Pinduoduo’s founder stepped down suddenly this week, shaking investors who had watched him take the Chinese e-commerce company from nothing to a potential Alibaba...
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Ludwig Ahgren will keep streaming until we all subscribe to his Twitch channel. But please: “Don’t use your stimulus check on me,” he said.Read...
China Punishes Microsoft’s LinkedIn Over Lax Censorship
Officials said the social network had failed to block objectionable political content, a sign of the sacrifices it must make to remain in the...
What We Learned Abour Clearview AI’s Hidden’Cofounder’
Charles Johnson, a notorious conservative provocateur, played a pivotal role at the start of the facial recognition company.Read More
Super Nintendo World Looks for a Level Beyond the Pandemic
Super Nintendo World opened in Osaka, Japan, months after initially planned and with everyone clad in masks.Read More
Carmakers Strive to Stay Ahead of Hackers
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The effects of a breach of a car, or fleet, could be devastating. Auto manufacturers and suppliers have aggressive plans, and a lot of...
If You Look at Your Phone While Walking, You’re an Agent of Chaos
An experiment by Japanese researchers revealed how just a few distracted walkers really can throw off the movements of a whole crowd.Read More
Amazon Labor Fight: Wages May Not Ward Off Union
Recent organizing campaigns in the South suggest the company’s wage scale may have left it vulnerable to a union.Read More
A Pioneer of Digital Design Looks Back on a Defining Era
Loretta Staples, a U.I. designer in the 1980s and ’90s, had a front-row seat to the rise of personal computing.Read More
An Amazon warehouse employee testified before the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday about the “grueling” working conditions that led her and others to organize...