Proton Is Trying to Become Google—Without Your Data
The encrypted-email company, popular with security-conscious users, has a plan to go mainstream.
Welcome to the Zombie Cryptocalypse
The same qualities that make cryptocurrencies go bust also explain why they refuse to die.
Elon Musk Is Right About Twitter
It really is the closest thing we have to an online public square—and that’s terrible for democracy. Let his takeover bid be a wakeup call.
I Made a DAO, for Laughs. Want to Join?
Plus: The tricky promise of Web3; Ben Franklin on daylight savings, and Ukraine’s effect on antitrust arguments.
Beware the Never-Ending Disinformation Emergency
YouTube still draws a hard line on Trump’s rigged election claims. Two years later, it doesn’t hold up.
Biden Puts Surveillance Advertising on Notice
The regulation of surveillance advertising used to be a fringe idea. Now it’s in the State of the Union address, at least when it comes to kids.
The Governor of Colorado Is High on Blockchain
Can Jared Polis turn the Rockies into the next crypto paradise?
How to Build a Better Metaverse
Second Life creator Philip Rosedale wants to prevent the Facebook-ization of virtual reality.
Google’s Alleged Scheme to Corner the Online Ad Market
A newly unredacted legal filing sheds light on internal programs that antitrust enforcers argue advantaged Google at the expense of advertisers and publishers.