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How the S&P 500 is Dominated By Apple and Microsoft

The fate of the S&P 500 index — used by investors as a barometer for the health of corporate America, and cited by presidents as a measure of their handling […]




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How Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant Lost the AI Race

On a rainy Tuesday in San Francisco, Apple executives took the stage in a crowded auditorium to unveil the fifth-generation iPhone. The phone, which looked identical to the previous version, […]




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The Perils of Working on a C.E.O.’s Pet Project

“We always said it was like a start-up,” Mr. Anderson wrote, “with zero risk if you failed.”The layoffs, which totaled about 18,000 across Amazon, came with a hiring freeze, limiting […]




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Netflix Shuns Live Sports but Embraces Sports Documentaries

By the fourth season of Netflix’s documentary series about Formula 1, “Drive to Survive,” the streaming company had plenty of evidence that it was onto something: Ratings and attendance for […]




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Steve Bannon’s Podcast Is Top Misinformation Spreader, Study Says

Some liberal podcasters or their guests also shared false or unsubstantiated statements, including statements by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York about child poverty […]




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Your Memories. Their Cloud.

What to KeepI noticed a philosophical divide among the archivists I spoke with. Digital archivists were committed to keeping everything with the mentality that you never know what you might […]




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YouTube in Advanced Talks for N.F.L. Sunday Ticket

Google’s YouTube is nearing a deal to acquire the rights to the National Football League’s Sunday Ticket package of games, according to three people with knowledge of the talks, a […]




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Elon Musk Averts Feud With Apple by Meeting Tim Cook

SAN FRANCISCO — In a series of tweets on Monday, Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, accused Apple of sabotaging his social media company by cutting back advertising and threatening […]




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Elon Musk Takes On Apple’s Power, Setting Up a Clash

SAN FRANCISCO — “What’s going on here @tim_cook?” Elon Musk tweeted on Monday to Tim Cook, the chief executive of Apple, igniting a spat between the world’s richest man and […]




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NFL Sends Sunday Ticket Talks With Apple and Google Into Overtime

Roger Goodell, the National Football League’s commissioner, flew to Sun Valley, Idaho, this summer for Allen & Company’s annual media conference, confident that the N.F.L. was close to announcing its […]