Technology

What We Discovered on ‘Deep YouTube’

The video site isn’t just a platform. It’s infrastructure.

We’ve Forgotten How to Use Computers

The mouse is sorely missed.

Air Jordan Is Finally Deflating

The brand’s rise and fall, and rise and fall again

It’s Just a Water Bottle

No one can truly explain the Stanley cup.

I Will Not Thumbs-Up Your Email

Emoji, tapbacks, and thumbs-ups were devised to spare your time and attention. Now they’ve become a chore.

Don’t Talk to People Like They’re Chatbots

AI could make our human interactions blander, more biased, or ruder.

You Will Miss the Pizza Delivery Driver

DoorDash has nothing on old-school delivery workers.

The Internet Is Being Ruined by Bloated Junk

Sites such as YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter used to be defined by short content. Not anymore.

Substack Was a Ticking Time Bomb

The platform seeded its own content-moderation crisis.

ChatGPT’s FarmVille Moment

The immediate future of generative AI looks a bit like Facebook’s past.

The Flaw That Could Ruin Generative AI

A technical problem known as “memorization” is at the heart of recent lawsuits that pose a significant threat to generative-AI companies.

Plagiarism Is the Next ‘Fake News’

Something much simpler than generative AI is driving the new culture war.

The Barcode Engineered Its Own Downfall

For decades, the tiny symbol has been the plumbing of global capitalism. It might finally be replaced.

What If We Held ChatGPT to the Same Standard as Claudine Gay?

The problem with generative AI is plagiarism, not copyright.

If There Are No Stupid Questions, Then How Do You Explain Quora?

The tragedy of Q&A sites is the story of the internet.

The Last Frontier of Machine Translation

Don’t ask a bot to translate a book.

Home Influencers Will Not Rest Until Everything Has Been Put in a Clear Plastic Storage Bin

Restocking season is getting out of hand.

A Second Life for My Beloved Dog

A simple iPhone feature unexpectedly changed how I grieved.

There Was Never Such a Thing as ‘Open’ AI

Transparency isn’t enough to democratize the technology.

The Plagiarism War Has Begun

Claudine Gay was taken down by a politically motivated investigation. Would the same approach work for any academic?