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Sometimes the news can be complicated and nuanced, which is why our experts go deeper into the most important developments and trends in the tech world to help you understand how they might evolve through analysis, explainers, critical takes, and expert points of view.

Let us filter AI slop, you cowards

Online platforms could prove whether AI labels work by giving us a filter option, but then they’d have to face reality.

Jess Weatherbed
Microsoft and OpenAI broke up — now they’re ready to fight

‘We have to prove that we can do everything that we need to from the ground up,’ said AI chief Mustafa Suleyman.

Hayden Field and Tom Warren
This could be Windows’ M1 moment — but expect it to cost a ton

Nvidia’s RTX Spark ‘superchip’ shows promise for Windows laptops. But it also comes at the worst time.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Xbox and PlayStation have a lot to prove

The game industry is in turmoil, but Summer Game Fest could be a place for the big console makers to show strength.

Andrew Webster
Marathon’s second season is a chance for Bungie to turn things around

In the volatile world of live-service shooters, the game needs to stop wasting players’ time.

Nick Statt
The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you

The biggest public offering ever is financial nihilism’s final form.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Adobe’s conversational AI agent is a mediocre design intern

The Firefly AI Assistant isn’t as good as a professional human designer or photo editor, but it’s fun to watch it work.

Jess Weatherbed
AI warfare is already here

Anthropic’s fight with the Pentagon highlights the risks of autonomous warfare — but obscures just how close it is.

Hayden Field
Luigi Mangione supporters are back in court — this time with press credentials

A handful of supporters showed up to a pretrial hearing with New York City-issued press passes.

Mia Sato
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
If Google can’t make AI agents useful, maybe no one can

Google has been working on agentic AI for years. Building on the viral success of OpenClaw could finally tip the scales.

Hayden Field
Musk v. Altman proved that AI is led by the wrong people

Public opinion of the AI industry is already sinking. A parade of untrustworthy executives makes it look worse.

Hayden Field
Why does the Googlebook exist?

Chromebooks solved a real need 15 years ago. I’m not sure Google’s new Googlebook solves anything.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Mira Murati’s deposition pulled back the curtain on Sam Altman’s ouster

The former OpenAI CTO had receipts. But they mostly confuse her own story.

Hayden Field
All the evidence revealed so far in Musk v. Altman

Emails going as far back as 2015 give a glimpse into the foundations of OpenAI and the early tensions at the company.

Hayden Field and Adi Robertson
Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s courtroom brawl could burn it all down

It’s all about the court of public opinion.

Elizabeth Lopatto and Hayden Field
First vacuums — then the world

Dreame plans to build everything from hypercars and hair dryers to China’s Elon Musk. It’ll either win big or go down in flames.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
The Mac is in good hands in Apple’s post-Cook era

After promoting Johny Srouji, I expect Apple to continue focusing on what makes its recent Macs so great: the chips.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
John Ternus’ first big problem is AI

Does Tim Cook’s newly announced successor have what it takes to regain the company’s lost ground in the AI race?

Hayden Field
Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want

Inventing the future requires a future people want.

Elizabeth Lopatto