Tech

the panamazopticon expands

Amazon to buy Roomba maker for $1.7 billion

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Briefing

What's being done to stop the robocall scourge

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dislike

Instagram scaling back new format following backlash

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prime care

Amazon to purchase One Medical for $3.9B

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could have been worse!

Netflix beats expectations while still losing almost a million subscribers

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twitter v. musk

Musk's lawyers move to block Twitter request for expedited trial

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on the hook?

Elon Musk tries to back out of Twitter deal

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William Falk

The soul of a machine

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Feature

Market for mortgages dries up

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Briefing

Is Google's chatbot program self-aware?

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Bluff-calling

Twitter reportedly agrees to give Elon Musk raw data to settle bots standoff

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billions in the balance

Elon Musk threatens to drop Twitter deal

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long overdue

Apple adds edit, undo send, and mark unread features to iMessage

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taking charge

EU plans to force Apple to use same charger as other smartphones

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Green Power

Biden moves to shore up U.S. solar projects, boost domestic production

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leaning out

Sheryl Sandberg to leave Meta after 14 years

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SCOTUS

Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas social media law

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Analysis

The pros and cons of nuclear power

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backing out?

Musk says Twitter deal 'cannot move forward' without proof of number of fake accounts

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them's the rules

Trump to partially restrict Twitter use if allowed back

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Feature

Scammed by romance and Bitcoin

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Harold Maass

Could Elon Musk put Donald Trump back in the White House?

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Speed Reads

Meta disables some Instagram filters in Texas and Illinois due to facial recognition laws

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RIP to an icon

Apple discontinues its last iPods after 20 years

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subsidizing cyberspace

Biden announces free internet for millions of low-income Americans

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the new boss

Musk will reportedly become Twitter CEO 'for a few months'

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pay up

Elon Musk suggests charging commercial or government Twitter users

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'bonkers dangerous'

Data firm selling abortion clinic visitors' location data

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always watching

The CDC reportedly monitored the location data of millions of phones

Amazon Books displays all its book covers on its shelves rather than the conventional book spines.

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clocking back in

Amazon ends COVID-19 paid sick leave policy

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big, apple

European Commission says Apple broke antitrust laws

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what's next?

Musk eyes new ways to monetize tweets as he lines up next Twitter CEO

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see you on zoom

Airbnb to allow employees to permanently work from home

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the spotify experience

Spotify subscriptions grew amid Joe Rogan controversy

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W. James Antle III

Will Elon Musk create a conservative utopia?