Latest articles by Navneet Alang
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Did the virus kill the techlash?
opinion Coronavirus is helping people remember the potential for good in tech, but the problems haven't disappeared
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Coronavirus and the uncomfortable calculus of the gig economy
opinion What is your grocery delivery worth?
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The temptation of coronavirus surveillance
opinion Fighting the pandemic doesn't have to mean giving up on privacy
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Coronavirus is an opportunity to rethink tech
feature There is something profoundly contemporary about this pandemic: the way it has revealed the connectedness of our globalized, digital world and also its resulting fragility
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How to survive a pandemic on social media
feature It's hard to know what's true, what's reasonable, and what's just sensational. How scared should I be? I genuinely don't know.
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Apple is about to start making laptops a lot more like phones
The Explainer A whole new era in the world of Mac
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Why are calendar apps so awful?
The Explainer Honestly it's a wonder we manage to schedule anything at all
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Why YouTube is the true successor to TV
feature The numbers don't lie
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How the iPad quietly transformed computing
feature 10 years after launch, some analysts say the device hasn't proven to be as revolutionary as its initial promise. Really?
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What if the car of the future isn't a car at all?
The Explainer The many problems with GM's Cruise autonomous vehicle announcement
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Does social media silence grief?
feature On tragedy and sadness in the age of Twitter and Facebook
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Technology did more good than harm this decade
feature The dangers of tech are real. But so are the possibilities.
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Too anxious to press play
The Explainer We have more entertainment options than ever before. That's stressing a lot of people out.
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Google's uncertain future
The Explainer As Larry Page and Sergey Brin officially step down, the company is at a crossroads
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Why you should delete your favorite apps this holiday season
feature And other helpful tips for mindful tech use
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Google wants to finish your sentences. That's a problem.
The Explainer Why moving the Smart Compose feature into Google Docs is bad for language
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Can Apple make VR mainstream?
The Explainer What to think of the company's foray into augmented reality
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How the tech duopoly killed the headphone jack
feature The real consequences of 'vertical integration'
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The troubling age of algorithmic entertainment
feature How streaming platforms are changing art
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Mark Zuckerberg's reckless idea of free speech
opinion The Facebook CEO's idea of expression is stuck in the past
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We're losing control of our computers
The Explainer The ideal of computing in which users can make their devices do whatever they want is be dying — and we'll all be worse off for it
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Is Microsoft's Surface Neo too little too late?
feature Why the most exciting tech products in years might not be enough to make a dent in the market
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Amazon's dystopian plan to be anywhere and everywhere
The Explainer There's no escaping Alexa
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Is it unethical to upgrade your iPhone?
The Explainer How our addiction to new and shiny devices is doing more harm than good
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