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Can the legal system protect the vibe of a creator? And what if that vibe is basic?
The machines that process mail-in ballots help count thousands of votes in a day — and Philadelphia officials know that every second matters.
Insider accounts of the company reveal a chaotic work environment, ever-shifting priorities, and troubles with the SEC
The man behind the AI gaffes has a yearslong history of filling the internet with garbage.
The wild expenses, shady deals, and greed that ruined Vice.
Pitchfork exploded as the music industry changed, then was cut down to size by another wave of technological change. Was that it?
While the event is known as one of the biggest motorsport events in the world, it’s also a place to showcase technology, land stewardship, and just a tiny bit of nightlife.
For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of web crawlers. But as unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.
SEO experts got very rich filling the web full of garbage. But are they to blame, or is Google?
For two decades, Google Search was the invisible force that determined the ebb and flow of online content. Now, for the first time, its cultural relevance is in question.
A couple of ex-Googlers set out to create the search engine of the future. They built something faster, simpler, and ad-free. So how come you’ve never heard of Neeva?
‘Dark money’ and the never-ending election cycle kept a qualified consumer advocate out of the Federal Communications Commission.
The SEO arms race has left the web drowning in garbage text, with customers and businesses flailing to find each other.
A loose collective of teenage car thieves has stolen tens of thousands of Hyundai and Kia vehicles, often posting the results on YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok.
The “Kid Cop” duped the PD as a teenager — and that was just the beginning.
Google promised to create a better, faster web for media companies with a new standard called AMP. In the end, it ruined the trust publishers had in the internet giant.
The Homeland anthology collects some of our most ambitious investigative journalism, with stunning art and photography.
Twitter’s staff spent years trying to protect the social media site against impulsive billionaires who wanted to use the reach of its platform for their own ends, and then one made himself the CEO.
If you give the metric system an inch, it’ll take a kilometer.