While most of our attention was drawn to political fireworks and a global pandemic this past week, the titans of technology kept plugging along in their efforts to build a better mousetrap (and make a lot of money doing it). Bloomberg Opinion writers caught up with events in the world of tech: what's new, what's not working, and the questions we need to answer before we get too far ahead of ourselves. Half of Twitter's Users Are Worthless, and That's Good — Tim Culpan Tesla Has Some Wild Times — Matt Levine More Kids With Smartphones Spells Advertising Bonanza — Alex Webb Coronavirus Would Be Worse Without the Web — Tyler Cowen Casper Wasn't Prepared to Leave the Unicorn — Joe Nocera Tesla Is a Stock-Picking Nightmare. Or Is It a Dream? — Nir Kaissar Under Armour Dumped Its App, and Consumers Feel the Heartbreak — Scott Duke Kominers Why Google Might Prefer Dropping a $22 Billion Business — Alex Webb How to Build an Ethical Self-Driving Car — Mark Buchanan Alphabet Cracks the Lid on a Still-Opaque Black Box — Tim Culpan This is the Theme of the Week edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of our top commentary published every Sunday. |
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