Why We Can't Break Up With Big Tech Gizmodo's Kashmir Hill spent six weeks trying to cut Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Apple out of her life completely. "Spoiler," she says. "It's not possible."Heard onToggle more optionsKashmir Hill wanted Amazon out of her life, completely. It was the first week of a six-week experiment in living without tech giants. She had a virtual private network, or VPN, that would keep her devices walled off from any Amazon product. She would avoid Whole Foods and power down her Kindles. But she had a problem. A small, chipper problem. Alexa. She couldn't...…Why We Can't Break Up With Big Tech Gizmodo's Kashmir Hill spent six weeks trying to cut Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Apple out of her life completely. "Spoiler," she says. "It's not possible."Heard onToggle more optionsKashmir Hill wanted Amazon out of her life, completely. It was the first week of a six-week experiment in living without tech giants. She had a virtual private network, or VPN, that would keep her devices walled off from any Amazon product. She would avoid Whole Foods and power down her Kindles. But she had a problem. A small, chipper problem. Alexa. She couldn't...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.As Berkshire County COVID-19 vaccine clinics have stalled because of a lack of supply, state legislators are pushing for more doses to flow to regional collaboratives across the state.An EMT administers a COVID-19 vaccination for Williamstown Acting Police Chief Mike Ziemba at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish Center, North Adams, in early January. That site is one of three in Berkshire County that helped the region win recognition for its ability to administer vaccines in large numbers.On a Thursday when Berkshire Community College would normally have...…You have permission to edit this article.As Berkshire County COVID-19 vaccine clinics have stalled because of a lack of supply, state legislators are pushing for more doses to flow to regional collaboratives across the state.An EMT administers a COVID-19 vaccination for Williamstown Acting Police Chief Mike Ziemba at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish Center, North Adams, in early January. That site is one of three in Berkshire County that helped the region win recognition for its ability to administer vaccines in large numbers.On a Thursday when Berkshire Community College would normally have...WW…