Johnny Depp starred in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. | Screenshot via Disney Netflix’s stunning rise wouldn’t have happened without unwitting help from the […]
Will astronauts ever visit gas giants like Jupiter?
Every week, the readers of our space newsletter, The Airlock, send in their questions for space reporter Neel V. Patel to answer. This week: Can we go to […]
America has almost 800 billionaires, a record high
Mike Bloomberg at Sun Valley, a conference popular with billionaires. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images The debate over whether the world’s megarich are too rich is […]
Baidu’s deep-learning platform fuels the rise of industrial AI
AI is driving industrial transformation across a variety of sectors, and we’re just beginning to scratch the surface of AI capabilities. Some industrial innovations are […]
Facebook still won’t take down politicians’ misleading posts, but it’s trying to register 4 million new voters
In a new op-ed, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company is going to expand its efforts to register new voters on Instagram and […]
What Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, and Donald Trump have in common
President Donald Trump’s threat last week to overturn Section 230—the free speech law that shields social-media platforms from liability for what their users post—may have […]