In a narcissistic twist, society’s benefactors broadcast that they are as generous as they are powerful, getting their names associated with culturally relevant institutions in exchange for cash
The controversy surrounding Sydney Sweeney and her latest project about the American boxer Christy Martin is not new in the world of biographical films: many of them have made the real people, their heirs and their fans unhappy
Oracle is the most indebted, and analysts warn that it is at risk of a credit rating downgrade. The five largest firms will issue $1.5 trillion in debt over five years
Films and books are bringing back Mary Shelley’s creature, now reflected in modern fears such as humanoid robots, extreme scientific experiments, and the most dangerous technologies
The US subsidiary of the popular service, controlled by business figures close to Trump, is the final major platform to be drawn into the White House’s orbit
The art market is transitioning from the ‘blue chip’ world, full of prestigious names legitimized by the power of institutions, to a ‘bro’ generation of investors seeking pop immediacy
The former Greek finance minister warns of the dangers of what he calls cloud capital, the driving force behind technofeudalism
The investigation, in which Northeastern University also participated, reveals that the security features in the app do not match the company’s promises
The app best known for respecting privacy looks to grow, despite anti-privacy efforts
Companies hide behind improvement needs to collect personal online activity with which to train their models and sell to ‘service providers’
Humanity is once again a laboratory for big tech, which deploys uncontrolled, unreliable tools that are already part of the daily lives of billions of people around the world
Social media has made popular a practice that promises fitness in just 30 minutes. But does monitoring every step take the magic out of going for a walk?
The company is testing a chatbot designed to interact with viewers while a movie is being shown
The consequences of the week that elapsed between the assassination attempt on Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race are still apparent in American society a year later
Giants like Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon have gone from avoiding any involvement in the military industry to signing large contracts with the Pentagon and Israel
The Finnish-American law professor warns about the rise of digital authoritarianism in the US. As a defender of European-style regulation as a democratic model, she calls on the EU to resist external and internal pressure
From Sam Altman to Mark Zuckerberg, these are the key figures of the tech elite that rules the new global order
The author of the comic ‘How the Rich Plunder the Earth’ argues that Trump’s government in the US proves that ‘capitalism is becoming radicalized’
A philanthropist and ambassador for an NBA team, the performer’s career dates back to the 1980s. When the phone stopped ringing after a few hits, she stepped back to focus on her business work with her husband, billionaire Antony Ressler
Meta and its competitors are working on a future with a dominant presence of artificially intelligent robots on social networks
The richest man in the world, along with Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, exemplifies how the most diligent students, upon reaching the business elite, didn’t bring about a new era of empathetic leadership. Instead, they adopted the harsh tactics of those who once made their lives miserable
Critics say Elon Musk and Donald Trump are the high ‘priests’ of this phenomenon, warning that the unchecked use of AI could make the end of informed societies
Elon Musk is the most affected among the billionaires, who have seen hundreds of billions of wealth vanish in recent weeks due to stock market declines
An arbitration proceeding started by Mark Zuckerberg is barring former executive Sarah Wynn-Williams from granting interviews despite the media mogul’s advocacy of free speech on his social media
A handful of technocrats, convinced of their intellectual superiority, occupy key positions of power. They champion a supposed critical thinking — ‘think for yourself’ or ‘find your own truth’ — which they want us to pursue by surfing their social media platforms, where propaganda and disinformation thrive
Celebrities like Iker Casillas have become meme fodder over supposed overuse of a 15-year-old internet feature
Silicon Valley is trying to impose a narrative of blocs involving the US and China. But what’s really scary is their own greed, and how they are using AI to increase the gap between rich and poor