Google Search Is Growing Up
Google held its annual I/O developer event this week. The company gathered software developers, business partners, and folks from the technology press at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, just …
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A Peek Inside Hulu’s New ‘Black Twitter’ Docuseries
Michael Calore: Awesome. Lauren Goode: Nice. Michael Calore: Love it. Jason, your turn. Jason Parham: My recommendation today is the show of the moment. Well, the other show of the …
What It Will Take for Airchat to Take Flight
Silicon Valley tech types love their edgy new social media startups. The latest is Airchat, an audio-first social app that lets its users express their every thought by posting short …
How Social Media Turned Into a Shopping Mall
Michael Calore: I’m going to go watch a bunch of shorts and see what I get served and I’ll report back. Lauren Goode: Hims and Hers? Michael Calore: Yeah, Hims …
What the Apple Antitrust Suit Means for the Future of Messaging
Michael Calore: Is it granular, like salt, like a seasoning? Andrew Couts: Yes. It’s like the most finely ground sea salt with various herbs and some other spices. I don’t …
‘3 Body Problem’ Is a Tech-Heavy Head Trip
Michael Calore: OK Kate, as our guest, what’s your recommendation this week? Kate Knibbs: Actually, I’m going to recommend another sci-fi series that’s a book adaptation and I wrote about …
How a TikTok Ban Would Play Out
Lauren Goode: Makena, as our guest of honor and in-house TikTok expert, what’s your recommendation? Makena Kelly: Oh, man. I am back in the office for the first time in …
How Nvidia Came to Rule AI
[Break] Lauren Goode: All right, Will. What is your recommendation? Will Knight: My recommendation is this application called WhisperKit, which is from a company called Argmax, which was founded by …
Between Layoffs and Tougher Interviews, Tech Workers Are Stressed Out
There was a time when getting a job at Google or Amazon would be a ticket to long-term stability and success. Many of the big tech companies seemed immune to …
Here Comes the Flood of AI-Generated Clickbait
Michael Calore: When is the last time you visited the website The Hairpin? Lauren Goode: It’s been a while. Why do you ask? Michael Calore: You should go check it …