NEW YORK — Twitter is once again attempting to launch its premium service, a month after a previous attempt failed. The social media company said Saturday it would let users buy subscriptions to Twitter Blue to get a blue checkmark…
Shirin Ghaffary is a senior Vox correspondent covering the social media industry. Previously, Ghaffary worked at BuzzFeed News, the San Francisco Chronicle, and TechCrunch. This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital…
This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. A Trader Joe’s in downtown Minneapolis became the second unionized location in the US on Friday, less…
NEW YORK — When an undersea volcano erupted in Tonga in January, its watery blast was huge and unusual — and scientists are still trying to understand its impacts. The volcano, known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, shot millions of tons…
WASHINGTON — TikTok was dismissive Wednesday of reports that the Biden administration was calling for its Chinese owners to sell their stakes in the popular video-sharing app, saying such a move wouldn’t help protect national security. The company was responding…
NEW DELHI — Three cheetah cubs born to a big cat that was brought to India from Africa last year died in central India’s Kuno National Park in the past week, forest officials said, as a heat wave in the…
This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. The people who bring you video entertainment could be in for a rough time: A looming recession…
This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. For nearly two decades, top-tier tech companies like Google and Facebook (now Meta) were known for their…
This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. Not every truism is true, but there’s one for the ad industry that is pretty truthy: When…