Facebook, Google, and Twitter are under bipartisan pressure in Washington, but that doesn't mean they'll be reined in next year.

Under increasing criticism for spreading fake news, the internet giant is using communitarianism as a shield.

The engineer Anthony Levandowski has reportedly founded a religion led by bots, the latest manifestation of the tech world's spiritual underpinnings.

Google's reported involvement in New America's decision to end an antimonopoly program points to a larger schism in the Democratic Party.

When Google promises to "curb" extremism on its lucrative video platform, it means nothing more than keeping advertisers happy.

Like other tech moguls dabbling in politics, the Facebook founder has shown little interest in actually shoring up the welfare state.

The acquisition of Whole Foods reveals the e-commerce giant’s ambitions to literally be the Everything Store.

The film, inspired by Dave Eggers's novel, has a lot of things it wants to say about technology. But it hasn’t thought any of them through.

A new documentary takes us inside an industry that has farmed out the psychological trauma of cleaning up the internet.

The industry has come out in opposition to Donald Trump’s executive order. Kind of.

We tend to trust our friends more than experts. Now we're paying for it.

One philosophical meme told the story of this year's major news events.