Tag: Computers and the Internet

Should Tech Stay or Go in Russia?

This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns.The international business…

Reinvention and Nostalgia: The Project to Remake Twitter

The Bluesky project would eventually allow for the creation of new curation algorithms, which would show different tweets…

Friends With Benefits: The Social Club That Runs On Crypto and Vibes

Members with at least one $FWB token (current price: about $45) can read the group’s newsletter and blog…

Anonymity in Crypto Raises Alarm

At work, he makes one exception to the secrecy. On calls with clients, he often uses his actual…

Ukraine War Tests the Power of Tech Giants

Telegram’s experience illustrates the competing pressures. The app is popular in Russia and Ukraine for sharing images, videos…

David Boggs, Co-Inventor of Ethernet, Dies at 71

After his parents divorced, David Boggs grew up in Washington with his mother, Jane (McCallum) Boggs, and his…

Putin Has Made Sure the World Will Never Be the Same

The musician and actress Selena Gomez has twice as many followers on Instagram — over 298 million —…

Amazon Opens a Whole Foods With the Next Step in Automation

“Would you like to sign in with your palm?”That was the question a cheerful Amazon employee posed when…

Russia’s War With Ukraine Already Costing Russian Economy

MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin has ushered in a crisis for his country — in its economy…

Russia Intensifies Censorship Campaign, Pressuring Tech Giants

On Feb. 16, a Roskomnadzor official said companies that did not comply by the end of the month…

Absent or Swinging Prices Keep Consumers Guessing

When a holiday toy catalog from Amazon arrived in the mail in late October, Krista Hoffmann noticed something…

A Comeback for Physical Stores

This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns.Americans shopped online…