Google wants to keep Chrome
The search giant is pushing back on the government’s plan to break it up — but competition is coming anyway
Casey Newton
Founder and editor of Platformer, a publication about the intersection of tech and democracy. Prior to founding Platformer in October 2020, Newton was the longtime Silicon Valley editor of The Verge.
The government has a breakup plan for Google
Chrome away from home
Bluesky
What Bluesky has over Threads*
(*For now)
AI
AI companies hit a scaling wall
OpenAI, Google and others are seeing diminishing returns to building ever-bigger models — but that may not matter as much as you would guess
TikTok
So much for that TikTok ban
Trump has vowed to make good on his promise to save the app. What will it cost the company?
Social Media
The post-election social network realignment
Bluesky and Threads are on the rise. Can it last?
Elections
What tech wants from Trump
Platforms and venture capitalists have a long wishlist for the president-elect — but can they survive the chaos of Trump 2.0?
Elections
America holds its breath
The polls are closing — and the fight over the election could just be beginning
X
X’s plan to interfere with the election
Elon Musk’s effort to deny Kamala Harris an election victory is already underway. Can it work?
OpenAI
OpenAI adds search
It leapfrogged Google at launch. Now ChatGPT is reaching to the past to build its future
Journalism
Jeff Bezos’ view from nowhere
The Washington Post owner says the media must stay neutral to maintain its credibility — but misunderstands how trust is built today
Elections
The billionaires hedge their bets
The owners and CEOs of America’s biggest platforms are playing nice with Trump. And it could come back to haunt them
AI
Notion brings AI to email
Is artificial intelligence the solution to inbox overload?
AI
The AI agents have arrived
Artificial intelligence can now compute for you on your behalf — and the web is never going to be the same
Google shuffles the search deck
With a new Knowledge and Information chief and a new home for Gemini, can the company hit the reset button?
AI
Anthropic makes an AI safety plan
Can responsible scaling policies bring the future into alignment?