Only a few months ago, Silicon Valley was the subject of intense criticism in Washington and beyond. Then the pandemic struck.

A practical blueprint for reform in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown

For millions of newly remote workers, doing your job now involves looking the part, figuring out your angles, and performing for the camera.

Against the backdrop of the coronavirus crisis, our unaccountable surveillance state is set to expand.

We don’t quite leave social networks we don’t trust. We stay for the friends who still post. We lurk.

While cities like New York are the epicenter of the epidemic, smaller communities with scant resources are bracing for impact.

How Wikipedia managed to stay fun and weird after 20 years

The decidedly Trumpian nonprofit behind the Iowa app debacle

Podcasts practically print money. Text? Not so much

Anna Wiener’s memoir captures the psychic burden of the tech worker.

In light of the climate crisis, a movement is afoot to redefine prosperity in radically minimalist fashion.

Low pay, soaring rents, and cities littered with e-scooters. Welcome to the future.

A decade of squandered potential can be laid at the feet of those you trusted to create a democratic online world.

How a relentless speedup is reshaping the working class

50 years after the first ARPANET message, pop culture still views connectivity as disconnected from the political worldview that produced it.

How a shadowy consortium controls the evolution of emoji

Gutting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act will cause more problems than it solves.

What do your smartphone and the world’s most advanced fighter jet have in common? The Trump administration can’t protect them from hackers.

The tech giant changed how Americans buy stuff. It will have to do so again—whether it wants to or not.

Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Google are fighting for unbroken control of American life.