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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.

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Battlefield 6 is a pivotal moment for the series — and EA

As the publisher goes all-in on franchises, the stakes have become higher for its military shooter.

Jay Peters
The problems with AI in the smart home

After years of false starts, the promise of ambient intelligence has arrived, but will it be worth the price?

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

This is the glass cliff to end all glass cliffs.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Tilly Norwood is a gen AI psyop

The digital avatar’s rollout feels like a stunt meant to normalize gen AI’s creep into Hollywood.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
What EA’s buyout might mean for its future

The company may have to make big changes to justify the $55 billion deal.

Jay Peters
Alexa Plus is smarter — but it’s not yet smart enough

As Amazon prepares to launch new hardware this week, it needs to push Alexa to the next level.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
This is part of Disney’s legacy now

ABC’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel in fear of Donald Trump is already casting an ugly shadow on the Disney brand.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Republicans’ political purge is just getting started

Government officials are pledging to go after alleged left-wing organizations they believe are funding political violence.

Lauren Feiner
Nest is dead, long live Google Home

With Nest stripped for parts, can Google’s new AI-powered Google Home win back users?

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
The right to anonymity is powerful, and America is destroying it

Is now really the time to put up ID checkpoints on the internet?

Adi Robertson
Yes, Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension was government censorship

The First Amendment matters, even if Disney and ABC were cowards, too.

Adi Robertson
The right wing is creating a society of snitches

The Vice President of the US has blessed hunting people down for Charlie Kirk wrongthink.

Elizabeth Lopatto
I’ve been using macOS Tahoe 26 since June and here are the eight best things about it

Liquid Glass is solidly mid at best, but Tahoe ain’t terrible.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
The WSJ carelessly spread anti-trans misinformation

The Wall Street Journal’s fuckup while covering Charlie Kirk’s killing needs more than an editor’s note.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Why does Apple think three lenses are eight lenses?

Apple’s lens math doesn’t add up.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Borderlands 4 turns off your brain and turns on the fun

If you liked what the previous games have done, you sure are getting exactly more of that.

Ash Parrish
Anonymity is dead and we’re all content now

We aren’t your friends, and you’ll never be alone again.

Elizabeth Lopatto