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  1. screen time
    Why YouTube Should Cut Off Its ThumbnailsThe platform is testing a ban on “egregious” clickbait titles and thumbnails. Why not go all the way?
    By John Herrman
  2. screen time
    Why the Government’s Google Breakup Plan Is Such a Big DealCleaving off Chrome could reset the web as we know it.
    By John Herrman
  3. screen time
    Democrats Are Massively Outspending Republicans on Social MediaIt’s not even close — $182 million to just $45 million, according to one new estimate.
    By John Herrman
  4. screen time
    Why Reddit Is Blowing UpThe social media site is making money and growing fast. It can thank new search traffic.
    By John Herrman
  5. screen time
    The Rise of the Self-Clicking ComputerAI agents would like access to your mouse — and all of your data — please.
    By John Herrman
  6. screen time
    What If Google’s Biggest Problem Isn’t AI?While Google is scrambling to catch up on AI, Amazon is carving off a big slice of its core business.
    By John Herrman
  7. fact-finding
    New York City Marks 23rd Anniversary Of September 11, 2001 Attacks
    How Tall Is J.D. Vance Really?He’s 6’2” — saved you the click.
    By Matt Stieb
  8. screen time
    AI Wants to Be FreeOr at least very, very cheap.
    By John Herrman
  9. screen time
    How Do You Break Up a Company Like Google?A federal-court ruling has made that question real. Is it into two pieces … or into 20?
    By John Herrman
  10. screen time
    The Future Will Be BriefWhat happens when AI summarizes everything we do and say?
    By John Herrman
  11. dystopia now
    2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field - Day 10
    Google Pulls AI Olympics Commercial That Everyone HatedNo one liked the search engine’s one weird trick to writing fan mail.
    By Matt Stieb
  12. screen time
    Why Won’t Google Auto-complete ‘Trump Assassination Attempt’?Welcome to the rich tradition of politically charged questions around this search feature.
    By John Herrman
  13. screen time
    Reddit, Google, and the Real Cost of the AI Data RushThe open web is getting walled off.
    By John Herrman
  14. screen time
    The Internet’s Biggest MysteryHow many regular users do the likes of Facebook, Youtube, and Netflix even have anymore?
    By John Herrman
  15. screen time
    How Siri Made Apple Cautious About AIThe company is still trying to make good on a vision of a personal assistant offered in 2011.
    By John Herrman
  16. screen time
    Why AI Search Blew Up in Google’s FaceThe search giant advised us to eat glue and rocks and maybe even try walking off a cliff. The gaffes are part of a much bigger story.
    By John Herrman
  17. screen time
    Google Is About to Change the Whole Internet — AgainThe company’s all-in investment in AI.
    By John Herrman
  18. screen time
    Google Is Staring Down Its First Serious Threats in YearsThe search giant now faces three simultaneous challenges: government regulators, real competition, and itself.
    By John Herrman
  19. social studies
    How Gmail Became Our DiaryRebecca Makkai, Paul Murray, and other authors dig through their email archives on the 20th anniversary of Google’s other flagship product.
    By The Editors
  20. screen time
    How Product Recommendations Broke GoogleAnd ate the internet in the process.
    By John Herrman
  21. screen time
    Can Reddit Survive Its IPO?The company wants to sell shares to users and user data to Google. Redditors might have other ideas.
    By John Herrman
  22. screen time
    AI Companies Are Getting the Culture War They DeserveGoogle’s new image generator is yet another half-baked AI tool that is practically designed to provoke controversy.
    By John Herrman
  23. screen time
    Google’s New AI-Powered Browser Could Mark the End of the Human InternetLess a place of words written by people, more one of words generated by bots.
    By John Herrman
  24. screen time
    The Vision Pro’s Biggest Problem Is AppleNobody wants to lend a hand to the richest tech company on earth.
    By John Herrman
  25. screen time
    How Big Tech Companies Really Think About AIWe’re learning a lot from what tech companies’ lawyers argue in response to the many lawsuits they face over their voracious AI models.
    By John Herrman
  26. screen time
    The AI Chatbot Assistants Are Here. Do We Actually Want Them?Sometimes I just want to use my computer, not tell it what to do.
