YouTube at 20: From ‘Lazy Sunday’ to ‘Hot Ones’

YouTube at 20: From ‘Lazy Sunday’ to ‘Hot Ones’

The video is short — just 19 seconds — and not particularly compelling. A viewer would be forgiven for clicking away before it ends. The grainy footage, uploaded on April 23, 2005, of a man standing in front of the elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo — “All right, …

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What Is ‘Dark Woke’?

What Is ‘Dark Woke’?

There was a time last summer when the Democratic Party was cool. Kamala Harris had just stepped in as the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in the waning days of Brat summer. She went on the popular podcast “Call Her Daddy.” Tim Walz’s outdoorsy drip led to a Chappell Roan-inspired …

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The biggest questions facing Big Tech ahead of earnings

The biggest questions facing Big Tech ahead of earnings

Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend the inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the U.S. Julia Demaree Nikhinson | …

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The U.S. Wants to Break Up Google and Meta. That Could Be Hard.

The U.S. Wants to Break Up Google and Meta. That Could Be Hard.

The last time the courts seriously weighed the wisdom of breaking up a giant technology company was a quarter-century ago, after Microsoft was found to have illegally stifled competition in personal computer software. A Federal District Court judge said yes to forcing Microsoft to split in two, separating its monopoly …

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Are You the Only One Who’s Broke? Or Is It ‘Money Dysmorphia’?

Are You the Only One Who’s Broke? Or Is It ‘Money Dysmorphia’?

On Instagram feeds, martini glasses clink in what feels like a never-ending loop. Photo carousels from nights out show low-lit steakhouses, tartare and soufflés, Luxardo cherries. (What, in this economy, is screaming Luxardo cherries?) A roommate’s random co-worker is somehow lounging on yet another cabana in yet another tropical bathing …

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Meta vs. the FTC: The blockbuster antitrust trial kicks off

Meta vs. the FTC: The blockbuster antitrust trial kicks off

This photo illustration created on January 7, 2025, in Washington, DC, shows an image of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo.  Drew Angerer | Afp | Getty Images Meta will face off against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday in a high-stakes antitrust …

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The Fallout From a Sip of Water at a Bode NYC Hot Yoga Class

The Fallout From a Sip of Water at a Bode NYC Hot Yoga Class

After nearly 20 minutes of intense yoga in a 105-degree room, the influencer had grown thirsty. She dropped her pose, leaned down to pick up her Fiji water bottle and took a sip. She didn’t think it would be a problem. She certainly didn’t think that within days, hundreds of …

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Trump Did What Castros Couldn’t: Take Radio Martí Off the Air

Trump Did What Castros Couldn’t: Take Radio Martí Off the Air

Journalists from Radio Martí, the U.S. federally-funded news outlet aimed at communist Cuba, were in the middle of interviewing a Cuban activist in Miami on a recent Saturday when bleak looks suddenly came over their faces. The 40-year-old news agency, designed to send uncensored news in Spanish into Cuba, had …

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