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Twitter’s answer to election misinformation: Make it harder to retweet

By Shirin Ghaffary

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A new Amazon feature should make it easier to get a grocery delivery slot this winter

By Jason Del Rey

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Facebook is banning political ads ... after the election

By Emily Stewart

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The member of Congress who’s trying to stop QAnon

By Rebecca Heilweil

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America scrambles to take part in the Mark Zuckerberg $250 million gold rush

By Theodore Schleifer

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The streaming wars go global

A crashed voter registration website is Floridians’ latest obstacle to the right to vote

By Sara Morrison October 9

Hydroxychloroquine conspiracies are back, but Trump’s the patient now

By Adam Clark Estes October 7

The Big Tech antitrust report has one big conclusion: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are anti-competitive

By Shirin Ghaffary and Jason Del Rey October 6

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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

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By Vox Staff April 8

Facebook bans QAnon (again)

By Rebecca Heilweil October 6

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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

Section 230, the internet free speech law Trump wants to repeal, explained

By Sara Morrison October 6

Facebook deleted a Trump post that falsely claimed the flu can be more deadly than Covid-19

By Shirin Ghaffary October 6

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Leaked: Confidential Amazon memo reveals new software to track unions

By Jason Del Rey and Shirin Ghaffary October 6

The future of the vote

Facebook and Twitter said they would crack down on QAnon, but the delusion seems unstoppable

By Shirin Ghaffary October 6

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

By Jason Del Rey July 22, 2019

Google and Facebook hate a proposed privacy law. News publishers should embrace it.

By Jason Kint October 5

The census will continue until October 31, despite the Trump administration’s attempts to end it early

By Sara Morrison October 2

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By Vox Staff October 9

Americans are one step closer to a national contact tracing app for Covid-19

By Sara Morrison October 2

Who will tell us the truth about Trump’s health?

By Peter Kafka October 2

Democratic Party leaders are “banging their head against the wall” after private meetings with Facebook on election misinformation

By Shirin Ghaffary October 1

Most US clinical skin care is designed for white women. This CEO is making products for everyone.

By Devin Nadi October 1

How Trump’s attempted WeChat ban would devastate Chinese American families like mine

By Rita Wenxin Wang October 1

A fake ad from the 2016 election claimed encouraged people to “vote” by text.

The future of the vote

What voter suppression looks like online

By Joss Fong September 30

Why the very richest Americans are refusing to take sides in the presidential race

By Theodore Schleifer September 30

The future of the vote

Why are you seeing this digital political ad? No one knows!

By Sara Morrison September 29

Amazon will now let you pay with your palm in its stores

By Jason Del Rey September 29

How the pandemic is bringing Elon Musk’s dream to connect everyone on Earth closer to reality

By Adam Clark Estes September 26

How Old Navy quickly turned its stores into e-commerce distribution centers

By Devin Nadi September 25

Why we’re still years away from having self-driving cars

By Eric Adams September 25

Apple won’t take a cut — for now — when Facebook sells online classes

By Peter Kafka September 25

The future of the vote

Tech and our democracy are more connected than ever before.

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Amazon employees fear HR is targeting minority and activism groups in email monitoring program

By Shirin Ghaffary and Jason Del Rey September 24

Amazon’s surveillance cameras fly now — which is unsettling

By Rebecca Heilweil September 24

The future of the vote

Why mail-in voting conspiracy theories are so dangerous in 2020

By Adam Clark Estes and Rebecca Heilweil September 24

The future of the vote

Postal workers say they are ready for the mail-in voting surge

By Jason Del Rey September 24

The first big test of Facebook’s oversight board will be the US election

By Shirin Ghaffary September 24

The future of the vote

How do you cover a presidential campaign during a pandemic?

By Peter Kafka September 23

The future of the vote

This billionaire built a big-money machine to oust Trump. Why do some Democrats hate him?

By Theodore Schleifer September 23

The best alternative streaming services, from anime to arthouse

By Aja Romano and Alissa Wilkinson September 22

The future of the vote

Everything you need to know about voting in 2020 (but were afraid to ask)

By Sara Morrison September 22

The future of the vote

Inside the Biden campaign’s surprising influencer strategy

By Rebecca Heilweil September 22