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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.

Inside Philips Hue’s plans to make all your lights motion sensors

Hue’s CTO explains how its new MotionAware feature works and why it’s better than previous RF sensing.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
The Trump administration promised a fourth wireless carrier — America got a hot mess instead

The plan to make Dish a wireless carrier was doomed from the start.

Karl Bode
AI doesn’t belong in journaling

The ‘inconvenience’ of a blank page is the entire point.

Victoria Song
The Made by Google event felt like being sucked into an episode of Wandavision

Jimmy Fallon, a parade of influencers, and a live studio audience — this was not your typical product launch event.

Victoria Song
Elon Musk’s gangster tech regulation comes for Apple

Musk’s ‘antitrust’ tantrum takes on a new target.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Chatbots aren’t telling you their secrets

If you want to know what an AI system is doing, look for transparency from the creator instead.

Adi Robertson
Sex is getting scrubbed from the internet, but a billionaire can sell you AI nudes

Online safety laws keep ordinary people from expressing themselves, while companies like xAI cause real harm.

Adi Robertson
RFK Jr. wants a wearable on every American — that future’s not as healthy as he thinks

I’ve lived in that future. Before my health improved, I spiraled into obsession, injury, and disordered eating.

Victoria Song
What’s a smut peddler to do these days?

With platforms caving to pressure from payment processors, adult content creators are left to figure out what’s next.

Ash Parrish
AI could turn your town nuclear

A small city in Kentucky is ground zero for plans to bring uranium enrichment back to the US so nuclear energy can power AI.

Justine Calma
We need to relearn how to use AI when it’s on our bodies

Gemini’s biggest obstacle on smartwatches is the phone in your pocket.

Victoria Song
I tried ‘Bricking’ my phone to fix my brain

Using the Brick app wasn’t a total success, but I’m reclaiming my attention span, one Law and Order episode at time.

Victoria Song
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy