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Nobody Knows What’s Happening Online Anymore
Why you’ve probably never heard of the most popular Netflix show in the world
ChatGPT Is Turning the Internet Into Plumbing
What does life online look like filtered through a bot?
Is This How Amazon Ends?
An open embrace of cheap foreign products has helped Amazon take over the world. It also might guarantee Amazon’s eventual obsolescence.
Why It’s So Hard to Search Your Email
My flight receipt is in there somewhere.
The Rise and Fall of the ‘IBM Way’
What the tech pioneer can, and can’t, teach us
AI Astrology Is Getting a Little Too Personal
Cryptic life guidance is one thing. Telling me to ditch my therapist is another.
Please Stop Paying George Santos for Clout
Politicians should not be influencers.
Science Is Becoming Less Human
AI is accelerating the pace of discovery—but at what cost?
This Is What Happens to All the Stuff You Don’t Want
I ventured into the belly of the holiday-returns beast.
AI’s ‘Fog of War’
How can institutions protect Americans against a technology no one fully understands?