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OpenAI’s board needs to say something

Nov 29|

What happened to Sam Altman?

Nov 18|

OpenAI wants to be the App Store of AI

The creator of ChatGPT is taking a big swing with its new store for AI bots. Are we witnessing the beginning of a new platform?

Nov 8|

The risks facing X

Nov 3|

Inside X’s first all-hands meeting

Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino addressed X employees together for the first time since renaming the company.

Oct 27|

Google’s postpandemic ‘reckoning’

Why fresh layoffs inside Google this week signal that more could be on the horizon.

Oct 20|

What happens to Snap?

Oct 13|

TikTok’s latest enemy: its former employees

Oct 6|

Linda Yaccarino was set up to fail

Will Elon let her be more than a ‘CEO in Name Only?’ Also: takeaways from my interview with Mark Zuckerberg, layoffs hit Snap and Epic Games, and more.

Sep 29|

The winners and losers in Instacart’s IPO

Sep 22|

The chaos at Unity

One of the gaming industry’s most important players is feeling the heat after a controversial business change. Plus: layoff fears inside Epic Games, and US versus Google kicks off.

Sep 15|

Command Line: The mailbag issue

Sep 8|

How Big Tech really feels about the EU’s crackdown

Aug 25|

Why Google’s co-founder left retirement to work on AI

Aug 18|

Inside the hunt for AI chips

Aug 11|

What’s ahead for the tech industry

Aug 4|

What it’s like to work at Elon Musk’s X

With the Twitter brand now gone, what’s in it for the remaining employees at X Corp? Also: I got my eyeballs scanned by Sam Altman’s Worldcoin orb.

Jul 28|

The biggest AI release since ChatGPT

Jul 21|

What’s next for Threads

It’s all about retention now, and ActivityPub support is a ‘long while’ off. Also: Facebook hits 3 billion monthly users.

Jul 14|

IRL’s ex-CEO says he’s ‘shocked’ about the company’s fake users

Jun 30|

Musk versus Zuckerberg at the Octagon

Jun 23|

A vibe check inside Reddit

Jun 16|

The headset wars have begun

Jun 9|

Here come the headset wars

Jun 2|

What’s in store for Twitter’s new CEO

May 19|

Google says AI

May 12|

Inside Google’s AI culture clash

May 5|

Meta changes exec bonuses after backlash

Apr 28|

What’s behind Snap’s big AI bet

Apr 21|

Bluesky’s CEO on building a new kind of social media

Apr 14|

TikTok laughs at a US ban

Apr 7|

A visit to Cerebral Valley

Mar 31|

Epic Games pushes out profitability

Mar 24|

Zuckerberg addresses Meta’s layoffs

Mar 17|

The story behind Spotify’s big redesign

Mar 10|

Inside Amazon’s return-to-office backlash

Mar 2|

Meta braces for layoffs

Feb 23|

Snap tries to win back investors

Feb 16|

Microsoft wants Google to dance

Feb 9|

Block says no raises for low performers

Feb 2|

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