What Tech Calls Thinking: An Inquiry into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley By Adrian Daub (FSG Originals, 160 pages, $13.50) Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron’s iconoclastic 1995 essay “The Californian Ideology” was the first stab at an intellectual history…
Google is crafting plans to convince the incoming Biden administration to allow it to continue its growing monopoly over the internet. The company, facing an antitrust suit from the Department of Justice and heightened public opposition to its power, will…
“He who controls the information, controls the universe!” That might not be the dastardly Baron Harkonnen’s exact words from Frank Herbert’s landmark sci-fi novel Dune; he was speaking about spice, of course. But like the spice that allows for space…
It’s safe to say that Big Tech hasn’t had a great month. Google received a beating at the Supreme Court for allegedly stealing the coding needed to create Android. Congress subpoenaed Facebook and Twitter for deliberately blocking news coverage potentially damaging to one political…
Tech giant Twitter disclosed in a regulatory filing on Monday that it is under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for mishandling personal information and is putting aside money in anticipation of a fine of between $150 million to…
At noon today, four of the world’s most powerful men will be brought together (via videoconference) to argue that they’re not so powerful after all. Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Tim Cook of Apple, and Sundar Pichai…
On June 26, President Trump signed an executive order that prioritizes applicants’ skills over their possession of a college degree in the federal government’s hiring process. The order will reduce or eliminate the minimum education requirements for select government positions. …
Many conservatives have begun to #twexit, or “Twitter exit,” to the Parler app, a social media platform devoted to “non-biased free speech.” Founded in 2018, Parler is a social media app that resembles Twitter, allowing users to comment, echo, and…
On Tuesday, Google demonetized ZeroHedge, a libertarian financial blog, due to posts in its comments section regarding the recent Black Lives Matter protests. Google also issued a formal warning to the prominent conservative website The Federalist and mandated that they…
