Weekly roundup
Roundup: Uber is cutting workers’ wages globally
Read to the end for one of the worst photos of Elon Musk I’ve ever seen
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta’s platforms are still causing harm, but the CEO has convinced the media to look at the future instead of the present
Weekly roundup
Read to the end for tech’s new synonym for eugenics
Weekly roundup
Read to the end for the backlash against NEOM influencers
Google and OpenAI’s latest showcases suggest the AI bubble’s days are numbered
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.
Tech companies want us isolated and constantly staring at screens because it drives profit
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Cyberlibertarianism must die if there’s to be any hope of a better future for the internet
Read to the end for a very special PS5
Stop blaming a lack of competition for a product that’s simply done meaningfully evolving
Read to the end for a fun Clippy meme!
The actions against Telegram and Twitter/X are about sovereignty, not speech
Ten book recommendations to get you through the final months of the year
Read to the end for a fun Cybertruck documentary
The Meta CEO’s embrace of open source is nothing more than an opportunistic move
Read to the end for one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard
The OpenAI CEO wants to extend his life by 10 years, but doesn’t care the poor die 15 years earlier than the rich
Read to the end for a disastrous Peter Thiel interview
The end of the boom won’t end generative AI’s harms