Category Archives: Business

How an idealistic community for exchanging free stuff tried to break away from Facebook and ended up breaking apart.

The company recently laid off thousands of human employees—it is also shutting down a unit working on robots that learned to open doors and clean tables.

A case before the court is challenging social media platforms’ legal protections. The outcome could be huge for the future of the web.

Everything you ever wanted to know about qubits, superpositioning, and spooky action at a distance.

Hundreds of thousands of workers lost jobs at Google, Meta, and other giants in recent months. Some are deciding to build their own companies.

Mark Zuckerberg has a new subscription service for Instagram and Facebook. That blue check mark looks awfully familiar.

Large law firms are using a tool made by OpenAI to research and write legal documents. What could go wrong?

A movement to promote neighborhoods with amenities within walking distance has enraged far-right activists, climate deniers, and extremists.

In Indonesia, sickness and pollution plague a sprawling factory complex that supplies the world with crucial battery materials.

In Alaska, people are flocking to buy electric appliances instead of fuel-guzzling furnaces, as oil prices soar and temperatures plummet.