1. screen time
    Uncanny AI Videos Are About to Flood the InternetAt their best, they’ll astonish. At their worst, they’ll promote a sense of general shabbiness online.
    By John Herrman
  2. screen time
    The Other Big Problem With AI SearchWhat if plagiarism is the whole product?
    By John Herrman
  3. silicon valley
    I Know What the Apple Vision Pro Is ForThe headset is already changing disabled users’ lives.
    By Andrew Leland
  4. yikes!
    A ScarJo-Sounding AI Voice Is No Longer Her(e)ChatGPT’s “Sky” voice, which is apparently not Samantha from Her, has been suspended.
    By Jason P. Frank
  5. screen time
    Google Is About to Change the Whole Internet — AgainThe company’s all-in investment in AI.
    By John Herrman
  7. screen time
    Why LinkedIn Now Wants You to Play GamesAlong with everybody else, everywhere else.
    By John Herrman
  8. crime
    The Package King of MiamiMatthew Bergwall was a gifted coder who could have gotten a job at any tech company. He decided to go in another direction.
    By Ezra Marcus
  9. screen time
    Google Is Staring Down Its First Serious Threats in YearsThe search giant now faces three simultaneous challenges: government regulators, real competition, and itself.
    By John Herrman
  10. social studies
    How Gmail Became Our DiaryRebecca Makkai, Paul Murray, and other authors dig through their email archives on the 20th anniversary of Google’s other flagship product.
    By The Editors
  11. screen time
    Meta’s AI Needs to Speak With YouThe company is putting chatbots everywhere so you don’t go anywhere.
    By John Herrman
  12. screen time
    The First AI Gadgets Are a Cautionary TaleThese wearable devices feel new and ambitious — and that’s the problem.
    By John Herrman
  13. screen time
    On Truth Social, Trump’s Sad Mini-MAGA, It’s 2016 ForeverIt’s a throwback to when he wasn’t president and Elon Musk hadn’t cornered the online right on X.
    By John Herrman
  14. pivot
    Pre-GRAMMY Gala - Arrivals
    Don Lemon on How Elon Musk Whacked His X ContractThe former CNN host tells Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway that Musk didn’t like being confronted with facts.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  15. what we know
    How AI Is Being Used to Influence and Disrupt the 2024 ElectionThe BBC found dozens of deep fakes showing Trump surrounded by Black supporters. It’s just one of many ways AI is being leveraged for politics.
    By Chas Danner
  16. unnatural disasters
    Corporate Greed Made the Change Healthcare Cyberattack WorseHackers have made it impossible for millions of patients to refill prescriptions or even schedule procedures by striking at a single company.
    By Chris Stanton
  17. technology
    Labor Dept. Asks Communication Companies For Increased Safety Training For Cell Tower Workers
    What We Know About the AT&T OutageAfter thousands of AT&T users were unable to make calls or send texts on Thursday morning, service was fully restored by the afternoon.
    By Nia Prater
  18. screen time
    Apple’s Vision Pro Isn’t for Everyone — But It’s Still a Home RunConsider it a revolutionary experiment to prove that goggle computing can work.
    By David Pogue
  19. technology
    No-Fun Authorities Warn Against Driving With Apple HeadsetThe federal government issued some (obvious) guidance after clips of wild Tesla drivers circulated.
    By Nia Prater
  20. screen time
    Apple Vision Pro Owners Are Struggling to Figure Out What They Just BoughtIs the Vision Pro for watching movies? Working? Being alone? Collaborating? Nobody knows, really.
    By John Herrman
  21. chapters
    Over Three Decades, Tech Obliterated MediaKara Swisher’s front-row seat to a slow-moving catastrophe.
    By Kara Swisher
  22. vision pro
    People Are Doing Some Interesting Things With the Apple Vision ProYeah, the future is going to be weird.
    By Chas Danner
  23. politics
    The Five Most Dramatic Moments From Congress’s Social-Media HearingDuring the hearing, Senator Lindsey Graham told CEOs of the top social-media companies that they have blood on their hands.
    By Nia Prater
  24. weird science
    ‘I Almost Sound Like a Crazy Person, But I Think It’s a Superconductor’Scientists are again buzzing about a potential breakthrough in superconductivity. Will this be another disappointment?
    By Jeff Wise
  25. screen time
    Shein Found Amazon’s WeaknessThe Everything Store seems to be legitimately worried about this fast-fashion upstart.
    By John Herrman
  26. screen time
    What the Hell Is Elon Musk Doing at X? 5 Theories of the CaseNot only are things not going according to plan — it can seem as though there was never much of a plan at all.
