Technology

There’s a classic Curb episode in which Larry David investigates which of his friends doesn’t respect wood — that is, he tries to get to the bottom of who damaged Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ table by not putting a coaster down. Many of the grievances of the fictionalized version of Larry David are frankly ridiculous, but we’re […]

When it comes to consuming anything chilled, it’s the ice that makes the drink. And no, not all ice is created equal. There’s inferior ice, like those large cubes that take up the whole glass, or half moons that are inexplicably underwhelming. There’s ice that tastes like it was pulled directly from a picturesque Montana […]

In May of 2019, when a 28-year-old Washington Post video journalist named Dave Jorgenson thrust his employer to the vanguard of Gen Z media by inaugurating @washingtonpost on TikTok, he followed two other accounts from the Post’s new handle. One was @ashtonkutcher. (Impostor.) The other was @nytimes. (Also an impostor.) “It was just some kid […]

The spectacular collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s empire was as much a shock to the cryptocurrency markets as it was a personal surprise to those in the halls of power. For years, SBF, as he’s known, had established himself as arguably the chief lobbyist for the blockchain world; he was a friendly, helpful face guiding lawmakers through […]

Elon Musk’s ultimatum—that Twitter employees either go “extremely hardcore” or get lost—appears to have backfired. Instead of motivating the social media company’s remaining employees to stay on (he already laid off about half of the staff when he took over), Musk’s edict for workers to commit to this “new Twitter” by 5 p.m. Thursday reportedly […]

In the same vein, the Babylon Bee account was banned for misgendering Rachel Levine, a four-star admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the nation’s highest-ranking openly transgender official. Kathy Griffin’s ban was brief; she was suspended on November 7 after changing her account name to Elon Musk. While impersonating Musk, she tweeted: “After much […]

In the early-20th century, long before there was Twitter and the internet, iPhones and AI, Bitcoin and ChatGPT, when the skies of the Industrial Revolution were filled with dark soot and smokestacks and the streets around the world were a cavalcade of trotting horses and carriages, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, then the leader of the Bolshevik […]

Donald Trump might have his Twitter account back, but the presidential hopeful still desperately wants to get back on Facebook—which will no doubt be key to running a successful campaign and fundraising operation for his 2024 bid. In a Wednesday interview, Trump told Fox News that his campaign is “talking to” Facebook, which indefinitely suspended […]

After a two-year stretch of Twitter exile, Donald Trump is reportedly laying the groundwork for his long-awaited comeback, even if his return could put Truth Social—the Twitter competitor he helped launch last year—in a lot of jeopardy. On Sunday, Rolling Stone reported that Trump does not plan to renew a “social media exclusivity” agreement requiring […]

Donald Trump’s Twitter account has been reinstated, after “Chief Twit” Elon Musk dropped a 24-hour poll on Friday asking if the former president should be let back onto the platform. “The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” Musk wrote on Saturday evening after the poll closed. Just under 52% of Twitter poll voters […]