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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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Suno is a music copyright nightmare

It makes it easy to flood streaming with AI Beyoncé ripoffs.

Terrence O'Brien
A folk musician became a target for AI fakes and a copyright troll

Murphy Campbell plays public domain ballads, but YouTube accepted the copyright claim anyway.

Terrence O'Brien
Really, you made this without AI? Prove it

Human creators want an ‘AI-free’ label, but can’t agree which one.

Jess Weatherbed
No Kings is taking back Americana

The right wing used to have a stranglehold on traditionally American iconography. Now the flag and the Constitution are symbols for the left.

Sarah Jeong
Art schools are being torn apart by AI

Institutions are teaching creatives to utilize AI, even if some students and faculty hate the technology.

Jess Weatherbed
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

J.K. Rowling has made it abundantly clear that she will continue using her fortune to harm transgender people.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Why OpenAI killed Sora

Too much compute, too much competition, and skeptical investors.

Hayden Field
Returning from a humanitarian aid trip to Cuba, Americans have phones seized at US airport

CBP agents at Miami International Airport briefly detained 20 activists, 18 of whom had their phones taken.

Gaby Del Valle
The photo mode consultant helping you take better video game screenshots

Ludovic ‘Shinobi’ Helme has worked on games ranging from Cyberpunk 2077 to Expedition 33.

Khee Hoon Chan
Judge sides with Anthropic to temporarily block the Pentagon’s ban

Judge Lin wrote that ‘punishing Anthropic … is classic illegal First Amendment retaliation.’

Hayden Field
Why a two-seater robotaxi makes more sense than you think

Tesla and Lucid are raising eyebrows with their two-seater autonomous vehicles. But ridehail fleets have very different needs for EVs than retail buyers do, and that matters.

John Voelcker
What is ICE actually doing at the airport?

ICE is supposed to be helping TSA at American airports. I didn’t see that at JFK.

Gaby Del Valle
Some writing advice from Project Hail Mary’s Andy Weir

The author explains why you should never approach writing a book like a movie.

Andrew Webster
In-hub motors make this humble Hyundai a monster on ice

How a Slovenian startup is keeping the in-wheel dream alive after the Lordstown implosion.

Tim Stevens
AI was everywhere at gaming’s big developer conference — except the games

Of the many developers I spoke to at GDC, nearly every one disavowed using AI in their projects.

Jay Peters
The gen AI Kool-Aid tastes like eugenics

Ghost in the Machine director Valerie Veatch wants you to understand how race science has shaped this moment in tech.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Lina Khan was right

Khan’s FTC tried to expand the scope of antitrust law. Meta’s floundering VR ambitions shows why that mattered.

Victoria Song