    By John Herrman
  27. technology
    OpenAI Was Never Going to Save Us From the Robot ApocalypseThe idea that a single nonprofit could ensure that AI was developed at a “safe” speed never made any sense.
    By Eric Levitz
  28. technology
    Why Was Sam Altman Fired As CEO of OpenAI?After a messy few days in the world of artificial intelligence, Altman is back as CEO at OpenAI — with a new, investor-friendly board behind him.
    By Chas Danner
  29. technology
    Sam Altman and OpenAI Are Victims of Their Own HypeThe reaction to his firing says more about the anxiety around artificial intelligence and whether it can actually make a profit.
    By John Herrman
  30. technology
    Does Elon Musk’s Media Matters Lawsuit Have a Chance?Legal experts seem far from convinced.
    By Nia Prater
  31. technology
    Sam Altman’s Job at Microsoft Will Be Harder Than EverWhat’s next after the tech coup of the century?
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  32. addicted to posting
    Advertisers Are Running From X and Elon Musk’s AntisemitismApple, IBM, and several entertainment conglomerates have pulled ads from the platform. Musk is tweeting through it.
    By Matt Stieb and Chas Danner
  33. screen time
    Is Bin Laden Really Going Viral With the Kids?An investigation.
    By John Herrman
  34. screen time
    How Meta Is Monetizing the Decline of FacebookHave you heard about WhatsApp’s aggressive new ad strategy?
    By John Herrman
  35. screen time
    What Does It Mean That Elon Musk’s New AI Chatbot Is ‘Anti-Woke’?It is useful to think of public-facing AI chatbots characters with personalities. There’s a new one in the mix.
    By John Herrman
  36. screen time
    How Big Tech Companies Really Think About AIWe’re learning a lot from what tech companies’ lawyers argue in response to the many lawsuits they face over their voracious AI models.
    By John Herrman
  37. the money game
    Confessions of a Middle-Class FounderDuring the boom times, I launched a start-up so I could become rich. Years later, I’m still looking for my exit.
    By Anonymous
  38. power
    The Most Powerful New Yorkers You’ve Never Heard Of49 people who are actually running New York City.
    By The Editors
  39. first person
    My Quest to Downsize Without Throwing Anything AwayA big old house full of belongings — could I find them a new life?
    By David Pogue
  40. screen time
    Would Anyone Really Want to Pay for TikTok?Social-media companies are suddenly interested in subscriptions, but they may be misunderstanding their audience.
    By John Herrman
  41. taboos
    The New War on Porn Is WinningLaws requiring ID checks for websites are wildly popular — and potentially fatal for the adult industry.
    By Lux Alptraum
  42. what we know
    What X CEO Linda Yaccarino Claimed at the Code ConferenceIn a tense interview, the head of Elon Musk’s social-media platform insisted everything was going great — and that she really was the CEO.
    By Chas Danner
  43. tomorrow
    Sam Altman Is the Oppenheimer of Our AgeHe insists the artificial intelligence he is creating could destroy civilization even as he hastens its advancement. Do we know enough about him?
    By Elizabeth Weil
  44. screen time
    The AI Chatbot Assistants Are Here. Do We Actually Want Them?Sometimes I just want to use my computer, not tell it what to do.
    By John Herrman
  45. stop the presses
    The Journalist and the BillionaireWalter Isaacson, schmoozy icon of the Old Media elite, has written a biography of Elon Musk, who despises all of those things.
    By Shawn McCreesh
  46. the money game
    That’s What I Call PonzinomicsWith Sam Bankman-Fried, Gisele, and a credulous Michael Lewis at the zenith of crypto hype.
    By Zeke Faux
  47. twitter
    Twitter’s New X Is Officially a Bad SignNeighbors and city building inspectors were not thrilled about Elon Musk’s giant new strobe light atop X-Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters.
    By Chas Danner
  48. technology
    All the Ways Elon Musk’s X Is Different From TwitterThe branding is wildly inconsistent, but for now the biggest changes are happening only in Musk’s dreams.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  49. fiascos
    Elon Musk Tries Forcing Twitter Users to Use Less TwitterMusk announced reading limits for all Twitter accounts over the weekend, blaming AI but punishing humans who still use Twitter.
    By Chas Danner
  50. screen time
    Apple Keeps Trying to Fix Its UsersThe company’s guilty conscience is making it nudgy.
    By John Herrman
  51. artificial intelligence
    Inside the AI FactoryAs the technology becomes ubiquitous, a vast tasker underclass is emerging — and not going anywhere.
    By Josh Dzieza
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