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Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.

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How Trump and his son helped make a Covid-19 conspiracy theorist go viral in a matter of hours

By Sara Morrison and Rebecca Heilweil

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Masks can fool facial recognition systems, but the algorithms are learning fast

By Rebecca Heilweil

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Congress will finally grill Jeff Bezos. It’s about time.

By Jason Del Rey

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Clear usually helps people speed past the TSA line. Now it’s offering a Covid-19 screening service.

By Rebecca Heilweil

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Tech billionaire Peter Thiel is searching for new political allies. He’s found one in Kansas.

By Theodore Schleifer

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Can the government ban TikTok?

Can the government ban TikTok?

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By Vox Staff April 8

The best and worst of the biggest streaming services

By Allegra Frank, Alissa Wilkinson, and 2 more July 24

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What comes after Zoom fatigue

It looks like we’re stuck with video chat. Is that such a bad thing?

By Adam Clark Estes July 17

Facebook’s sad summer continues with a $650 million settlement

By Sara Morrison July 23

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The real cost of Amazon

"It’s like I’m risking my life for a dollar" — what the struggle Amazon workers face during the pandemic says about the future of work in America.

By Shirin Ghaffary and Jason Del Rey June 29

The case for and against banning TikTok

By Rebecca Jennings July 23

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By Vox Staff July 24

Facebook is taking a hard look at racial bias in its algorithms

By Rebecca Heilweil July 22

Why you can’t help screwing around while working from home

For remote employees, meetings and deep work are now coupled with online shopping, soothing puzzles and video games, and an array of other distractions.

By Eleanor Cummins July 22

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By Vox Staff July 28

Facebook’s new label on a Trump post is an “abject failure,” says a Biden campaign spokesperson

By Shirin Ghaffary July 21

How feds used a YouTube livestream to arrest a Portland protester

By Sara Morrison July 21

How Hollywood accidentally built Netflix

By Rani Molla and Peter Kafka July 21

Silicon Valley’s richest are getting richer just as the pandemic is getting worse

By Theodore Schleifer July 21

Listen to our new podcast with never-before-told stories about Amazon’s ascent

By Jason Del Rey July 22, 2019

Contraband cellphones have given us prison TikTok

By Arielle Duhaime-Ross July 17

Emoji reveal more about you than you think

By Rebecca Heilweil July 17

Lawmakers are very upset about this week’s massive Twitter breach

By Sara Morrison July 16

The pandemic has been great for Netflix

By Peter Kafka July 16

Everything you need to know about Palantir, the secretive company coming for all your data

By Sara Morrison July 16

Elizabeth Warren wants answers on Facebook’s fact-checking loophole

By Rebecca Heilweil July 16

Silicon Valley pours money into Biden’s campaign — and snubs Trump’s

By Theodore Schleifer July 16

Extraordinary Twitter hack compromises some of the world’s most prominent accounts

By Theodore Schleifer July 15

Why Facebook is “the front line in fighting hate today”

By Shirin Ghaffary and Rebecca Heilweil July 15

Okay, Google, how do I listen to Vox?

By Taylor Maycan July 14

The Democratic Party’s most hated startup can’t change what happened in Iowa. But it can change its name.

By Theodore Schleifer July 14

How Netflix made Breaking Bad a hit — and why that won’t happen again

By Rani Molla and Peter Kafka July 14

Google’s former CEO hosts an exclusive retreat in Yellowstone each July. You won’t hear much about it.

By Theodore Schleifer July 13

The PPP worked how it was supposed to. That’s the problem.

By Emily Stewart July 13

Amazon walks back its order for employees to delete TikTok from their phones

By Jason Del Rey and Shirin Ghaffary July 10

America still doesn’t have enough N95 masks

By Rebecca Heilweil July 10

Why Facebook failed its civil rights audit

By Rebecca Heilweil and Shirin Ghaffary July 9

The hidden trackers in your phone, explained

By Sara Morrison July 8

Civil rights leaders are still fed up with Facebook over hate speech

By Shirin Ghaffary July 7

TikTok pulls out of Hong Kong as tech companies push back against new security law

By Rebecca Heilweil July 7

Walmart’s Amazon Prime competitor will launch in July

By Jason Del Rey July 7

Why did you watch Tiger King on Netflix?

By Rani Molla and Peter Kafka July 7

Netflix’s Unsolved Mysteries is different from the original. But one episode restores its pulpy aesthetic.

By Aja Romano July 6

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How can we ban facial recognition when it’s already everywhere?

A growing number of gadgets are scanning your face.

By Rebecca Heilweil July 6

One of the Democratic Party’s biggest donors is exploring a new anti-Trump boycott

By Theodore Schleifer July 2