The Flight Tracker That Powered @ElonJet Just Took a Left Turn

Justin Ling

ADS-B Exchange, beloved for resisting censorship, was sold to a company owned by private equity—and now even its biggest fans are bailing.

READ

Alphabet’s Layoffs Aren’t Very Googley

Steven Levy

The company’s founders pioneered putting employees first and said they’d never bow down to Wall Street. How things have changed.

READ

Ex-Twitter Workers Puzzle Over Elon Musk’s Abandoned Laptops

Paresh Dave

The cash-strapped company recently auctioned off USB dongles but has left some corporate computers in the custody of laid-off staff.

READ

Big Tech Is Really Bad at Firing People

Chris Stokel-Walker

Workers from Google, Meta, and Twitter reveal the brutal ways they got dumped.

READ

A Link to This Site Can (Technically) Land You in Russian Prison

Andy Greenberg and Andrew Couts

Plus: Hive ransomware gang gets knocked offline, FBI confirms North Korea stole $100 million, and more.

READ

ChatGPT Is Coming for Classrooms. Don’t Panic

Pia Ceres

The AI chatbot has stoked fears of an educational apocalypse. Some teachers see it as the reboot education sorely needs.

READ