Greg Peters, Netflix’s newly appointed co-CEO, speaking at an event in 2018. | Diarmuid Greene /Web Summit via Getty Images Another Big Tech founder (mostly) moves on. Reed Hastings has been in charge of Netflix since he co-founded the company,...
Category: Internet & technology
Inside the battle for the future of Amazon
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is leading the company through one of its most turbulent periods. | David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images After the largest corporate layoffs in its history, the tech giant is at a crossroads. For years, it seemed...
The FAA is struggling. Who can save it?
All eyes are on the Department of Transportation and the FAA. | Paul Morigi/Getty Images The Federal Aviation Administration needs some tech support. Before any flight takes off, pilots are supposed to read a Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) that...
It looks like people are actually moving back to San Francisco (really)
After years of population loss, people are coming back to the Bay Area. | Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images There’s a big sign that San Francisco may be making a comeback. Unsurprisingly, people are still moving to...
The clock is ticking on a TikTok ban
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew. | Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg via Getty Images Millions spent on lobbyists, a billion spent on safeguards. Will it be enough to stay in the United States? The act of scrolling through your For You feed on...
Are we too worried about misinformation?
Getty Images/iStockphoto “Resist trying to make things better”: A conversation with internet security expert Alex Stamos. I’m old enough to remember when the internet was going to be great news for everyone. Things have gotten more complex since then: We...
5 unintended consequences of the EV revolution
EVs will change life on the road. | Getty Images EVs are going to change our cars — and how we drive. The world around us was built to cater to gas-powered cars. Tank trucks carrying thousands of gallons of...
Quiet hiring and the endless quest to coin terms about work
Getty Images; Vox From quiet quitting to the Great Resignation, why we won’t stop making up words about work. We — workers, experts, journalists, me — just can’t stop talking about work these days. And that’s not just because we...
What Meta employees really think about their company’s brutal year
Amanda Northrop/Vox Recode obtained a recording of a Mark Zuckerberg Q&A and internal survey results that show how Meta’s struggles are impacting staff. At the opening of Meta’s last company-wide Q&A of 2022, Mark Zuckerberg sounded disappointed but determined. “We...
Elon Musk’s Starlink is only the beginning
Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images Satellite internet is going mainstream. So are its challenges. Space internet has the reputation for slow service. With its questionable signal strength and hardly Netflix-friendly bandwidth, the internet that’s beamed down from low-Earth orbit is...