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Prediction markets want to eat the news

Regulators noticed Polymarket and Kalshi rake in cash on sports bets. So now prediction markets are cosplaying as the future of news.

Elizabeth Lopatto
RAMageddon is here

The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about.

Sean Hollister
Are Elon Musk’s Mars plans finally coming back down to Earth?

Musk used to call the Moon ‘a distraction.’ Now he says SpaceX is building a city there.

Georgina Torbet
Can Ford re-engineer the EV revolution?

The automaker’s EV skunkworks team is using ‘bounties’ to guide engineering decisions that track gains in battery range and reductions in cost.

Andrew J. Hawkins
Laurie Spiegel on the difference between algorithmic music and ‘AI’

The legendary composer is celebrating 40 years of Music Mouse, which brought algorithmic composition to home computers.

Terrence O'Brien
My uncanny AI valentines

On a frigid February evening, I went on four dates with AI companions at a pop-up dating café.

Victoria Song
Can Democrats post their way to midterm victories?

Kamala Harris’ campaign account, @KamalaHQ, has rebranded as a digital rapid response operation.

Mia Sato
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns

The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.

Gaby Del Valle
‘Shut up and focus on the mission’: Tech workers are frustrated by their companies’ silence about ICE

Across the industry, workers describe a ‘fear-based culture’ and pressure to ‘fall in line.‘

Hayden Field
Jeffrey Epstein’s digital cleanup crew

According to recently released documents, the convicted sex offender had a vast network of people working to whitewash his digital presence.

Mia Sato
AI-generated ads dropped the ball at this year’s Super BowlAI-generated ads dropped the ball at this year’s Super Bowl
Charles Pulliam-Moore and Jess Weatherbed
This whistle fights fascists

I print whistles now. You can too.

Sean Hollister
Section 230 turns 30 as it faces its biggest tests yet

The law has survived the dot-com bubble and the Supreme Court, but it’s up against potentially larger challenges.

Lauren Feiner
I went back to Linux and it was a mistake

I need an OS, not another hobby.

Terrence O'Brien
This is the Trump PhoneThis is the Trump Phone
Dominic Preston
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
It’s time to go to Jupiter.

Now that Boys Go to Jupiter is streaming on HBO Max, you should check out our interview with writer / director Julian Glander about the movie and why he feels that open-source software programs like Blender are doing way more to “democratize” art than generative AI.

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How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo

The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.

Elizabeth Lopatto