust Problem No One Is Talking About
The US has suffered, and broken up, telecom monopolies in the past. AT&T had a government-sanctioned monopoly for much of
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Business
What the blowout GDP report really means for Trump
Even a gain as big as 35 percent on an annualized basis in the third-quarter GDP growth — while an
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Retail in NYC gets option of outdoor shopping
Shops on the same street can also join together and ask the city to close their block to traffic so
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Surprise! The Section 230 Hearing Wasn’t About Section 230
There’s a saying among journalists who cover politics: “Twitter isn’t real life.” It’s a reminder, too often forgotten, that the
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The AI Company Helping the Pentagon Assess Disinfo Campaigns
In September, Azerbaijan and Armenia renewed fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory in the Caucasus mountains. By then, an information
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Big Tech’s Election Plans Have a Blind Spot: Influencers
In the months before the 2016 election, Samuel Woolley worried a lot about bots being used to hijack political conversation
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Republicans Make an Unlikely Closing Pitch: Amend Section 230
Because Section 230 is the only federal statute that specifically applies to interactive websites, it’s one of the only points
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To Save the Planet, Get More EVs in Used Car Lots
Electric vehicles are getting more popular. Now they’re getting flashy too: new electric pickup trucks, new electric semis, new electric
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How an Algorithm Blocked Kidney Transplants to Black Patients
Black people in the US suffer more from chronic diseases and receive inferior health care relative to white people. Racially
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The DOJ Is Fighting Google on a Shifting Battlefield
Marissa Mayer, Google’s 20th employee who later went on to lead Yahoo!, once told me that for many years, Google
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