Hollywood
Hollywood is reviving its war on piracy
As the streaming deal gets worse, people are going back to piracy. The industry wants to stop them.
Weekly roundup
Read to the end for a video of Musk proving he may be a simulation after all
Elon Musk
The fight shows countries will no longer put up with the drawbacks of unregulated social media
Weekly roundup
Read to the end for a one-of-a-kind Cybertruck
Silicon Valley believes more computation is essential for progress. But they ignore the resource burden and don’t care if the benefits materialize.
Tech billionaires are using faith to solidify their power
A Cruise disaster deflates the robotaxi hype once again
Ursula Le Guin said we must be able to imagine freedom. AI traps us in the past.
After building him up, they need to tear him down
Tech companies want us isolated and constantly staring at screens because it drives profit
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Elon Musk spent years pushing self-driving fantasies, now that’s all the company has left
Read to the end for an update on the road safety crisis in the US
The billionaire wants to advance his political program while preserving his power and wealth
Read to the end for a fun game about New York Times headlines
Tech billionaires sell us the dream of realizing sci-fi fantasies, but that distracts us from building a better society on Earth
Read to the end for a comic about a mindless Elon Musk
Read for a roundup of recent critical work on data centers and the resource demands of AI
The platform isn’t a national security threat, but a challenge to Silicon Valley’s dominance
Retailers are dropping physical media as streaming dominates, and that’s a real problem
Read to the end for the latest party Elon Musk killed just by showing up
The benefits of the internet are eroding. The AI boom is only accelerating their demise.
Paris Marx’s journey from tech optimist to committed Luddite