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  1. screen time
    AI Wants to Be FreeOr at least very, very cheap.
    By John Herrman
  2. screen time
    What Messing With Chatbots Tells Us About the Future of AIA memorable exchange about catapults shows that chatbots still break, but they’re getting better at not taking the bait.
    By John Herrman
  3. screen time
    The Internet’s Biggest MysteryHow many regular users do the likes of Facebook, Youtube, and Netflix even have anymore?
    By John Herrman
  4. getting around
    “I Don’t Think There’s a Plan B”Confusion and fury (and Andy Byford) at MTA headquarters as the congestion-pricing news came down.
    By Nolan Hicks
  5. screen time
    Instagram Discovers New, Annoying Place to Put AdsThis is the kind of behavior you’d expect from a SEO farm or a porn site.
    By John Herrman
  6. screen time
    Meta’s AI Needs to Speak With YouThe company is putting chatbots everywhere so you don’t go anywhere.
    By John Herrman
  7. politics
    The Five Most Dramatic Moments From Congress’s Social-Media HearingDuring the hearing, Senator Lindsey Graham told CEOs of the top social-media companies that they have blood on their hands.
    By Nia Prater
  8. screen time
    AI Is Coming for the InfluencersNow, brands are paying to advertise with AI-generated content creators. Will it work?
    By John Herrman
  9. screen time
    How Meta Is Monetizing the Decline of FacebookHave you heard about WhatsApp’s aggressive new ad strategy?
    By John Herrman
  10. screen time
    How Big Tech Companies Really Think About AIWe’re learning a lot from what tech companies’ lawyers argue in response to the many lawsuits they face over their voracious AI models.
    By John Herrman
  11. screen time
    Social Media Drops the ‘Digital Town Square’ RoutineEvery platform used to be for everyone, but those days are gone.
    By John Herrman
  12. lawsuits
    Can Sarah Silverman’s AI Lawsuit Save Us From Robot Overlords?“That’s part of what these cases are about: Let’s open the black box. Let’s see what’s inside.”
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  13. office apocalypse
    The Teetering Tech OfficeMeta and Twitter are shedding square footage, while Amazon and Google aren’t giving up the dream.
    By Adriane Quinlan
  14. screen time
    Why Mark Zuckerberg Can’t Quit TwitterHe once tried to buy it. Now he’s creating a knockoff — and talking about a cage fight with Elon Musk.
    By John Herrman
  15. screen time
    How Mark Zuckerberg Led the Tech Industry Into a Metaverse WastelandIt began with his incentives and his weird psychology. Then came COVID.
    By John Herrman
  16. unentangled
    Red Table Talk Gets Kicked to the Curb by FacebookAs the website ends original programming.
    By Zoe Guy
  17. the money game
    How Zuck Got His Groove BackIt’s been a very good year for Meta and its CEO. (Less so for the thousands of people he laid off.)
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  18. too soon
    Alec Baldwin Is Making a ‘Meta’ Hollywood Crime ComedyHave ye no shame, sir?
    By Rebecca Alter
  19. life in pixels
    Who Is Still Inside the Metaverse?Searching for friends in Mark Zuckerberg’s deserted fantasyland.
    By Paul Murray
  20. silicon valley
    10,000 People at Meta Will Lose Their JobsAfter Meta lost $700 billion in market cap last year, Mark Zuckerberg announced a mass layoff to make sure this is its “Year of Efficiency.”
    By Matt Stieb
  21. politics
    Tate-PilledWhat a generation of boys have found in Andrew Tate’s extreme male gospel.
    By Lisa Miller
  22. screen time
    A TikTok Ban Would Make for an Incredibly Strange Day on the InternetWhile it might not be the most probable course of events, it definitely could happen.
    By John Herrman
  23. on with kara swisher
    Kara Swisher on Mark Zuckerberg’s Never-ending Trump ProblemShe reflects on more than 15 years of covering Facebook and why bringing back Trump is a lose-lose.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  24. screen time
    How Much Does Unbanning Trump Really Matter?On the internet, you can never really go back home.
    By John Herrman
  25. screen time
    Elon Musk and the Sad Mod Theory of Social-Media CEOsYou may technically run the place, but most of your users just see you as a glorified moderator.
    By John Herrman
  26. facebook
    The E.U.’s Judgment Against Meta Could Be a Big DealThe company was fined over $400 million for violating users’ privacy in a decision with far-reaching implications.
