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April 22, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Blames Wrong Person for Trying to Cause TikTok’s Downfall
The former president suddenly seems to have amnesia about his previous stance on TikTok.
May 31, 2021
Lilah Burke
The Last Thing We Need Is an Uber for Off-Duty Cops
Private businesses are paying police big bucks to work during their off-hours. Now a slew of start-ups are looking for a piece of that action.
December 4, 2020
Timothy Noah
Down With Slack
I hate the popular “frictionless” intraoffice communication app that Salesforce just bought, and so should you.
September 3, 2020
J.C. Pan
The Hollow Gospel of Personal Investing Apps
Despite the lofty promises of fintech firms like Robinhood, there’s no such thing as “finance for all.”
April 8, 2020
Andrew Schwartz
Gig-Working Through the Apocalypse
The app-based economy was already a race to the bottom. The pandemic raises the question of how much lower things can go.
February 6, 2020
Alex Pareene
Democrats Embrace the Grift
The decidedly Trumpian nonprofit behind the Iowa app debacle
July 11, 2016
Clio Chang
The hottest new social network is: Pokémon Go.
February 12, 2016
Skye C. Cleary
Are Dating Apps Killing Long-Term Relationships?
How technology can discourage healthy, lasting relationships.
January 13, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Uber has developed in-car entertainment to keep you from doing annoying things in the backseat.
September 10, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
The Apple Watch Could Spark a Health Care Revolution
The market is already full of amazing health-tracking devices—and now it may become cool to use them
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