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Even bosses are joining the Great Resignation

New data shows a growing number of managers are quitting.

By Rani Molla

The inside story at Meta as it moves beyond Facebook

Land of the Giants explores the social media juggernaut in a moment of transformation.

By Samantha Oltman

Should I delete my period app? And other post-Roe privacy questions.

By Sara Morrison

The fight against inflation starts at sea

By Rebecca Heilweil

Meta top executive Nick Clegg explains Facebook’s futuristic plans for the metaverse

By Shirin Ghaffary

NFTs and the monetization of hope

By Emily Stewart

Why Silicon Valley is fertile ground for obscure religious beliefs

By Rebecca Heilweil

Anyone can fall for online scams — even you. Here’s how to avoid them.

By Sara Morrison

Here’s why Netflix made you wait a month to watch the rest of Stranger Things

By Peter Kafka and Rani Molla

What police could find out about your illegal abortion

By Sara Morrison

When you drive for work, $5 gas hurts

By Rani Molla

Elon Musk the Twitter celebrity vs. Elon Musk the boss

By Whizy Kim

It’s TikTok’s world. Can TV live in it?

By Peter Kafka

If aliens are calling, let it go to voicemail

By Bryan Walsh

Meta is getting data about you from some surprising places

By Sara Morrison

Now might be a good time to think about crypto insurance

By Rebecca Heilweil

Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of people to hire

By Jason Del Rey

Leaked transcript: Inside Elon Musk’s first meeting with Twitter employees

By Shirin Ghaffary

What you need to know about Elon Musk’s big meeting with Twitter employees

By Shirin Ghaffary

Does this AI know it’s alive?

By Dylan Matthews

Apple and Google are coming for your car

By Sara Morrison

Why the return to the office isn’t working

By Rani Molla

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s new investment fund deepens his ties to national security interests

By Whizy Kim

FTC Chair Lina Khan’s plan to take on Big Tech, in 9 questions

By Sara Morrison and Jason Del Rey

Crypto’s winter is here again. How long will it last?

By Peter Kafka

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Amazon fired Chris Smalls. Now the new union leader is one of its biggest problems.

What’s next for the face of America’s new labor movement.

By Shirin Ghaffary

New York’s attorney general calls out Verizon for spreading Legionnaires’ disease

By Rebecca Heilweil

Business is booming for crypto scammers

By Sara Morrison

Leaked transcript: What Mark Zuckerberg told Meta employees about Sheryl Sandberg’s exit

By Shirin Ghaffary

Sheryl Sandberg’s mixed legacy at Meta

By Shirin Ghaffary

The problem with schools turning to surveillance after mass shootings

By Rebecca Heilweil
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The text-to-image revolution, explained

By Joss Fong

Netflix slips and Hollywood cheers. Maybe it shouldn’t.

By Peter Kafka

The Supreme Court shuts down Texas’s attempt to seize control of social media — for now

By Ian Millhiser

Tell your boss: Working from home is making you more productive

By Rani Molla

WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann’s new crypto project sounds like a scam within a scam

By Neel Dhanesha

Florida’s social media free speech law has been blocked for likely violating free speech laws

By Sara Morrison

How the internet gets people to plagiarize each other

By Rebecca Jennings

Quantum computers could change the world — provided they can work

By Bryan Walsh

How much longer can Google own the internet?

By Sara Morrison

The future of 911 is a little bit creepy

By Rebecca Heilweil

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Play-to-earn gaming sounds too good to be true. It probably is.

The video game industry’s clumsy flirtation with Web3 doesn’t feel like it has actual players in mind.

By Luke Winkie