Researchers want to pave their own path. But the growing industry is still dependent on tech giants like Google and Microsoft.

Last year, the New York Public Library released an experiment to put the full text of novels in its Instagram Stories. Today, an estimated 300,000 people are reading books this way.

Facebook plans to allow opinion pieces and satire to be exempted from its fact-checking program, according to people familiar with the matter, as the social-media giant grapples with how to stop the spread of falsehoods while maintaining its own neutrality.

We recently met with GitLab CEO Sid Sijbrandij to talk all about how they scaled a multi-billion dollar company with beyond 800 employees, fully remotely.

A general OpenStreetMap editing workflow, with the example of Mapping the village of Marmari, Evia in Greece (Μαρμάρι, Εύβοια).

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The escalation in police tactics came amid violent demonstrations on National Day, a holiday commemorating Communist Party rule in China.

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Facing rising San Francisco rent prices, the world’s largest collection of punk records and the anti-establishment music magazine that safeguards it must find a new home.

Productivity growth in southern Europe has been lower than in other developed countries. The column argues that this has in large part been caused by slow adoption of information technology,

AtGames allegedly misrepresented itself in negotiations with original developers.

My wanting to share every waking thought became eclipsed by a desire for an increasingly rare commodity — a private life.

Facebook employees are frustrated with the direction of the company, and they’re pressing Zuckerberg for answers.