CES Debrief: Our So-Called Artificial Life (Filed #012)
Recapping the Consumer Electronics Show. Plus, the oral history of rickrolling, how to fix the internet, and Ivanka Trump and women in tech.
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CES 2020 Is Upon Us (Filed #011)
What to expect and what you'll never see in public. Plus, California's new privacy law explained and saving America's spies in the digital age.
Built With Facebook (Filed #010)
Facebook wants to build an operating system but is it trustworthy? Plus, a look at Tech's Year in Review and the real trouble with Silicon Valley.
The Tale of Two Absolutionists (Filed #009)
Facebook and Twitter's varied approaches to fixing problems. Plus, how Silicon Valley is listening to you and is Marc Benioff really that "woke"?
Lessons From 2019's Tech IPOs (Filed #008)
What did we learn from the public market's tolerance of tech? Plus, a look at the unpaid human editors making Waze better and how to fight lies, tricks, and chaos online.
Measuring Out Your Life By Daily Users (Filed #007)
Slack and Microsoft's row extends to who has a bigger user base. Plus, Google's desire to work with the military, AI's failure to be inclusive, and why the internet's inventors are horrified.
The Nostalgia Differentiator (Filed #006)
When the past is used to sell the future. Plus, the man behind Zuckerberg's deepfake and the immigrants that took on Amazon.
The Augmented Reality Creative Cloud Cometh (Filed #005)
Adobe makes it easier to build for the AR world. Plus, WeWork's case study on failing up and how Cortana got its groove back.
Dorsey vs. Zuckerberg (Filed #004)
Twitter grows a political spine, Google buys Fitbit, and everything you want to know about HBO Max.
Zuckerberg's Political Theater (Filed #003)
Facebook's CEO pitches free expression over enforcement and that Congress has nothing to fear from Libra.