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A TikTok ban would surely upset many of the nation’s teens. | iStockphoto/Getty ImagesSo you heard TikTok’s being banned. Here’s what’s actually happening. Since its introduction to the US in 2018, TikTok has been fighting for its right to exist.…

Paige Vickers for VoxJobs still require cover letters. Apps like ChatGPT can help. Grace wanted a better-paid job based closer to where she lived, but she dreaded writing another cover letter. And although her job as a land-use planner does require some…

Twitter’s quality has suffered at the hands of Musk’s leadership. | Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesLinks aren’t working on Twitter due to an “internal change” that had “some unintended consequences.”…

Neal Stephenson at the SXSW conference, March 2022. | Amy E. Price/Getty Images for SXSWThe science fiction pioneer on making a template for Mark Zuckerberg, not making movies, and a worrisome climate change scenario. Every science fiction author tries to…

VoxFor something that’s defined by change, the world of technology feels extra disruptive lately. Artificial intelligence is making headlines on a regular basis. Electric vehicles are taking over the roads. Microchips are made in America again. For the…

Malte Mueller/Getty ImagesGenerative AI is here. Let’s hope we’re ready. The world’s first generative AI-powered search engine is here, and it’s in love with you. Or it thinks you’re kind of like Hitler. Or it’s gaslighting you into thinking it’s…

TikTok’s younger users will now be told when they’ve been watching for a while. | Westend61/Getty ImagesTeens can still click right on through the new screen time limit. Amid growing concerns (and lawsuits) about social media’s impact on the mental…

The Supreme Court is considering two cases that could change the internet as we know it. | Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe pillar of internet free speech seems to be everyone’s target. You may have never heard of it, but Section 230 of the…

Sandra Hunke, a plumber who is one of the most popular craft influencers in Germany with 120,000 Instagram followers and now also works part-time as a model, poses for a photo in her workshop in North Rhine-Westphalia. | Friso Gentsch/picture alliance via…

iStock/Getty ImagesPhone numbers were never meant to protect or identify us, but we use them to do that all the time. We shouldn’t. When Ugo moved to a new country last October, he got a new phone number. Ugo, who lives in Europe, where WhatsApp is very…