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Susan was concerned when she first learned that someone was impersonating her on Facebook, but that
In just a few short years, the Chinese fast fashion company Shein upended the way countless young wo
Facebook’s first crack at the metaverse has a problem: kids. Underage users seem to be flooding Hori
Banks, healthcare providers, and retailers around the world still rely on COBOL, a programming langu
For Spotify, the last month has seen a cascade of controversies around its exclusive podcast, The Jo
Ten years ago, IBM made a gamble. Through a monumental advertising and PR campaign, it promised that
A recent advertisement for crypto.com, featuring Matt Damon, was met with widespread mockery online.
Today on What Next TBD: What is going on with little kids' vaccines? Why don’t they seem to be a pri
Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty of defrauding investors this week in federal court. The former CEO
Using experimental technology to pull gigatons of carbon out of the air and bury it deep beneath the
The U.S. civil court system doesn’t get as much attention as the criminal courts, but it would be ha
On Monday, Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO of Twitter. It’s not the first time he’s left the job. Is
This episode originally aired in January 2021The story of how GameStop went from the verge of a bank
Over the weekend, Russia tested a new weapon—a type of missile that can fly into space and destroy
A recent poll showed that about a third of parents of younger children would get their kids vaccinat
In schools across the country, tighter digital controls were put in place to keep kids on task durin
The bots aren’t just buying cool sneakers. They’re buying concert tickets. Tickets to basketball gam
Between April and June of this year, Zillow bought nearly 4,000 homes. And they had no intention of
Over the last month, the domain company Epik and the streaming service Twitch have fallen prey to ma
The last month has seen a steady drip of leaked documents from inside Facebook, each seemingly more
