Apple
The Vision Pro is a big flop
The product’s failure should further dispel the myth of tech inevitability
Paris Marx
Paris Marx is a tech critic who writes Disconnect. He’s also the host of Tech Won’t Save Us and the author of “Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong About the Future of Transportation.”
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
Roundup: Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover team
Read to the end for a video of Musk proving he may be a simulation after all
Elon Musk
Elon Musk is using Twitter to defend Brazil’s fascists
The fight shows countries will no longer put up with the drawbacks of unregulated social media
Weekly roundup
Roundup: Elon meets Javier
Read to the end for a one-of-a-kind Cybertruck
Tesla
Tesla is in serious trouble
Elon Musk spent years pushing self-driving fantasies, now that’s all the company has left
Weekly roundup
Roundup: How is the media still doing this?
Read to the end for an update on the road safety crisis in the US
Elon Musk
Elon Musk is elevating the global extreme right
The billionaire wants to advance his political program while preserving his power and wealth
Weekly roundup
Roundup: Sam Bankman-Fraud
Read to the end for a fun game about New York Times headlines
Future
What if we never live on Mars?
Tech billionaires sell us the dream of realizing sci-fi fantasies, but that distracts us from building a better society on Earth
Weekly roundup
Roundup: Apple in the DoJ’s crosshairs
Read to the end for a comic about a mindless Elon Musk
Weekly roundup
Roundup: Smashing Teslas with stone heads
Read for a roundup of recent critical work on data centers and the resource demands of AI
Geopolitics
The TikTok ban is all about preserving US power
The platform isn’t a national security threat, but a challenge to Silicon Valley’s dominance
Blog
Why is it so hard to buy a Blu-ray?
Retailers are dropping physical media as streaming dominates, and that’s a real problem
Weekly roundup
Roundup: Tech worker opposition to AI
Read to the end for the latest party Elon Musk killed just by showing up
Artificial Intelligence
The digital revolution has failed
The benefits of the internet are eroding. The AI boom is only accelerating their demise.