How Bots Corrupted Advertising
Botmasters have created a Kafkaesque system where companies are paying huge sums to show their ads to bots. And everyone is fine with this.
Google Borrows From TikTok to Keep Gen Z Searching
Younger people seek answers on TikTok and Instagram—Google hopes to lure them back with more visual, infinite scrolling search results.
Amazon Wants to Cocoon You With ‘Ambient Intelligence’
The company’s new smart gadget uses radar to track your breathing while you sleep. It’s part of Amazon’s plan to weave its products invisibly into your life.
Amazon Wants Its Home Robot to Anticipate Your Every Need
The cutesy robot called Astro doesn’t do much now, but the company says it’s a step toward machines that understand your habits.
The Quest to Find Twitter’s Elusive Bot Team
The social media platform’s process for moderating spam, including bots, has been mired in secrecy—until now.
A Sprawling Bot Network Used Fake Porn to Fool Facebook
An orchestrated attack went after an independent news website and harvested swathes of Facebook user data. And nobody can stop it.
What’s Next for Ethereum After the Merge
The blockchain project’s cofounder Vitalik Buterin says its recent big upgrade lays a path for more technical changes, and greater adoption.
Twitch’s Crypto Casino Ban Ignores the Bigger Play
The company is going after cryptocurrency gambling—but will that be enough to satisfy concerned streamers?
Bogus Fears of Censorship Could Spell the End of Content Moderation
Plus: The Supreme Court in cyberspace, what’s up with Web3, and ghost town resurrections.