They Can See You Typing When You’re Shopping Online

How Sephora, Gucci, Kiehl’s and more track about 20 million online shoppers every day. (Spoiler: with cartoons.)

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When Mom Slams a Brand on Instagram

Mom influencers hold great sway over their loyal audiences. So how much research should they do before criticizing a company?

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Activists Build a Grass-Roots Alliance Against Amazon

As groups join a coalition against the internet giant, a new report underlines its troubling impact in warehouse towns.

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Google Fires 4 Workers Active in Labor Organizing

A company memo said they had been dismissed “for clear and repeated violations of our data security policies.”

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StubHub Sold to Smaller Rival Viagogo for Over $4 Billion

The merger will create a giant in the secondary market for sports and entertainment tickets, a business that by some estimates could soon be worth $15 billion.

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Scientists Created Fake Rhino Horn. But Should We Use It?

Experts are divided over whether flooding the Asian market with convincing artificial rhino horn would help or hurt rhinos’ survival.

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Uber’s License to Operate in London Isn’t Extended

The company has been in a battle to retain its license for years, at odds with regulators and drivers of traditional cabs.

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When Instagram Killed the Tabloid Star

In the 2010s, celebrity culture was domesticated by a free photo sharing app, and the paparazzi were left stranded on the pavement.

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Newscaster’s Errant Email Calling in Sick Gets National Attention

Colleagues at many of Nexstar Media Group’s nearly 200 television stations jokingly offered prayers and created a shrine for Nick Vasos, who started trending on Twitter.

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Internet Companies Prepare to Fight the ‘Deepfake’ Future

Researchers are creating tools to find A.I.-generated fake videos before they become impossible to detect. Some experts fear it is a losing battle.

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Accused of a Crime, and Falling Into the ‘Technology Gap’

Public defenders lack access to gadgets and software, routinely used by law enforcement, that could keep their clients out of jail.

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China’s Vaping Boom Alarms the Government

For years, Chinese e-cigarette makers had free rein to operate without regard to consumer safety. But new rules are set to change that.

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Five Places to Visit in Washington, D.C. With a Black Digital Storyteller

Lanae Spruce made a name for herself as a social media specialist at the Smithsonian’s African American Museum. Here are her top D.C. spots.

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Deepfakes — Believe at Your Own Risk

Watch — very closely — as these A.I. engineers create ultrarealistic videos that will have you questioning reality.

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Campaigns Pressure Facebook to Stay Pat on Political Ads

When Google said it would limit the ability of political advertisers to target voters, campaigns said they did not want Facebook to follow.

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Tesla Unveiled Its Electric Pickup Truck. It’s Pointy.

Elon Musk’s car company has long promised the vehicle, which it revealed on Thursday. Production begins in late 2021.

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Tesla to Unveil Plans for an Electric Pickup Truck

Elon Musk’s electric car company has long promised the truck, which will be revealed on Thursday. But you probably won’t be able to buy it for a while.

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Want the Greenest Device? You May Already Own It

One way to help the planet is not to buy new tech, especially stuff the planet never needed, says Kendra Pierre-Louis, who reports on the environment.

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Americans Steal Kremlin’s Playbook, for Clicks and Profit

An investigation found that a former Fox News executive hired Macedonians to write culturally and politically divisive content for his websites.

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WeWork Will Lay Off 2,400 Workers

The troubled office space company is slashing its total work force as it sells businesses and outsources some jobs.

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