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Category: Business / Tech Culture
Down the Chatbot Rabbit Hole
The founder of social Q&A site Quora is experimenting with Poe, an app that answers questions using AI. What role is left for people?
Startup T2 Wants to Terminate Twitter
Cofounder Gabor Cselle says his upstart social network can offer a “2007 Twitter” community vibe that Elon Musk’s platform no longer supplies.
Ex-Twitter Workers Puzzle Over Elon Musk’s Abandoned Laptops
The cash-strapped company recently auctioned off USB dongles but has left some corporate computers in the custody of laid-off staff.
Alphabet’s Layoffs Aren’t Very Googley
The company’s founders pioneered putting employees first and said they’d never bow down to Wall Street. How things have changed.
A Damning US Report Lays Bare Amazon’s Worker Injury Crisis
Investigators found that conditions in three of the company’s facilities risk “serious physical harm” to workers.
Lina Khan’s Plan to Liberate US Workers
The chair of the Federal Trade Commission explains why she wants to ban companies from locking up employees with noncompete clauses.
What the West Doesn’t Know About China’s Silicon Valley
Novelist Ning Ken’s history of Beijing’s Zhongguancun district shows how two generations of professors and tech entrepreneurs helped make the country more open.
Welcome to the Wet Hot AI Chatbot Summer
The next big thing in tech isn’t the blockchain or the metaverse—it’s a mind-bending wave of algorithmic content machines.
Amazon Has Conquered Christmas—but Its Reign May Be Ending
The retail giant mastered the mince pie and shoved its way into the holidays. But, it’s also had to cut back on its private-label products after poor sales.