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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.

Is AppleCare One a good deal? It dependsIs AppleCare One a good deal? It depends
Cameron Faulkner
The frenzied, gamified chase for Labubus

You just can’t win — until you do.

Mia Sato
Sony is still stubborn about the size of its camerasSony is still stubborn about the size of its cameras
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Donkey Kong Bananza turns destruction into joy

Why yes, I would like to go ape shit.

Ash Parrish
The MAGA backlash over Epstein isn’t dying down

Right-wing influencers now have to choose between authenticity to their brand, and their loyalty to Trump.

Tina Nguyen
X’s CEO is out after failing at basically everything she claimed she wanted

Elon Musk didn’t make her job easy.

Jay Peters
The Columbia hack is a much bigger deal than Mamdani’s college application

A hacker has a list of millions of people by race. So why is the coverage about Zohran Mamdani?

Elizabeth Lopatto
How The New York Times is (still) getting gamed by the right

The Mamdani affair exposes the paper’s weaknesses. Again.

Elizabeth Lopatto
The unbearable obviousness of AI fitness summaries

I asked AI for insight into my health data. It gave me a regurgitated book report.

Victoria Song
The Supreme Court just upended internet law, and I have questions

Last week, online age verification violated the First Amendment. This week, it doesn’t.

Adi Robertson
Did AI companies win a fight with authors? Technically

Meta and Anthropic defended AI training as fair use, but with major caveats.

Adi Robertson
Answering the Nintendo Switch 2’s lingering accessibility questions

Nintendo has kept quiet about the device’s accessibility options, even though it’s off to a good start.

Geoffrey Bunting