Shira Ovide

In Shira Ovide’s last On Tech newsletter, she looks back at how the past two and a half years have shifted her thinking on technology.

Apple has long supported privacy and shunned those intrusive ads. What happens when it sells more ads, too?

The dream was to sell directly to customers. Now Peloton is on Amazon, Casper is in a furniture shop, and it’s awkward.

New research suggests that ride services in India might cut pollution. We haven’t seen this in the U.S.

Sales are down, but there is no need to pity the Chromebook.

No social app remains free of arguments over politics and social issues once it becomes popular.

What a $280 billion law signed by President Biden this week might mean for Americans.

But be careful: Flight-tracking technology can be addictive.

New regulations in Indonesia show that strict online controls are no longer confined to autocratic countries like China.

The U.S. wants to stop Penguin Random House from buying Simon & Schuster. The elephant in the room is Amazon.