Technology

It’s Too Easy to Buy Stuff You Don’t Want

Online shopping is too fast for good decisions.

There Is No Good Way to Travel Anywhere in America

An Amtrak ride can go so, so wrong.

Christopher Nolan on the Promise and Peril of Technology

A conversation with the director

Inside the Chaos at OpenAI

Sam Altman’s weekend of shock and drama began a year ago, with the release of ChatGPT.

The Sudden Fall of Sam Altman

What it means that the world’s most powerful AI executive is out of a job

Sphere and Loathing in Las Vegas

My night in front of the world’s largest LED screen

My New iPhone Is Making Me Look Uglier

The selfie camera has gotten too good.

Welcome to CAPTCHA Hell

Those little online puzzles are about to get so much more annoying.

‘We Do Not Want to Deal With Customers Like You!’

A family-owned restaurant has had enough of one-star reviews.

My North Star for the Future of AI

The most powerful companies in the world are shaping what artificial intelligence will become—but they’ll never get it right without the ethos and values of university scientists.

AI Search Is Turning Into the Problem Everyone Worried About

Google, are you sure no country in Africa starts with a K?

The Great Social Media–News Collapse

Big Tech’s relationship with journalism is much more complicated than it appears.

Silicon Valley May Never Learn Its Lesson

The tech industry is designed for people like Sam Bankman-Fried.

A Tool to Supercharge Your Imagination

New technologies for making pictures can be prosthetics for your mind.

Whatever Happened to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

A national plague of workplace injuries was once a media obsession. Now it’s all but forgotten.

The White House Is Preparing for an AI-Dominated Future

President Biden’s big swing on AI is as impressive and confusing as the technology itself.

Why Congress Keeps Failing to Protect Kids Online

Americans are broadly united in support of laws to make the internet safer for kids. So why doesn’t Congress act?

The Huge Multistate Lawsuit Against Meta Isn’t Serious Enough

Attorneys general from 33 states filed a joint lawsuit against Meta on Tuesday, alleging that it deliberately addicts kids and teens to its products through “FOMO” and JoJo Siwa.

Driverless Cars Are Losing to Driver-ish Cars

The self-driving revolution is hiding in plain sight.

The Junk Is Winning

TikTok’s experiment in shopping has quickly become another place to hawk products.