Is Garry Tan San Francisco’s ‘Twitter Menace’ or True Believer?
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But Mr. Tan’s passion, as it is for a growing number of tech industry leaders, is San Francisco politics. He is one of a...
A.I.’s Messy Moment + Listeners Respond to Jonathan Haidt + Shrimp Jesus
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Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeThis week, we look at a mess of corporate drama in artificial intelligence....
Tesla’s Pivot to China Saved Musk. It Also Binds Him to Beijing.
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When Elon Musk unveiled the first Chinese-made Teslas in Shanghai in 2020, he went off script and started dancing. Peeling off his jacket, he...
Israel Deploys Expansive Facial Recognition Program in Gaza
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Within minutes of walking through an Israeli military checkpoint along Gaza’s central highway on Nov. 19, the Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha was asked...
The U.S. Investors Caught in the Scrum Over TikTok
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For years, the U.S. investors who backed ByteDance, the Chinese internet company that owns TikTok, have wrestled with the complexities of owning a piece...
The A.I. Boom Makes Millions for an Unlikely Industry Player: Anguilla
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Artificial intelligence’s integration into everyday life has stirred up doubts and unsettling questions for many about humanity’s path forward. But in Anguilla, a tiny...
With TikTok Under Fire, Brands That Rely on It Worry
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Amid debate in Washington over whether TikTok should be banned if its Chinese owner doesn’t sell it, one group is watching with particular interest:...
The Government’s Struggles With Outsourcing Software Development
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Relative to the 496 billion Canadian dollars the federal government spent last year, the amounts are small. But this week’s revelations surrounding millions of...
Reddit’s I.P.O. Is a Content Moderation Success Story
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Redditors howled at these changes — and Mr. Wong’s successor as C.E.O., Ellen Pao, was chased out by a horde of angry users —...