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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.

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
Amazon eyes ads and upcharges for Alexa PlusAmazon eyes ads and upcharges for Alexa Plus
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Inside the LG G5’s shocking last-place finish at the 2025 TV Shootout

I helped score the annual Value Electronics TV Shootout. Here’s what goes on behind the scenes.

Nilay Patel
The chaos and confusion of itch.io and Steam’s abrupt adult game ban

Thousands of games and media have been delisted from two major platforms. Here’s how that happened.

Ash Parrish
The dangerously blurry line between wellness and medical tech

Whoop’s FDA notice is a reminder that it’s harder to tell what’s a medical feature and what’s “just for fun.”

Victoria Song
Trump’s AI plan is a massive handout to gas and chemical companies

The Trump administration wants to build data center projects on Superfund sites, and with as little oversight as possible.

Justine Calma
Women’s ‘red flag’ app Tea is a privacy nightmare

After last week’s hack, the app has been breached again.

Tanya Tianyi Chen
Google gets its swag backGoogle gets its swag back
Alex Heath
Breaking down Trump’s big gift to the AI industry

Trump wants everyone using AI — as long as he agrees with what it says.

Lauren Feiner, Justine Calma and 2 more