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Paris Marx
Paris Marx is a Canadian tech critic and host of the award-winning Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.
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The media has the AI threat all wrong
Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.
Red flags at the start of Apple’s John Ternus era
Under the new CEO, products are more expensive and AI comes with more surveillance
Hyperscale is longlisted for an FT award!
Plus, good reads you might have missed in August 2026
BMW’s in-car Spider-Man ad is a warning sign
We were promised a transport revolution. Instead we got cars tracking us and serving us ads.
Bernie Sanders has AI policy all wrong
His criticisms are responding to industry hype, not the real harms of generative AI
A more wholesome algorithm?
Plus, a recap of tech stories you missed in July 2026
Elon Musk’s tired schtick
Why does the media keep debasing itself for a man who despises them?
Global dependence on US tech was always the plan
The imperial project of Silicon Valley and the US government is out in the open. Countries need to reclaim their sovereignty.