Want to Buy a Scrunchie Mask? Great. But Forget About That N95.
Scientists are urging Americans to upgrade their face coverings. But Amazon, Google and Facebook restrict the sale of medical-grade masks. Critics say the rules...
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Amazon Moves From Film Industry’s Margins to the Mainstream
With several films competing for Golden Globes on Sunday night and a number of high-priced movies coming this year, the streaming service has altered...
Can Tech Break Us Out of Our Bubbles?
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We need more ways to find new movies, books and activities — especially those that challenge us.Read More
A Spreadsheet of China’s Censorship Shows the Human Toll
An online spreadsheet with an anonymous minder tabulates Xi Jinping’s crackdown on speech.Read More
A Critic of Technology Turns Her Gaze Inward
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Sherry Turkle is best known for exploring the dysfunctional relationships between humans and their screens. She takes on a new focus — herself —...
What Kind of Plane Am I Flying On?
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After engine debris from a Boeing 777-200 rained down on a Denver suburb, some fliers may want to know more about plane safety and...
Away From Silicon Valley, the Military Is the Ideal Customer
While much has been made of tech’s unwillingness to work with the Pentagon, start-ups are still plumbing the industry’s decades-long ties to the military.Read...
F.C.C. Approves a $50 Monthly High-Speed Internet Subsidy
The money, aimed at low-income households, is part of an effort to bridge the access gap to broadband connectivity amid the pandemic.Read More
AT&T, loaded with debt from its DirecTV deal, sells part of its TV business to a private equity firm.
The spinoff, which will give TPG a minority stake, values the TV business at $16.25 billion — about a third of what AT&T paid...
Some are calling David Dobrik’s new photo app, Dispo, the next Instagram.Read More