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Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Peter Kafka

    Up close and personal with Joanna Coles, Hearst’s new chief content officer
    Technology

    40-plus minutes of sex, publishing and Snapchat talk with Kara Swisher.

    By Peter Kafka
    YouTube ‘demonetization,’ explained for normals
    Technology

    The Great YouTube Ad Freakout Of Late August 2016, explained.

    By Peter Kafka
    The first self-driving car you see may be an Uber truck on the highway
    Technology

    Up close with Otto and its $680 million autonomous tech.

    By Peter Kafka
    Live from Burning Man
    Technology

    Visit the playa via this livestream, and you can keep your clothes on and stay sober. Or not! Up to you.

    By Peter Kafka
    The Trumps made Twitter great last night
    Technology

    A very bigly caption contest, courtesy of Donald Trump Jr. and his siblings.

    By Peter Kafka
    YouTube wants to sell more video ads — by pulling ads off of some of its videos
    Technology

    The world’s biggest video site explains why “demonetizing” videos is a good thing. Video makers freak out.

    By Peter Kafka
    A one-sentence explanation of the New York Times’ one-word story
    Technology

    Which is a real thing.

    By Peter Kafka
    After Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple CEO, he was still working on an Apple TV set
    Technology

    A new story about a five-year-old conversation, via Walt Mossberg.

    By Peter Kafka
    Just like Netflix and Hulu, now CBS will let you watch its shows online without ads
    Technology

    Actually, it’ll still have a few ads. And it will cost you, of course.

    By Peter Kafka
    Yes, Facebook is a media company
    Technology

    Will a chart convince you? Okay. Here’s a chart.

    By Peter Kafka