    By John Herrman
  27. screen time
    How AI Will Change the News Business: 3 TheoriesThe media industry is panicky. The tech companies are opaque. But some scenarios are starting to take shape.
    By John Herrman
  28. screen time
    Is ChatGPT Getting Dumber?Many early users say so. But maybe the AI bot is just done with them.
    By John Herrman
  29. screen time
    Will Google’s AI Plans Destroy the Media?The new bot-generated content is ominous for digital publishers. But the search giant might have a reason to pull back.
    By John Herrman
  30. screen time
    Is AI Coming for Coders First?The tech industry is running a big experiment on itself.
    By John Herrman
  31. screen time
    Will ChatGPT Become Your Everything App?The announcement of an app store for the AI chat interface reveals the scale of OpenAI’s ambitions.
    By John Herrman
  32. screen time
    The Nightmare of AI-Powered Gmail Has ArrivedIt’ll write your emails for you and read them, too. What could go wrong?
    By John Herrman
  33. screen time
    Google and Bing Are a Mess. Will AI Solve Their Problems?This new era of search is a story about automation. But it’s also a story about corporate choices.
    By John Herrman
  34. screen time
    AI Art Is Here and the World Is Already DifferentWork, communication, and even thought change when we can instantly command convincing images into existence.
    By John Herrman
  35. the economy
    Apple to Slow Hiring in Latest Economic WarningAs tech behemoths warn of retrenchment, Goldman Sachs predicted that the job market will slow “sharply.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  36. big tech
    Inside Jedi Blue, Facebook’s Shady Deal With GoogleBehind a geeky code name lies a sinister plot.
    By Jacob Silverman
  37. pivot
    Why Subscriptions May Be the Wave of the FutureIn an increasingly privacy-focused world, paying a premium may look more attractive.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  38. pivot
    It’s Mark Versus Rupert Down UnderKara Swisher and Scott Galloway discuss what the intense fight over online news in Australia means for the rest of the world.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  39. social media
    Amazon, Apple, and Google Cut Off Parler, Citing Failure to Moderate ExtremismThe site, which has been a haven for many on the far right, may not be long for this world in the aftermath of the Capitol riot.
    By Chas Danner
  40. silicon valley
    Google Workers Are UnionizingThe news follows years of bad press for the tech giant.
    By Sarah Jones
  41. just asking questions
    Scott Galloway on the Antitrust Case Against GoogleThe case is sure to take years, but the ramifications for Silicon Valley — and the country in general — may be huge.
    By James D. Walsh
  42. antitrust
    DOJ Launches First Major Antitrust Case Against GoogleThe search giant pays mobile companies and browsers to make Google their preset search engine. The Justice Department says that’s illegal.
    By Eric Levitz
  43. pivot
    Will Tech’s Big Four Be Smart Enough to Help Break Themselves Up?Pivot’s Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway discuss what’s next for tech’s largest firms after a House Judiciary report called for their dismantlement.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  44. the top line
    Softbank Found Another Dumb Way to InvestNaturally, the tech behemoth that lost billions on WeWork has found a new, weird thing to do with its investors’ cash.
    By Josh Barro
  45. pivot
    Is This the Beginning of the End of Big Tech As We Know It?Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway discuss the House tech-antitrust hearing and how it could lead toward breaking up giants like Amazon or Facebook.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  46. the top line
    Don’t Give Up on Offices Quite YetEven companies like Google that are well suited to remote work understand the value of in-person interactions.
    By Josh Barro
  47. pivot
    How Should Congress Grill the Big 4 Tech CEOs?Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway play Antitrust Subcommittee members for a day.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  48. pivot
    Why Big Tech’s Congressional Testimony Will Be a BustScott Galloway and Kara Swisher discuss why they’re pessimistic about this month’s grilling of Zuckerberg, Bezos, Cook, and Pichai.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  49. technology
    Was the Obama Administration Too Soft on Big Tech?Kara Swisher talks with a key member of the president’s economic team about why companies like Google and Amazon were largely left unchecked.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  50. pivot
    Does the Government Have a Chance Against Google?Pivot’s Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway discuss whether the DOJ’s antitrust investigation of the tech behemoth is doomed to fail.
    By Intelligencer Staff
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