It Was Only a Matter of Time Before Everyone Started Dressing Like Kramer
It’s the summer of Kramercore.
What Did People Do Before Smartphones?
No one can remember.
Zombie Twitter Has Arrived
Instagram’s Threads proves that social media is fated to repeat a cycle of life and death.
We’re in a Golden Age of Illegal Sports Streams
But why should anyone have to break the law to watch the Mets?
Wimbledon’s AI Announcer Was Inevitable
Sports commentary has long been trending toward vanilla broadcasters. Why not have bots finish the job?
E-bikes Are Going to Keep Exploding
We are stuck in battery purgatory.
Everyone Has ‘Car Brain’
Online communities dedicated to criticizing cars and the people who love them have developed an insult that … kind of makes sense.
Elon Musk Really Broke Twitter This Time
The social network has never seen chaos quite like this.
The Supreme Court Killed the College-Admissions Essay
The end of affirmative action will pressure high schoolers to write about their race through formulaic and belittling narrative tropes.
Surprise! You Work for Amazon.
The retail giant is offering local businesses a side hustle delivering packages. Do we all eventually become couriers?
The World’s Most Important App (For Now)
Telegram played a central role in Yevgeny Prigozhin’s revolt—and in so many other chaotic events that have defined recent history.
There Will Never Be Another Second Life
The virtual world, a strange cross between Burning Man and Neal Stephenson’s metaverse, marks its 20th anniversary with no true corporate competitor in sight.
Social Media Has Collapsed Good Debate
Joe Rogan’s podcast is an awful venue for serious disagreement. But the alternatives aren’t much better.
The Nerds Are Bullies Now
Musk vs. Zuck makes losers of us all.
Your Phone Is a Mindfulness Trap
Relying on apps for meditation is a recipe for distrac—hold on, I just got a text.
How the Vape Shops Won
It’s a rough time for retail stores in America. How can there be so many vape shops?
AI Is an Existential Threat to Itself
Generative-AI programs may eventually consume material that was created by other machines—with disastrous consequences.
When the Unnatural Becomes Natural
Artificial intelligence will redefine some of our deepest assumptions about the makeup of the world around us.
Apple Is an AI Company Now
Lots of tiny AI tweaks are quietly taking over the iPhone.
Car-Rental Companies Are Ruining EVs
Good luck charging your surprise electric rental car.
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