A weekly roundup of the most important news in tech and media by Simon Owens. I'm a longtime tech reporter and marketing consultant. My writing has appeared in places like US News & World Report, The Atlantic, New York Magazine, and
"Understandably is my personal project. It’s dedicated to exploring one or two big questions that I find myself asking over and over and over: “Why this, now?” or “What’s the real story behind this thing I’m reading..."
News Items is a collection of news stories, commentaries, analyses, essays and research reports that I think are interesting or important (or both). The items are usually 2 or 3 sentences long.
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