Now You Can Rent a Robot Worker—for Less Than Paying a Human

Automation is reaching more companies, imperiling some jobs and changing the nature of others.

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Inside the Student-Led Covid Walkouts

US high school students are demanding safer classrooms, and they’re mobilizing through group chats, Google Docs, and homespun social media campaigns.

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China’s ‘People’s Courts’ Resolve Online Disputes at Tech Firms

No garlic on the oysters? Soup stained a blanket? Panels of users hear the complaints and can order refunds or removal of critical reviews.

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Gig Workers Were Promised a Better Deal. Then They Were Outsourced

A new subcontractor industry in Europe is benefiting from platforms’ efforts to clean up their image and comply with stricter employment rules.

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When It Comes to Health Care, AI Has a Long Way to Go

Medical information is more complex and less available than the web data that many algorithms were trained on, so results can be misleading.

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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.

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Put In a Dollar, Get $100 Back: A True Bitcoin Story

Plus: Early digital cash, the Corbevax vaccine, and adventures in Cryptoland.

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Cities Want Ebikes to Stay in Their Lane—but Which One?

From New York to Moab, Utah, bicyclists and municipal officials are divided over whether ebikes should be permitted on bicycle trails.

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Who Do Young Entrepreneurs Look Up To? Elon Musk

Steve Jobs is dead, Mark Zuckerberg is tarnished. For the next generation of startup founders, the contributions of Bill Gates feel like ancient history.

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The Antitrust Case Against Facebook Draws Blood

The latest ruling by a federal judge is a milestone for the effort to regulate Big Tech.

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