Morgan Sung

Los Angeles

Culture Reporter at Mashable

Writer at Freelance

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Articles

Twitter on a Vape: Puff, Post, Pollute

1 week ago | kqed.org | Morgan Sung |Maya Cueva |Chris Egusa |Samantha Cole

Failed to save articlePlease try againTech reporter Samantha Cole holds a SWYPE touchscreen disposable vape in July 2024. She ordered the device after viral posts that summer showed digital vapes with built-in social media apps. In this episode, tech reporter Samatha Cole shares what happened when she tried to “vape the internet” after seeing a viral post about a disposable touchscreen vape with built-in social media.
Save or Scroll: Manosphere Mornings, Luigi Sex Tape Rumors, and the Art of the Hard Launch

2 weeks ago | kqed.org | Morgan Sung |Maya Cueva |Chris Egusa

Episode TranscriptThis is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors. Morgan Sung: Hey guys, this is Close All Tabs. I’m Morgan Sung, tech journalist and your chronically online friend, here to open as many browser tabs as it takes to help you understand how the digital world affects our real lives. Except today, we aren’t opening any tabs. We’re doing something a little different.
The Broligarchy Pt 2: Is this Techno-Fascism?

3 weeks ago | kqed.org | Morgan Sung |Maya Cueva |Chris Egusa

Morgan SungMaya CuevaChris EgusaApr 2Failed to save articlePlease try againA close-up of a human eye on an IBM computer monitor, 1983. (Photo by Alfred Gescheidt/Getty Images The ”broligarchy” didn’t come together in a vacuum — this combination of extreme wealth, right wing leanings, and an anti-establishment point of view has been brewing for decades.
The Broligarchy Pt 1: Chronicles of the PayPal Mafia

1 month ago | kqed.org | Morgan Sung |Maya Cueva |Chris Egusa

Episode TranscriptThis is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors. Morgan Sung: Guys, I think we need to talk about the broligarchy. News Anchor 1 We’re seeing a rise in what I guess we’ll call the broligarchy. News Anchor 2 The broligarchs really have an explicit political agenda. News Anchor 3 How do you survive the broligarchy?
What Happens if the Internet Archive Goes Dark?

1 month ago | kqed.org | Morgan Sung |Maya Cueva |Chris Egusa

Episode TranscriptThis is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors. Morgan Sung: This is The Purge… Of government websites. Since President Trump’s inauguration, federal agency and military websites have been wiped. Some are gone completely, while others have been overhauled to remove any references to so-called woke terminology, all in this effort to comply with an executive order to end diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the federal government.
Waymo Problems | Flipboard

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Morgan Sung |Maya Cueva |Chris Egusa

2 hours agoFrom Amazon to Pinterest: The 40 tech companies that file the most H-1B immigrant work visas1. Amazon Total certified H-1B filings: 14,783 (including 23 for Whole Foods). Total employees worldwide: 1,556,000 as of the end of 2024. 2. Microsoft Total certified H-1B filings: 5,695 flings (including 970 from LinkedIn). Total employees worldwide: 228,000 as of the second quarter of 2024. 3.
Waymo Problems | KQED

1 month ago | kqed.org | Morgan Sung |Maya Cueva |Chris Egusa

Episode TranscriptHarri Weber: Do we look like influencers right now? Is this embarrassing to be walking up to a Waymo? Morgan Sung: This is me and my friend Harri Weber booking my first ride in a Waymo. It’s a self -driving car service. Some people also call them robo-taxis. Wait, I think I have to unlock it. Harri Weber: Oh, there we go. Morgan Sung: For Morgan? No one’s going to respond. Waymo’s are, again, totally self -driving. There’s no human in the front seat. Hello from Waymo.
Children of the Vlog

1 month ago | kqed.org | Morgan Sung |Maya Cueva |Chris Egusa

Episode TranscriptCaymi Barrett: I think when I first started to notice that like, hey, this is kind of really weird and like we need to kind of tone it down is when I was hit by a drunk driver. Like immediately my mom pulled out her camera. The first responders were there. I was being strapped down to a stretcher because I had like a spinal injury and I was really scared.
TikTok's Vibe Shift

1 month ago | kqed.org | Morgan Sung |Maya Cueva |Chris Egusa

Episode TranscriptMorgan Sung: Let me set the scene for you. January 18th, 2025. It’s been a long day, and you plop down on the couch to relax. It’s two days till the second inauguration of Donald J. Trump, and you have no idea what chaos is on the other side of that date. The Supreme Court has just decided to uphold the law banning TikTok. But there’s no way the app will actually go down, right? So you and your phone settle in on the couch for your early evening scroll.
Influencer Endorsements Gone Wild

1 month ago | kqed.org | Morgan Sung |Maya Cueva |Chris Egusa

Episode TranscriptMorgan Sung: Okay, guys, I know we’re deep in fall now. We’re putting away the Halloween pumpkins, it’s getting a little chilly. And Election Day is right around the corner. But let me take you back to this summer. To the Democratic National Convention. It’s a chance for Democrats to seize the moment and present a fresh version of the party, under the leadership of for the first time in history, a woman of color.