Algorithms and worker power

Are we too impatient for our own good?

Millions of images generated with code have fueled the engine of a new economy. But modern art has been associated with a lot of…

Saying ‘le dollar bean’ instead of ‘lesbian” so you don’t get demonetized

Reading between the headlines to get the real story on Elon’s Twitter bid

I thought it was nothing more than a fun gimmick. I was wrong.

Why aren’t there more Wikipedia-scale successes online?

A practical blueprint for assessing the value, limitations and quality of new technologies for ourselves and our families

As content moderation continually shifts, we should scrutinize what tech is doing to our language

Why I finally canceled Amazon Prime

The real incentive for blockchains

Creators are complaining about YouTube views going down, yet more people are joining the platform. What’s going on?

Fast food brands are scrambling to join the Metaverse because… reasons

What we talk about when we talk about interoperable end-to-end encryption

RISC workstations from companies such as Sun, Silicon Graphics, HP, and Acorn battled Intel in the 90s and lost. Will the same happen with…

Why did so many people think a blatantly fake apology from Chris Rock was real?

Creators posting tragic images reveal social media’s contrast to traditional media structures

The cypherpunks were wrong (but also right)

How AI and automation can make a job worse than before

Where’s your place in the future of work?

Decreasing the salience of tech’s errors is as important as reducing its prevalence

The world is already getting bored of the apes

Adapting to an increasingly mobile-driven world

On the contradiction at the heart of Bitcoin advocacy