Ex-Twitter Workers Puzzle Over Elon Musk’s Abandoned Laptops
Elon Musk’s Twitter needs every penny. With millions of dollars in allegedly unpaid rent and bills, plus $13 billion owed to lenders who financed…
Big Tech Is Really Bad at Firing People
“It’s personally embarrassing for myself to have to explain to friends and family members why I’m getting fired,” says one…
Alphabet’s Layoffs Aren’t Very Googley
In 2004, Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin engaged in a comically passive-aggressive IPO road show. They eschewed business…
ADS-B Exchange, the Flight Tracker That Powered @ElonJet, Sold to Jetnet
“There’s countries we can’t go to anymore,” Stanford says of himself and a core team of administrators. In recent years,…
Robot Cars Are Causing 911 False Alarms in San Francisco
For some residents of San Francisco, the robotic future of driving is just a tap away. Ride-hailing services from GM subsidiary Cruise…
Most Criminal Cryptocurrency Funnels Through Just 5 Exchanges
For years, the cryptocurrency economy has been rife with black market sales, theft, ransomware, and money laundering—despite the strange fact…
ChatGPT Is Coming for Classrooms. Don’t Panic
When high school English teacher Kelly Gibson first encountered ChatGPT in December, the existential anxiety kicked in fast. While the…
Airlines and Cattle Farmers Have Beef With Google’s Climate Math
Flying premium from San Francisco to Los Angeles, a common trip for some Californians, could generate 101 kilograms of carbon…
The Rebellion Amazon Can No Longer Ignore
But the union’s success overcoming this bureaucracy in Coventry has piqued the interest of Amazon workers around the world, who…
The Earth Is Begging You to Accept Smaller EV Batteries
Humanity may not exactly be winning its battle to avert climate change, but the electrification of cars has begun to…