Tech
Blackstone Buys Australian Data-Center Operator for $16.1 Billion
Blackstone expects about $2 trillion will be spent in building new data centers worldwide in the next five years
September 4, 2024
Brazil’s Supreme Court Upholds X Ban
Justices back their colleague, Alexandre de Moraes, after he faces criticism for shutting down the popular social-media platform
September 2, 2024
‘Dead’: Nation prepares to switch off X
A bitter standoff between a Supreme Court judge and Elon Musk has intensified amid a feud over the fate of the tech titan’s social media platform X.
August 30, 2024
Brazil Supreme Court Threatens to Ban X
Court says Elon Musk’s social-media platform needs to appoint a new legal representative in the country or suspend operations within 24 hours
August 29, 2024
The arrest of “Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg” rattles social media
Why Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, is in a French jail
August 28, 2024
Zuckerberg says White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content
Zuckerberg says he censored content due to pressure from Biden administration.
August 27, 2024
'Very demure, very mindful' - are we missing the joke of viral trend?
A demure TikTok has gone viral, but is it an ironic joke or does it set unrealistic standards for women?
August 25, 2024
X pulls out of Brazil
The social media giant claims that a Brazilian top judge threatened the company’s employee with arrest
August 17, 2024
Inside the French tech company that powered the Olympics
French IT giant Atos has spent the last three years preparing the computer systems needed to handle accreditation, schedule volunteers and distribute results for this year's Olympics.
August 12, 2024
CrowdStrike to Delta: Stop Pointing the Finger at Us
The cybersecurity company says it isn’t to blame for the airline’s dayslong meltdown, calling it a “misleading narrative.”
August 5, 2024
X CEO Linda Yaccarino Contends With Pitfalls of Sharing Power With Elon Musk
Tensions over the division of labor with Musk have stymied some of Yaccarino’s initiatives.
July 31, 2024
Apple Intelligence: Here’s When New AI Features Come to iPhone and iPad
The new Siri and other tools won’t be available until iOS 18.1 is released later this fall. This is the timeline.
July 29, 2024
Schumpeter: Why is Mark Zuckerberg giving away Meta’s crown jewels?
Augustus Caesar goes on the open-source warpath
July 25, 2024
The quiet rise of Nick Pickles: the Yorkshireman gaining power at Elon Musk’s X
Ex-music photographer promoted as right-hand man to X chief Linda Yaccarino tasked with fighting company’s political battles
July 23, 2024
The Software Patch That Shook the World
A CrowdStrike security update rendered computers unusable, and underscored the fragility of modern global technology.
July 20, 2024