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It’s always difficult to tell who’s winning when two tech giants dance with one another. So it goes with Apple and Google. A new report from Bernstein, the investment research and management firm, suggests that Apple’s heavy reliance on Google could place it in a precarious financial position. One of Apple’s big growth areas over […]Read More

After 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed while protesting against the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12, the American neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer published a hate-filled article about her. The ensuing uproar led to calls for The Daily Stormer’s domain registrar, GoDaddy, to take the website down. Although GoDaddy had previously […]

The so-called “anti-diversity” memo leaked from Google this week has tech commentators (and beyond) in an uproar. One view is Google’s reaction puts it in a no-win situation. Another, more hopeful, is the commotion will force the company to reexamine its ideas and practices. When software engineer James Damore’s ten page objection to Google’s diversity […]Read More

For centuries people have been getting up, joining a daily commute or retreating to a room, to work. The office has become inseparable from work. Its history illustrates not only how our work has changed but also how work’s physical spaces respond to cultural, technological, and social forces. The origins of the modern office lie […]

If it’s true, as two Harvard professors have argued, that giving away your money will make you happier, Bill Gates ought to be ecstatic. The Microsoft co-founder and world’s richest man has just given away another $4.6 billion in Microsoft shares. According to a regulatory filing, Gates made a donation of 64 million Microsoft shares […]Read More

Artificial intelligence is already capable of creating a staggering array of content. It can paint, write music, and put together a musical. It can write movies, angsty poems, and truly awful stand-up comedy. But does it have ownership over what it produces? For example, an AI at Google has managed to create sounds that humans […]

Amid falling ratings, declining advertising dollars, and an unmanageable number of series on TV and streaming, networks have had to get smarter about how they buy and distribute shows. In recent years, many have gravitated more toward series from sister studios, instead of outside production houses like Sony, Lionsgate, or Media Rights Capital. But a […]

The summer’s most anticipated celestial event is almost here, and anyone with an internet connection will be able to get a good look. On Aug. 21, the Great American Eclipse, the first total solar eclipse viewable from within the United States in decades, will happen between noon and 4pm EDT as the moon crosses in […]

The US government will have to ensure that the women it incarcerates have access to free tampons and sanitary pads, a development that is long overdue. According to an Aug. 1 policy memo from the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), which oversees federal facilities, wardens must ensure that inmates have access to two sizes of tampons, […]

The European Union’s plan to make it harder for China to acquire European companies could make it easier for Britain to forge a trade deal with Beijing after Brexit. That’s one scenario following a “hard Brexit,” in which the UK retains few, if any, special links to the EU. This would free the UK from […]Read More

Prince fans: calibrate your purples. The late pop star’s estate has designated a murky shade of purple called “Love Symbol #2” as his official color. Working with color standards company Pantone, the exclusive color is inspired by the purple Yamaha piano which was intended to be the centerpiece of Prince’s tour before he passed away […]Read More

United Airlines started a three-flights-per-week service from San Francisco to Tel Aviv last year. It was so popular that the carrier now runs the route every day, with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. It’s another sign of the insatiable global demand for technology talent, with former Israeli army engineers particularly prized. The world’s tech giants snap […]