kate conger
@kateconger.com
tech reporter for the NYT! co-author of CHARACTER LIMIT! signal: kateconger.11 buy our book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/ tour dates & translations: https://linktr.ee/kateconger
after living in oakland for nearly 20 years, I finally got bipped, a rite of passage that I am taking to mean I can begin calling myself a local now
"His chief of staff passed around a stack of NDAs and freshly baked peanut butter cookies." Just insane level of detail in this @elitan.bsky.social story www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/t...
How Meta Got Everything It Wanted in a Secret Louisiana Data Center Deal (Gift Article)
A Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six square miles.
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hello to journalists who would like to write a book at some point: I am part of a panel on that subject tomorrow, alongside the great @kateconger.com @rmac.bsky.social @patrickmcgee.bsky.social. Ten American dollars — a steal! sabew.org/event/always...
celebrating my 8 year anniversary at the NYT by, of course, publishing a story www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/t...
Silicon Valley Splits Over Closing the Borders to Chinese A.I. (Gift Article)
Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing with the rest of the tech industry over whether “open-source” models from China should be freely available or restricted.
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I wrote about what's happening to the web now that everything is A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/t...
How Google’s A.I. Search Is Imperiling the Open Web (Gift Article)
As Google incorporates more artificial intelligence into search, people are spending more time on Google. Some website operators are crying foul.
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This is not about national security. This is about not liking factual news coverage. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/b...
Very exciting to see @coyotemedia.org in CJR! I love this direction for local reporting: www.cjr.org/analysis/the...
Coyote Media: They’ve got bite.
Coyote, a new media collective in the Bay Area, is irreverent, human, and unabashedly political.
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Instagram saw all the nonconsensual imagery generated by Grok earlier this year and still decided to opt in all of its adult users to having their photos "remixed" by AI www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/t...
How to Prevent Meta From Using Your Instagram Images in A.I.
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You're laughing... I can't withdraw my Bonk from Kraken and you're laughing?
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 4w agoKraken has temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals of Bonk due to an ongoing incident affecting the token, according to its website.
If you've ever thought, wow, I'd love to hear @rmac.bsky.social and kate yap about how they wrote a book, please mark your calendar: sabew.org/event/always...
Always Wanted to Write a Book? Here's how. | SABEW
Writing a book offers creative freedom, and the opportunity to dive into a topic in depth. For many journalists, it's the logical next step in the big story they've been covering. But how do you flesh...
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The Trump administration is demanding that U.S. intelligence officials turn over the names of all foreign espionage targets, including suspected spies and potential recruits, to create a master list that some fear will be misused or compromise operations www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/u...
Inside Intelligence Agencies, a Fight Over Building a Master List of Spies
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wishing all fabulists a merry shift at the making shit up factory
Do you know what job is incredibly in-demand because of AI? Security. We're always trying to outrun the Internet, but the Internet got faster. The threat landscape has shifted radically at the same time as the attacks have accelerated. I chatted with @kateconger.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/t...
One Job That Is Growing in the A.I. Era? Cybersecurity Experts.
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girlies who blow dry their hair: what do you do when you go to europe? do we have the technology yet or what
Really well-observed, cutting account of Trump watching a UFC bout while talks collapse in Iran: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...
Trump Was Watching a U.F.C. Fight in Miami While Iran Talks Collapsed
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A GENTLE REMINDER THAT IXORA IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION OR FOSTER!!!!!!! she is so good girl-coded and she has to leave foster with me later this month when I travel. Ixora’s interests are Yard, Water from Hose (Biting), and Cheese www.adoptapet.com/pet/47504006...
sourcing request: I am looking for recruiters or managers at major tech companies who are trying to hire cybersecurity talent. if that's you, and you want to talk to me on background or on-record, please get in touch! contact info in my bio.
My book on the college-educated working class is out today! Here’s an excerpt in WIRED about how the chaotic rollout of the Apple Vision Pro was the last straw for a lot of Apple workers. 1/ www.wired.com/story/book-e...
How the Vision Pro Rollout Inflamed Tensions at Apple
Even before the headset’s release, the workforce at Apple Stores was under duress. Trying to get customers interested in the Vision Pro made it worse.
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