Technology

How to Watch a Movie in 15 Easy Steps

TikTok users are falling down rabbit holes where feature films are offered one 10-minute clip at a time.

The First Social-Media Babies Are Growing Up—And They’re Horrified

How would you feel if millions of people watched your childhood tantrums?

Voicemail Refuses to Die

In spite of all its limitations—and even because of them—the technology still has a purpose.

ChatGPT Is Already Obsolete

The next generation of AI is leaving behind the viral chatbot.

America Is Getting TikTok All Wrong

The push to ban the app has clouded just how similar it is to the Silicon Valley giants.

It’s a Weird Time to Be a Doomsday Prepper

Silicon Valley says AI could be apocalyptic. It’s not acting that way.

Hiding Behind the AI Apocalypse

A conversation with Damon Beres about what regulating this technology would actually look like

Here’s How AI Will Come for Your Job

Instead of being replaced by robots, office workers will soon be pressured to act more like robots themselves.

The Problem With Counterfeit People

Companies using AI to generate fake people are committing an immoral act of vandalism, and should be held liable.

The First Year of AI College Ends in Ruin

There’s an arms race on campus, and professors are losing.

There’s No Secret to How Wealthy People Dress

“Stealth wealth” may be the next big thing in fashion. Or maybe everyone’s spending too much time on TikTok.

Ben Franklin Would Have Loved Bluesky

Facebook and Twitter seem less relevant by the day. They may be replaced by new “federated” platforms.

One Giant Leap for Brand Kind

Companies are sending their products into orbit and plastering their logos on spacecraft. Will space ads dull our sense of wonder about the universe?

EVs Make Parking Even More Annoying

Drivers will have to share access to public chargers. That could get ugly.

The Future of Writing Is a Lot Like Hip-Hop

A new kind of literary curation will be the defining skill for the next era of human creativity.

How to Build (And Destroy) a Social Network

Status means everything to platforms like Twitter and Facebook. But contrary to what Elon Musk thinks, it doesn’t come from a blue checkmark.

The Free-Returns Party Is Over

Generous return policies lured Americans to online shopping. Now who pays?

The Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme That Hooked Warren Buffett and the U.S. Treasury

How a small-town auto mechanic peddling a green-energy breakthrough pulled off a massive scam

America Forgot About IBM Watson. Is ChatGPT Next?

The AI conquered Jeopardy before it was sanded down into business tools. The same trajectory is playing out again.

AI Is About to Make Social Media (Much) More Toxic

We must prepare now.