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Tech companies want us isolated and constantly staring at screens because it drives profit

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Its new plan for search shows how AI hype hides the real threat of increased corporate power

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Roundup: What's in the Tesla Files?

Read to the end for a funny comic on AI and work

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China hawks are coming for Shein

The TikTok playbook is being used against the fast fashion retailer to serve corporate interests

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Roundup: Sam Altman's friendly DC trip and Apple's troubled headset

Read to the end for a fun poll on tech "innovation"

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Elon Musk thinks he's invincible

The media created a monster we might not be able to stop

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Roundup: A new Twitter CEO rises and the metaverse falls

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Roundup: Woz jokes about executing founders

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