DAVID STREITFELD
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U.S. Criminally Charges EBay in Cyberstalking Case
The case involves eBay employees trying to intimidate a Massachusetts couple who write and produce an e-commerce newsletter. The company will pay a criminal penalty...
The Long Shadow of Steve Jobs Looms Over the Turmoil at OpenAI
Sam Altman, the most prominent promoter of artificial intelligence, learned that it’s hard to be a visionary founder like the Apple legend.
Look, Up in the Sky! Amazon’s Drones Are Delivering Cans of Soup!
Amazon’s much-hyped drone project is dropping small objects on driveways. Some customers are not sure what it delivers beyond minestrone.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Wild Rise and Abrupt Crash
The crypto king gambled that his trading platform would make him a benevolent trillionaire. But after a fraud conviction, all bets are off.
New U.A.W. Chief Has a Nonnegotiable Demand: Eat the Rich
Shawn Fain’s disdain for the “billionaire class” informs his showdown with Detroit’s automakers. Now he must prove that his hard-core tactics pay off.
Lina Khan vs. Jeff Bezos: This Is Big Tech’s Real Cage Match
The chair of the Federal Trade Commission wants to disrupt Amazon, whose founder built a trillion-dollar firm by disrupting retail.
The Case of the Internet Archive vs. Book Publishers
In the pandemic emergency, Brewster Kahle’s Internet Archive freely lent out digital scans of its library. Publishers sued. Owning a book means something different now.
Silicon Valley Confronts the Singularity
The frenzy over artificial intelligence may be ushering in the long-awaited moment when technology goes wild. Or maybe it’s the hype that is out of...
A VHS Tape of ‘Rocky’ Just Sold for $27,500, Because Why Not
Collectors are finding that their childhood has a price — and it’s going up. When the future is frightening, it’s boom times at the nostalgia...
Happiness or Success? Salesforce’s Marc Benioff Doesn’t Want to Choose.
The chief executive, under pressure from activist investors, seeks to do well and do good — but his options are narrowing.
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