    By Matt Stieb
  27. screen time
    It’s Official: Meta Is a DisasterThe dismal quarterly results make it clear that the company formerly known as Facebook is an absolute and total mess.
    By John Herrman
  28. housing
    ‘I Don’t Think Anyone Should Buy Land in Any Metaverse Right Now’Chatting with Jessica Stocker, Winter House’s skeptical virtual real-estate agent.
    By Bridget Read
  29. screen time
    Why Your Boss’s Boss Wants You in the MetaverseUnderstanding the metaverse as a set of software tools that you might be told to use isn’t exciting — but at least it makes sense.
    By John Herrman
  30. just asking questions
    Will the Metaverse Really Transform Our Lives?Venture capitalist Matthew Ball on the virtual worlds that may define the future.
    By Benjamin Hart
  31. celebrity weddings
    Sheryl Sandberg Got Married This WeekendShe and Tom Bernthal had a western-themed wedding in Wyoming.
    By Danielle Cohen
  32. life after roe
    Are Social-Media Platforms Censoring Information About Abortion?Facebook and Instagram have been restricting and removing posts intended to help people seeking reproductive care.
    By Danielle Cohen
  33. power
    Sheryl Sandberg Is No Longer ‘Leaning In’ at FacebookThe longtime Facebook COO is stepping down.
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  34. meta
    Sheryl Sandberg Leaned on Tabloid to Drop Story on Ex: ReportThe Meta exec reportedly pressured the Daily Mail twice to drop reporting related to a restraining order filed against her former boyfriend.
    By Nia Prater
  35. ukraine
    Facebook Is Now Allowing Itself to Be WeaponizedMeta’s decision to explicitly allow violent rhetoric against Russian soldiers and Vladimir Putin raises some very uncomfortable questions.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  36. tech
    RT America Shuts Down Amid Russian State-Media BansRT America released a memo today announcing layoffs in New York, L.A., Miami, and D.C.
    By Rebecca Alter
  37. russia
    Russia Puts Up an Information Iron CurtainPutin’s Kremlin banned Twitter and Facebook and effectively criminalized critical journalism, prompting an exodus of foreign press.
    By Matt Stieb
  38. 2022 midterms
    Peter Thiel to Leave Meta Board to Focus on Giving Republicans MoneyThe conservative billionaire is pivoting to become a benefactor for Trump supporters he used to employ.
    By Matt Stieb
  39. the internet
    Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Has a Groping ProblemThe virtual-reality platform has implemented a four-foot personal barrier between avatars because of the behavior of some obnoxious users.
    By Matt Stieb
  40. pivot
    Meta’s Virtual-Reality Arm Is a ‘Flaming Bag of Sh*t’The company is running into several problems at once, as evidenced by its plummeting stock price.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  41. business
    Mark Zuckerberg’s Disaster Is Taking Silicon Valley With ItHundreds of billions of dollars disappeared overnight, and it may get worse.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  42. last night on late night
    Let Jimmy Kimmel Introduce You to Zuck on a TruckYou’ve heard of Elf on a Shelf, here’s Zuck on a Truck.
    By Bethy Squires
  43. no thanks mark
    Facebook Once Again Gives Us Something No One Asked ForYesterday, the corporation announced it would be rebranding as Meta.
    By Mia Mercado
  44. meta
    The High School Musical Show Is About a High School Doing High School MusicalIt’ll appear on Disney’s new streaming service.
    By Jackson McHenry
  45. meta
    Josh Brolin Will Star in Hulu’s ‘The Untitled Josh Brolin Project’Yes, that’s really the title.
    By Hunter Harris
  46. meta
    Canadian Police Catch Women Who Escaped From Prison at an Escape RoomHow on brand.
    By Lisa Ryan
  47. Is Psychology’s Replication Crisis Really Overblown?A response to a famous study from August is making waves, but there’s less there than meets the eye.
    By Jesse Singal
  48. Family Guy Has Self-Aware Fun Going ‘Back to the Pilot’Last night’s Family Guy episode, “Back to the Pilot,” took us (duh) back to the show’s pilot episode, allowing for what was basically audio […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  49. meta
    Jason Sudeikis Impersonated Our Theater Critic Getting a Painful Foot MassageWrites Scott Brown, “He did some spot-on impressions of my more agonized facial expressions.”
    By Scott Brown
  50. Turtles All the Way Down: When Sitcoms Pay Tribute to Other SitcomsLast week’s Community shed light on the way that pop culture is entrenched in the collective conscious, in the form of a conversation about, of […]
    By Kristina Jean Monllos and Josh Kurp
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