Microsoft
Phil Spencer isn’t your friend
The Xbox head uses his gamer image to sell terrible corporate decisions
Reading
13 book recommendations to get you through the next few months
Weekly roundup
Read to the end for a perfect example of worst person you know just made a great point
Geopolitics
We’re being told to pick between US and Chinese tech. What if we don’t choose either?
The benefits of the internet are eroding. The AI boom is only accelerating their demise.
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
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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Read to the end for Ridley Scott not doing a George Lucas
The product’s failure should further dispel the myth of tech inevitability
As the streaming deal gets worse, people are going back to piracy. The industry wants to stop them.
Read to the end for a video of Musk proving he may be a simulation after all
The fight shows countries will no longer put up with the drawbacks of unregulated social media
Read to the end for a one-of-a-kind Cybertruck
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