Why We Still Use Postage Stamps
The enduring necessity (and importance) of a nearly 200-year-old technology
I Witnessed the Future of AI, and It’s a Broken Toy
The Rabbit R1 is a device defined by empty promises.
Sphere Is the Mind-Killer
What it’s like to groove on Earth’s only LED moon
Welcome to the TikTok Meltdown
The ban is a disaster, even if you support it.
Columbia Has Resorted to Pedagogy Theater
Holding classes over Zoom just pretends to solve a problem.
Tesla Is Not the Next Ford. It’s the Next Con Ed.
Elon Musk’s EV empire is crumbling.
It’s the End of the Web as We Know It
A great public resource is at risk of being destroyed.
A Chess Formula Is Taking Over the World
What’s your Elo rating?
Your Fast Food Is Already Automated
The founder of Chipotle wants to reinvent lunch using robots. Is that really a reinvention at all?
The New Empress of Self-Help Is a TikTok Star
Keila Shaheen outsold Oprah Winfrey with a journaling book marketed through TikTok. Now what?
The Most Hated Sound on Television
For half a century, viewers scorned the laugh track while adoring shows that used it. Now it has all but disappeared.
The AI Revolution Is Crushing Thousands of Languages
English is the internet’s primary tongue—a fact that may have unexpected consequences as generative AI becomes central to daily life.
Tupperware Is in Trouble
We’re in a golden age for food storage. So why is America’s paradigmatic container brand failing?
The Homepage of the Black Internet
Revisiting BlackPlanet, and a lost era when social media was still fun
Welcome to the Golden Age of User Hostility
They don’t make ’em like they used to!
America Is Sick of Swiping
Dating apps are falling back to Earth.
You Don’t Have to Type Anymore
Welcome to the golden age of voice dictation.
The Web Became a Strip Mall
Domain names once gave the internet a sense of place. Now they are meaningless.
What Neuralink Is Missing
It turns out that connecting brains with computers is the easy part.
Did You Feel That?
The earthquake internet actually works.
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