Mark Zuckerberg: CEO, billionaire, troll

We imagine the scene at Facebook right now is like Kim Jong-il's funeral. Employees weeping in hallways, dripping anguished snot onto keyboards, beating their chests with unsold Facebook phones in an orgy of anguish at the injustice of media coverage...

How artificial intelligence can be corrupted to repress free speech

The internet was supposed to become an overwhelming democratizing force against illiberal administrations. It didn't. It was supposed to open repressed citizens eyes, expose them to new democratic ideals and help them rise up against their authoritar...

Intel and Lady Gaga team up to ‘Hack Harassment’

Hack Harassment is exactly what it sounds like -- a tech-driven initiative to curb online harassment and find solutions to issues with hate speech and threats on the web. The program, which Intel teased during its CES conference this week, is spearhe...

Vox Media buys Walt Mossberg’s Recode


Vox Media has acquired Recode, the business-oriented technology website that veteran journalists Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher started last year. Recode is an offshoot of AllThingsD, a popular...