You Can See Inside Your Ear. That Doesn’t Mean You Should.
TikTok loves high-tech gadgets for scraping out ear wax. Doctors? Not so much.
The Least Common, Least Loved Names in America
Why is everyone so worked up about hyphens?
A Very, Very Expensive Emoji
How does a court rule on “🌝”?
The Year We Embraced Our Destruction
In 2023, fears about AI run amok commingled with memes about an allegedly deadly lemonade.
Electric Cars Are Already Upending America
After years of promise, a massive shift is under way.
The Co-opting of Twitter
The alternative to mainstream social media came from inside the house.
Building AI Safely Is Getting Harder and Harder
A leading AI data set reportedly contained images of child sexual abuse. Don’t be surprised.
The Big Questions About AI in 2024
Is the technology set to take another leap forward? Will it swing the election?
The Golden Age of Gadgets for Girlies
They never died. They just became beauty products.
Twitter’s Demise Is About So Much More Than Elon Musk
TikTok is eating microblogging as we’ve always known it.
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?
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