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Reports on the strategies, internal decisions, and working cultures of major technology businesses and their emerging competitors.

Perimeter Reading / Technology
Alex Kantrowitz
Original reporting and interviews on major technology companies, AI, and society, focused on the internal decisions and incentives that explain the public headlines.
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Big Technology examines the organizations and people behind the technology industry's most consequential decisions. Alex Kantrowitz combines reporting, interviews, and analysis to explain how large companies work and how their actions affect society. The archive includes profiles, product and business analysis, and extensive coverage of the AI industry. The accompanying podcast provides another route into conversations with industry figures. It is useful for readers who want an account grounded in reporting while still making room for a clear editorial interpretation.
Readers who follow the technology industry and want reporting on the people, business decisions, and social consequences behind major companies and the AI race.
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Reports on the strategies, internal decisions, and working cultures of major technology businesses and their emerging competitors.
Follows AI companies, products, infrastructure, and leadership through interviews and reporting on their commercial and social consequences.
Examines how executives, workers, policymakers, and other participants influence technology's development and experience the consequences of its deployment.
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