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The AI Birthday Letter That Blew Me Away
Google is ushering in an era of custom chatbots.
Nobody Cares If Music Is Real Anymore
“Rubber burns, the map fades away / Chasing the ghosts of yesterday.” Sure, fine.
The Christian Rocker at the Center of MAGA
Sean Feucht is bringing Christian nationalism to the masses.
That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.
Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called “sludge.”
The End of Publishing as We Know It
Inside Silicon Valley’s assault on the media
Elon Musk Is Playing God
The tech billionaire wants to shape humanity’s future. Not everyone has a place there.
The Amazonification of Everything, Now as a Video Game
In Death Stranding 2, players control a courier who trips over rocks, experiences sunburn, and faces his own possible obsolescence.
I See Your Smartphone-Addicted Life
I’ve never owned the device, and I’m not sure I ever want to.
The Entire Internet Is Reverting to Beta
The AI takeover is changing everything about the web—and not necessarily for the better.
Why Would the Trump Family Want to Run a Phone Company?
The latest celebrity branding craze might be budget cellular plans.