When Kids Realize Their Whole Life Is Already Online
Googling yourself has become a rite of passage.
Smartwatches Are Changing the Purpose of the EKG
Wearables help cast the medical test as a talisman of health-care competence. An Object Lesson.
It’s Impossible to Follow a Conversation on Twitter
Without major fixes to the product, the platform will never be a place for complex discussions.
Amazon’s Retreat and the New Politics of Tech
What Amazon pulling out of Queens means for the urban growth machine
Waymo’s Robots Drove More Miles Than Everyone Else Combined
But in newly released numbers from California regulators, the challengers in the self-driving-car race are looking better.
The Limits of Extremely Online Organizing
The remarkable #FuckFuckJerry has been as successful as a spontaneous campaign can be.
When Wall Street Is Your Landlord
With help from the federal government, institutional investors became major players in the rental market. They promised to return profits to their investors and convenience to their tenants. Investors are happy. Tenants are not.
The Analysts Recording Your Screen Say It’s for Your Own Good
Secretly watching users navigate an app can help companies fix bugs. But it can also be a tool to manipulate customers’ behavior.
Emoji Don't Mean What They Used To
The pictorial language has moved away from ideography and toward illustration. It’s lost some expressive power in the process.
Jeff Bezos Wrote a Blog Post
He blogs now.
Jeff Bezos Brings the Receipts
The Amazon founder is at war with a tabloid.
When Amazon Went From Big to Unbelievably Big
The data on the company’s real-estate holdings reveal a remarkable inflection point.
Why People Still Don’t Buy Groceries Online
We shop online for almost everything. Why not food?
San Francisco Wants to Ban Government Face Recognition
Is it too late, too difficult, or too ironic to try to stop it from becoming a city of surveillance?
Before It Conquered the World, Facebook Conquered Harvard
On the 15th anniversary of Facebook’s launch at Harvard, a dozen students and faculty members reflect on seeing and being the first users of the world’s largest social network.
I Was Right About Mark Zuckerberg
The author of the book that inspired The Social Network reflects on a decade of Mark Zuckerberg’s career.
The End of the American Chinatown
How renewed interest in downtown living is threatening neighborhoods that long provided a first stop for new immigrants
Facebook: Where Friendships Go to Never Quite Die
On its 15th anniversary, a look at how the site has changed social life by keeping weak connections on life support forever
What We Wrote About Facebook 12 Years Ago
In 2007, a writer for The Atlantic predicted that the social network would dominate as an engine of connection—and an invasive peddler of user data.
This Is How Much Fact-Checking Is Worth to Facebook
More than nothing, but not much more