Latest articles by Navneet Alang
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Facebook doesn't care about your mental health
The Explainer The social media giant might nix likes, but that doesn't mean it has your mental well-being at heart
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Why Teslas aren't the future
feature Electric cars are a transportation evolution. But we need a revolution.
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What the Twitter-shaped hole in my brain taught me about tech
feature Twitter-brain is real, and it's only a preview of our augmented-reality future
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How TikTok has captured a generation
The Explainer It's meme culture made manifest in an ideal medium for it
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Who owns your tech?
The Explainer And do you have the right to repair it?
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Why Amazon should be worried about Instagram
opinion The social platform is poised to become an e-commerce giant
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Surveillance tech is making gentrification worse
feature How 'smart' doorbells and other security devices enable and foster neighborhood displacement
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The internet is too big
opinion The case for returning to a smaller version of the web
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Why 'deepfakes' aren't the problem
opinion Our shared sense of reality has already been fatally undermined
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Apple just told us they think the iPad is the future of computing
feature The most telling takeaway from Apple's keynote wasn't necessarily the most impressive technology
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Google's Huawei ban exposes an alarming app store duopoly
The Explainer Google and Apple are app store gatekeepers. That needs to end.
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What a Game of Thrones protest petition says about modern popular culture
feature The perils of internet fandom run amok
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Inside Facebook's global constitutional convention
The Explainer Can an 'oversight board' solve the company's content problems?
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Facebook has two big problems. Solving one might make the other worse.
opinion Why the company's pivot to privacy could have major unintended consequences
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Why humans love technology that does literally only one thing
The Explainer Exploring the enduring popularity of single-purpose devices
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How Twitter robbed us of wonder
The Explainer Black holes are awesome. Twitter turned them into a joke.
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Algorithms have gotten out of control. It's time to regulate them.
The Explainer These complex equations have huge influence on our lives — but they operate with very little oversight
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Don't extend iMessage to Android. Make a universal messaging standard instead.
The Explainer Email is universal. Phone calls work across carriers. Why is messaging more complicated?
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Apple used to offer only the best. Now it offers everything.
The Explainer There was a time Steve Jobs wanted to get rid of buttons because he so valued simplicity. What happened to that company?
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Why Apple's company culture could torpedo its streaming service
The Explainer Can a company obsessed with discipline loosen up enough to create good entertainment?
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How Microsoft can make 'Windows Lite' a success
The Explainer Tech is looking for the next big thing. Can Microsoft make it?
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Why the foldable phone will flop
The Explainer The next big thing in mobile devices? Nah.
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How YouTube broke itself
opinion Beware a hungry algorithm
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Why Apple always has the last laugh
The Explainer AirPods were mocked as goofy looking and overpriced. Now they're the second fastest selling Apple product ever.
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