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Technology Archive

Archives for September 2023

Elizabeth Warren created a federal agency once. Can she do it again?
Technology

The Massachusetts senator explains why we need an FCC for Big Tech.

By Sara Morrison
Culture
The big Elon Musk biography asks all the wrong questionsThe big Elon Musk biography asks all the wrong questions
Culture

In Walter Isaacson’s buzzy new biography, Elon Musk emerges as a callous, chaos-loving man without empathy.

By Constance Grady
Technology
Hey, remember those Apple wonder goggles?Hey, remember those Apple wonder goggles?
Technology

Apple is going to sell us $3,500 headsets next year. It still hasn’t said why.

By Peter Kafka
What if AI treats humans the way we treat animals?
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

The dehumanizing philosophy of AI is built on a hatred of our animal nature.

By Marina Bolotnikova
What the stories we tell about robots tell us about ourselves
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

From R.U.R. to Mrs. Davis, humans have feared — and identified with — robots for over a century.

By Constance Grady
Can AI learn to love — and can we learn to love it?
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

Fiction has long wondered if AI can love. We just might find out.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Silicon Valley’s vision for AI? It’s religion, repackaged.
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

It’s no accident — the intertwining of religion and technology is centuries old.

By Sigal Samuel
What will love and death mean in the age of machine intelligence?
The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

We already rely on AI to find our soulmate, and soon we might use it to hack death. But we risk losing what it means to be human.

By Tahmima Anam
Technology
Don’t upgrade your iPhone until you have toDon’t upgrade your iPhone until you have to
Technology

Once again, this year’s phones will look a lot like last year’s. But real innovation is on the horizon.

By Adam Clark Estes
Politics
Elon Musk’s strange new feud with a Jewish anti-hate group, explainedElon Musk’s strange new feud with a Jewish anti-hate group, explained
Politics

Elon Musk is venturing into some dangerous territory about Jews.

By Zack Beauchamp
Technology
Google is facing yet another major antitrust lawsuitGoogle is facing yet another major antitrust lawsuit
Technology

Dozens of attorneys general filed a suit accusing Google Play of anti-competitive practices.

By Sara Morrison
Technology
Burning Man’s climate protesters have a pointBurning Man’s climate protesters have a point
Technology

Building a temporary city of 80,000 people in the desert is actually bad for the planet.

By Adam Clark Estes
Public phone chargers are convenient, but are they also dangerous?
Technology

Warnings about “juice jacking” have been around for a decade, but the threat has been greatly exaggerated.

By Sara Morrison