A Goodbye to Readers and a Reflection
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.
By Shira Ovide
Shira Ovide writes the On Tech newsletter, a guide to how technology is reshaping our lives and world.
Before joining The New York Times, she wrote a column about technology companies for Bloomberg Opinion. She was previously a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, where she wrote about topics including technology, finance and the media industry.
Ms. Ovide grew up in Dayton, Ohio, and now lives in New York.
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.
By Shira Ovide
Closing the online gap in America will require everything we’ve got, including video game-playing teenagers.
By Shira Ovide
Apple has long supported privacy and shunned those intrusive ads. What happens when it sells more ads, too?
By Shira Ovide
The dream was to sell directly to customers. Now Peloton is on Amazon, Casper is in a furniture shop, and it’s awkward.
By Shira Ovide
New research suggests that ride services in India might cut pollution. We haven’t seen this in the U.S.
By Shira Ovide
Sales are down, but there is no need to pity the Chromebook.
By Shira Ovide
No social app remains free of arguments over politics and social issues once it becomes popular.
By Shira Ovide
Data can make our lives richer, but let’s not forget that people are not machines.
By Shira Ovide
Sometimes it’s better to be safe than first.
By Shira Ovide
What a $280 billion law signed by President Biden this week might mean for Americans.
By Shira Ovide