The top US tech stories of 2017: the utopian dream comes to an end

Scandal at Uber, the backlash against Facebook, smartphone addiction: west coast editor Merope Mills shares the Guardian stories that captured the mood The utopian dream of Silicon Valley is no more 2017 made sure of that. Every month has brought fresh scandal to the titans of the industry, from Russian...
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The 2018 internet resolution everyone should have: Bring back your browser bar

An open memo, to all marginally-smart people/consumers of web “material”: Hi. Some concerns. Do you … Want the web to be much better in 2018? Want your preferred media outlets to make it through 2018? Want the expansion of “phony news” (both the now-meaningless expression and real bullshit news) to...
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