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Our reporters investigate every significant event in the tech world. We speak to companies, witness events from the ground, and test products so you can get essential first-hand insights on the latest news.

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Benn Jordan longs for the days of tech that didn’t spy on you

The YouTube star has gone from reviewing synths to taking on the surveillance state.

Terrence O'Brien
I customized a MacBook Neo with colorful spare parts

And I only broke it a little.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Let us filter AI slop, you cowards

Online platforms could prove whether AI labels work by giving us a filter option, but then they’d have to face reality.

Jess Weatherbed
Microsoft and OpenAI broke up — now they’re ready to fight

‘We have to prove that we can do everything that we need to from the ground up,’ said AI chief Mustafa Suleyman.

Hayden Field and Tom Warren
Trump goes after green cardsTrump goes after green cards
Gaby Del Valle
Lego’s Smart Play Pokémon can train and battle, but don’t do the one thing I wish they could

Why, oh why, can’t Pikachu say ‘pika pika’?

Dominic Preston
This could be Windows’ M1 moment — but expect it to cost a ton

Nvidia’s RTX Spark ‘superchip’ shows promise for Windows laptops. But it also comes at the worst time.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Xbox and PlayStation have a lot to prove

The game industry is in turmoil, but Summer Game Fest could be a place for the big console makers to show strength.

Andrew Webster
Marathon’s second season is a chance for Bungie to turn things around

In the volatile world of live-service shooters, the game needs to stop wasting players’ time.

Nick Statt
I went looking for the AI weed vape that gives you Bitcoin for smoking

Gudtrip is the most ridiculous AI/crypto/weed product to ever touch the internet. Could it possibly be real?

Robert Hart
Welcome to Night Vale host Cecil Baldwin shares his tech pet peeves

Just let the man watch movie credits in peace!

Terrence O'Brien
The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you

The biggest public offering ever is financial nihilism’s final form.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Backrooms is at the forefront of horror’s YouTube wave

Filmmakers like Kane Parsons are getting their start on YouTube, before moving to bigger productions.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Hundreds of prolific Wikipedia editors are threatening to go on strike

After the Wikimedia Foundation abruptly dissolved a beloved team of engineers, Wikipedia’s volunteers are angry — and discussing how they can push back.

Mia Sato
Adobe’s conversational AI agent is a mediocre design intern

The Firefly AI Assistant isn’t as good as a professional human designer or photo editor, but it’s fun to watch it work.

Jess Weatherbed
Kia’s flagship EV has a battery problem

The EV9 has a big battery that’s proving to be unreliable.

Tom Warren
The Pope isn’t AGI-pilledThe Pope isn’t AGI-pilled
Hayden Field
AI warfare is already here

Anthropic’s fight with the Pentagon highlights the risks of autonomous warfare — but obscures just how close it is.

Hayden Field