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Analysis

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.

Does Anthropic think Claude is alive? Define ‘alive’

Anthropic calls its chatbot ‘a new kind of entity’ that might be conscious — and it’s opening a huge can of worms.

Hayden Field
Prediction markets want to eat the news

Regulators noticed Polymarket and Kalshi rake in cash on sports bets. So now prediction markets are cosplaying as the future of news.

Elizabeth Lopatto
AI-generated ads dropped the ball at this year’s Super BowlAI-generated ads dropped the ball at this year’s Super Bowl
Charles Pulliam-Moore and Jess Weatherbed
I went back to Linux and it was a mistake

I need an OS, not another hobby.

Terrence O'Brien
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo

The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Humans are infiltrating the social network for AI bots

Things got even weirder on Moltbook, the viral Reddit-style platform, over the weekend.

Hayden Field
Why won’t anyone stop ICE from masking?

Doxxing is not a good reason to have faceless police.

Sarah Jeong
What a Sony and TCL partnership means for the future of TVs

It’s still over a year off, and might not even happen, but a Sony and TCL partnership has wide-spanning implications.

John Higgins
Minnesota wants to win a war of attrition

The governor’s call to film ICE is part of an attempt to protect states’ rights — but not like that.

Sarah Jeong
RFK Jr.’s new food pyramid could be a disaster for the environment

New US dietary guidelines promote more protein and beef tallow, potentially moving Americans further away from a low-carbon diet.

Justine Calma
What Apple and Google’s Gemini deal means for both companies

They’re putting up a united front against AI newcomers.

Hayden Field
America’s new era of energy imperialism is about more than oil 

Trump wants Venezuela’s oil, Greenland’s minerals, and above all — control.

Justine Calma
Grok is undressing children — can the law stop it?

Sexualized AI images violate consent and boundaries, but legal consequences can be elusive.

Hayden Field
Power bank feature creep is out of control 

Something has gone horribly wrong when your portable battery has a screensaver.

Thomas Ricker
Meet the new tech laws of 2026

Coming into force this year: AI regulations galore, a teen social media lockdown, and “Taylor Swift” laws.

Adi Robertson
The year politics became brainrot

Political violence has become illegible, and increasingly, politics and language have too.

Sarah Jeong