Technology

Generative AI Is Challenging a 234-Year-Old Law

The technology might finally bend copyright past the breaking point, upending what it means to have a creative society in the process.

Your TV Is Too Good for You

4K resolution is a sham.

Apple Revolutionized the Auto Industry Without Selling a Single Car

The tech giant is reportedly scratching its decade-long plan to build an EV. But every car is now an Apple car.

Something Went Terribly Wrong With Online Ads

What isn’t an ad these days?

The Deeper Problem With Google’s Racially Diverse Nazis

Generative AI is not built to honestly mirror reality, no matter what its creators say.

Is Kara Swisher Tearing Down Tech Billionaires—Or Burnishing Their Legends?

She has long sought to be the best-connected of the tough reporters and the toughest of the insiders. Balancing those goals isn’t always easy.

I Went to a Rave With the 46-Year-Old Millionaire Who Claims to Have the Body of a Teenager

Bryan Johnson wants to build a nation of immortals. Would you join?

KitchenAid Did It Right 87 Years Ago

Modern appliances are rarely built to last. They could learn something from the KitchenAid stand mixer.

Your Phone Has Nothing on AM Radio

Why Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders are teaming up to save the century-old technology

What Happened to Baseball Jerseys?

Fans are doomed to keep paying more for merchandise they want less.

OpenAI’s Sora Is a Total Mystery

A new program from the ChatGPT maker promises to create videos from simple text prompts, but little is known about how it will actually work.

Things Get Strange When AI Starts Training Itself

What happens if AI becomes even less intelligible?

The AI Industry Is Stuck on One Very Specific Way to Use a Chatbot

OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft are dying to help plan your next trip.

The Moneyball Theory of Presidential Social Media

Not even the president can bend the internet to his will.

The Carry-On-Baggage Bubble Is About to Pop

Airplanes aren’t made for this much luggage.

Temu Is Speedrunning American Familiarity

The company’s ad strategy: bludgeon you into knowing its name.

‘Evidence Maximalism’ Is How the Internet Argues Now

A simple theory for why the internet is so conspiratorial

A Fake Yellow Line Changed Football Forever

You’ve been watching the Super Bowl in mixed reality for 25 years.

Lab Diamonds Are Too Perfect for Their Own Good

The traditional diamond industry is thought to be under threat from lab-grown stones. But that’s not how luxury works.

Neal Stephenson’s Most Stunning Prediction

The sci-fi legend coined the term metaverse. But he was most prescient about our AI age.