Mark Zuckerberg’s rebrand is a master class in distraction
Meta’s platforms are still causing harm, but the CEO has convinced the media to look at the future instead of the present
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Roundup: Elon Musk caves to Brazil’s Supreme Court
Read to the end for the backlash against NEOM influencers
Reclaiming sovereignty in the digital age
Cyberlibertarianism must die if there’s to be any hope of a better future for the internet
Roundup: The price of an iPhone
Read to the end for a very special PS5
Smartphone innovation is dead, and that’s fine
Stop blaming a lack of competition for a product that’s simply done meaningfully evolving
Roundup: Will generative AI have many long-term benefits?
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Pavel Durov and Elon Musk are not free speech champions
The actions against Telegram and Twitter/X are about sovereignty, not speech
A critical tech reading list for late 2024
Ten book recommendations to get you through the final months of the year
Roundup: What the OpenAI funding round reveals about tech
Read to the end for a fun Cybertruck documentary
Zuckerberg wants to control the next platform—no matter what it is
The Meta CEO’s embrace of open source is nothing more than an opportunistic move
Roundup: Who helped Elon Musk buy Twitter?
Read to the end for one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard
Sam Altman
Sam Altman doesn’t care about you
The OpenAI CEO wants to extend his life by 10 years, but doesn’t care the poor die 15 years earlier than the rich
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Roundup: Eric Schmidt says the quiet part out loud
Read to the end for a disastrous Peter Thiel interview
Artificial Intelligence
What comes after the AI crash?
The end of the boom won’t end generative AI’s harms
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Roundup: Don't buy the "Zuckessance"
Read to the end for a forthcoming tech book you might like
The Google monopoly ruling won’t save the internet
More competition won’t be enough to dismantle Silicon Valley’s power
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Roundup: How tech is trying to shape the Kamala Harris agenda
Read to the end for some insight on the supply chains behind Amazon
Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel’s influence over a network of Lord of the Rings-inspired companies
The tech billionaire can’t stop naming companies after Tolkien’s fantasy world
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Roundup: Elon Musk is a terrible person
Read to the end for Donald Trump’s appearance at the Bitcoin conference
Elon Musk doesn't care about kids. He cares about demographics.
The billionaire CEO told Jordan Peterson his trans daughter is “dead” to him because she can no longer reproduce
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Roundup: NYT's SpaceX stenography
Read to the end for a furry ally in the Luddite resistance
Politics
Silicon Valley’s dangerous plan for a second Trump term
The Little Tech Agenda was crafted to defend the power of tech billionaires
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Roundup: Elon Musk endorses Donald Trump
Read to the end for an old graphic making fun of Steve Jobs’ ideology of the Mac