Critics worry Biden's rural-first broadband strategy could leave urban America behind; 13.6M urban households don't have broadband vs. 4.6M rural households
Many more people in cities lack broadband access than in rural areas, but lawmakers are primarily focused on extending high-speed access to remote areas. Tweets: @communitynets , @ahnakruzic , @stacey...
Profile of Paul Romer, once tech's favorite economist and now a critic, who has championed state taxes on the digital ads sold by Facebook and Google
Paul Romer's call for government activism, particularly toward the big tech companies, reflects “a profound change in my thinking.” Tweets: @ramaswmysridhar , @1br0wn , @staceynycdc , @hoofnagle , @an...
A look at Spotify-exclusive “music and talk” podcasts, which let hosts avoid music licensing fees and fair-use legal fights via free access to Spotify catalog
Music-filled — and Spotify-exclusive — shows like “Black Girl Songbook” and “60 Songs That Explain the '90s” dance around copyright constraints. Tweets: @nytimesmusic , @dariansymone , @staceynycdc , ...
Black Amazon employees, many working in warehouses, urge Jeff Bezos to match his rhetoric on racial justice with actions to address “systemic” racial bias
From racist graffiti to missed promotions, employees say a “systemic pattern of racial bias” permeates the company. Tweets: @kyweise , @kyweise , @kyweise , @kyweise , @teamcoworker , @kyweise , and @...
A detailed history of the important but under-recognized roles women have played in computer coding, from Ada Lovelace through to today
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Says Company ‘Never Overpromised’ on Watson A.I. Tweets: Stacey E. Singleton / @staceynycdc : When Wilkes talks to today's young coders, they are often shocked to learn that wome...