Technology

My Day Inside America’s Most Hated Car

The Cybertruck is a 7,000-pound Rorschach test.

The Gleeful Cruelty of the White House X Account

Welcome to the 4chan administration.

What the JFK File Dump Actually Revealed

A bunch of people’s Social Security numbers

The Careless People Won

A controversial new book about Facebook serves as a field guide for the DOGE era.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem

Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.

Forever 21’s Brief, Hideous Life

Farewell to a beloved purveyor of trash.

LeBron James and the Limits of Nepotism

It’s embarrassing for everyone involved.

Was Sam Altman Right About the Job Market?

Tech companies are unleashing AI products that do much more than answer questions.

Elon Musk Looks Desperate

How to lose $148 billion in less than two months

DOGE’s Plans to Replace Humans With AI Are Already Under Way

The civil service is being turned over to machines.

Move Fast and Destroy Democracy

Silicon Valley’s titans have decided that ruling the digital world is not enough.

Wait, Who Is Posting Those Unflattering J. D. Vance Memes?

The online right is trolling one of its own.

Trump’s Crypto Reserve Is Really Happening

Now what?

Chatbots Are Cheating on Their Benchmark Tests

AI programs train on questions they’re later tested on. So how do we know if they’re getting smarter?

The Nicest Swamp on the Internet

Reddit’s not perfect, but it may be the best platform on a junky web.

‘It Feels Like It’s Chaotic on Purpose’

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency laid off a team whose purpose was to make the government more efficient.

There Are No More Red Lines

Welcome to the Great Emboldening.

A New Kind of State Media

Donald Trump is staffing his administration with podcast bros.

How Sam Altman Could Break Up Elon Musk and Donald Trump

Two of the most powerful tech executives in the world are desperate for the president’s approval.