BUSINESS
Meta layoffs reveal a deeper truth: Tech exceptionalism is dead
Silicon Valley for too long equated head-count growth with success. Tech companies are instead turning to more traditional ways to measure success, partly because that’s what Wall Street is demanding
BUSINESS
ChatGPT may increase spam. Why not consider a paywall for your email?
The spam problem will only get worse as marketers use ChatGPT to draft emails, allowing them to send even more junk you have no intention to read
BUSINESS
Making better AI is Elon Musk's new object of fancy after Twitter failures
A grand new AI mission awaits the erratic billionaire while his social media platform struggles with staffing and advertising losses
BUSINESS
Mark Zuckerberg may have better luck with Elon Musk’s ‘blue tick’
Facebook and Instagram’s subscription service is really aimed at helping influencers go viral. That might also boost spam
BUSINESS
An AI arms race is on: Google Bard and Microsoft Bing's faux pas warn big tech to go slower
The AI programmes Microsoft and Google are sharing with the world have flaws that could come back to haunt them later
BUSINESS
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Maybe: The great AI chatbot race
Microsoft’s Bing and Google’s Bard will certainly make mistakes, and publishers will not be happy
BUSINESS
Layoffs alone won’t solve tech’s problems
Talk of “efficiency” might please investors for a while, but companies will need to make deeper changes to their culture to thrive long term
BUSINESS
Mark Zuckerberg’s new focus pulls Meta back from the brink
A growing chorus wanted him to shift attention from the metaverse. Meta’s latest results showed he could listen
BUSINESS
Activist investors move on Salesforce. Is Big Tech safe?
Elliott may make companies tremble but the sector's top players are cash-generating machines and have little to fear for now and Chris Hughes
BUSINESS
Why Mark Zuckerberg should face the threat of jail
The UK is poised to threaten social media bosses with prison if they break new safety rules. It’s a sensible idea
TRENDS
Social media firms failed once again in Brazil
Insurrection in Brasilia shows the damage that can be done when Meta, TikTok and other platforms neglect viral misinformation in foreign markets
BUSINESS
ChatGPT is no magic bullet for Microsoft’s Bing
A significant AI upgrade for the beleaguered search tool could threaten Google, but it will be difficult to pull off
BUSINESS
Big tech is in crisis. That’s exactly what it needed
Painful pressures and AI advances will help reinvigorate a lacklustre industry
BUSINESS
Apple’s iPhone needs a shake-up. A new law might help
A European law, the Digital Markets Act, which aims to address monopolistic practices by big tech firms, has already forced Apple to loosen its iron grip on its products
BUSINESS
Elon Musk’s Twitter will reel from culture shock
Twitter has confirmed it received his letter and that it intends to close the transaction. The deal, in other words, might actually happen.
BUSINESS
Facebook, beware: The Metaverse is flat, and Mark Zuckerberg needs a plan
Most people are visiting virtual worlds through plain old screens
BUSINESS
Mark Zuckerberg’s bet on WhatsApp might not pay off
Years after the Facebook founder’s $19 billion purchase, WhatsApp could wind up more valuable as a sacrifice to regulators than as a viable business
TECHNOLOGY
AI’s hold over humans is starting to get stronger
Artificial intelligence isn’t on the cusp of sentience. But its growing inscrutability and sway over us should still be cause for concern
TECHNOLOGY
It’s risky to be this deferential to artificial intelligence
Police, schools and HR departments are too trusting of fallible algorithms. A special brand of human overseer is needed
BUSINESS
Sheryl Sandberg is leaving Facebook at a perilous moment
For Facebook’s critics, the company was causing damage to society because of a growth-at-all-costs mindset driven by Sheryl Sandberg and Mark Zuckerberg
TRENDS
The Promise of Artificial Intelligence Hasn't Borne Fruit in Health Tech
Grand promises that the technology could transform healthcare have struggled to bear fruit, with plenty of patient data collected in the meantime.
BUSINESS
Tech stocks are entering an age of uncertainty
Facebook, Netflix, Zoom and others are suffering in the markets as investors reassess their lockdown darlings. But they will rise again.
BUSINESS
Elon Musk and other tech billionaires are out of control
The Tesla founder will join Zuckerberg, Brin and Page in exercising unparalleled sway over the world’s biggest communications platforms. That is a troubling prospect
BUSINESS
Insurers must brace for catastrophic cyber risk
Cyber breaches have become so broad and volatile in recent years that insurers have pulled out of the sector completely, raising the spectre that certain kinds of attacks could become uninsurable
