The Times published a bodice-ripping account of its performance during the Trump administration and settled for a number of self-effacing…
Technology
Crucified by Low Consumer Prices
Is crucified too strong a word? Perhaps, but perhaps not, as monopolies in the business world have nailed small companies…
The Human Biohazard—Welcome to Machine World
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt and Mike Bloomberg are signed on to bring us a…
We Value Your Privacy
A bald-faced lie and a proper crock of shit. And yet these sites persist in coercing their followers to…
Drones and the Sound of Silence
Amazon just announced its plan to offer thirty-minute delivery of products to Amazon Prime members. I greet that announcement…
Facebook, an Enormous Company Run by a Child
Well, Move Fast and Break Things may be a great motto in a dorm room, but it hasn’t worked out…
Insatiable; a Porn Story, but Not That Kind
I was glancing through the newspaper a few days back, wondering where all the positive stories had gone from our…
Facebook Has Us Talking to Those Who Think Like Us—and That’s Not Good Enough
I do the same thing, scrolling down through my Facebook page and agreeing (for the most part) with this or…
‘Guided Democracy,’ Governed by Those Who Can Manufacture Consent
Cambridge Analytica is said to be negotiating “two potentially lucrative new contracts, one to boost the incoming Trump White House’s…
Who Is Robert Mercer and Why Should I Care?
The short answer is he’s a computer scientist billionaire. The long answer is a bit more complicated. Mercer is very…