{"id":21027,"date":"2017-12-25T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T13:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2017\/12\/25\/the-top-us-tech-stories-of-2017-the-utopian-dream-comes-to-an-end\/"},"modified":"2017-12-25T14:15:10","modified_gmt":"2017-12-25T13:15:10","slug":"the-top-us-tech-stories-of-2017-the-utopian-dream-comes-to-an-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=21027","title":{"rendered":"The top US tech stories of 2017: the utopian dream comes to an end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scandal at Uber, the backlash against Facebook, smartphone addiction: west coast editor Merope Mills shares the Guardian stories that captured the moodThe utopian dream of Silicon Valley is no more \u2013 2017 made sure of that. Every month has brought fresh scandal to the titans of the industry, from Russian interference to sexual harassment; from Uber\u2019s never-ending woes to YouTube\u2019s advertising scandals.Facebook and Google\u2019s coffers may be overflowing, but these companies are being held increasingly responsible for their role in a divided world, where inequality is rising and extreme points of view thrive \u2013 and are even rewarded \u2013 online. Here are some of the pieces that captured the mood: Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2017\/dec\/25\/guardian-top-tech-stories-2017-silicon-valley\" target=\"_blank\">The top US tech stories of 2017: the utopian dream comes to an end<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scandal at Uber, the backlash against Facebook, smartphone addiction: west coast editor Merope Mills shares the Guardian stories that captured the moodThe utopian dream of Silicon Valley is no more \u2013 2017 made sure of that. Every month has brought fresh scandal to the titans of the industry, from Russian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}