The Great PowerPoint Panic of 2003
Twenty years ago, corporate-presentation software was called “the end of reason.” Why?
The Real Lesson From The Making of the Atomic Bomb
A generation of AI researchers treat Richard Rhodes’s seminal book like a Bible as they develop technology with the potential to remake—or ruin—our world.
EVs Are Sending Toxic Tire Particles Into the Water, Soil, and Air
Electric cars fix one pollution problem—and worsen another.
In Praise of Phone Numbers
The internet offers many new ways to communicate, but nothing eclipses the 10-digit phone number.
A Voicebot Just Left Me Speechless
Generative AI has solved a problem that has plagued my voice assistants for years.
Delivery Apps Just Did the Impossible
Silicon Valley is beating Domino’s at its own game.
FOMO Has Never Been Worse on the Internet
We’re all early adopters now.
New Mark Zuckerberg Dropped
The tech CEO is trolling Elon Musk and posing shirtless with UFC champions. Why?
Google’s New Search Tool Could Eat the Internet Alive
Will searchbots put me out of a job?
How Handwriting Lost Its Personality
Penmanship was once considered a window to the soul. The digital age has closed it.
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?