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Your feed is overrun with clips — this is the cutthroat community of ‘clippers’ behind it

They cut up podcasts, videos, and events into infinite shorter versions. How long can it last?

Mia Sato
Inside the lab where Ford is trying to crack the code on cheap EVs

Unibodies, zonal architecture, shorter wiring harnesses. Ford is resorting to proven manufacturing techniques to get its EV costs down.

Peter Nelson
OpenAI’s president does ‘all the things,’ except answer a question

No detail was too small to argue over for Greg Brockman.

Elizabeth Lopatto
The creator of Roomba is back with a furry robot companion

Colin Angle revealed his latest creation this week: a dog-sized robot ‘Familiar’ designed for human connection, not chores.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
All the evidence revealed so far in Musk v. Altman

Emails going as far back as 2015 give a glimpse into the foundations of OpenAI and the early tensions at the company.

Hayden Field and Adi Robertson
Christian content creators are outsourcing AI slop to gig workers on Fiverr

Demand for AI-generated Bible content is high.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
With Saros, Housemarque makes a case for doing next-gen games differently

‘Realism is not interesting to pursue,’ and other lessons from the PlayStation studio.

Joshua Rivera
Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk

It’s dangerous to tell a courtroom ‘I don’t lose my temper.’

Elizabeth Lopatto
Larry’s risky business

Oracle’s betting everything on OpenAI. Will it pay off or pop the bubble?

Elizabeth Lopatto
The plan to quietly kill Coyote v. Acme blew up in David Zaslav’s face

Swift public outcry gave the movie a chance to speak for itself.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Two Japanese movies that confront what it means to be alive

Sho Miyake has been celebrated for his quiet, careful character portraits in his home country. Now his two latest films are available stateside.

Robyn Kanner
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Dominic Preston
Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s courtroom brawl could burn it all down

It’s all about the court of public opinion.

Elizabeth Lopatto and Hayden Field
Spirit is broken

The ultra-low-cost carrier may soon disappear, taking 5 percent of domestic flights and 15,000 jobs with it. That will impact the way millions of people fly.

Darryl Campbell
You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze

Ads, rate limits, feature restrictions, price hikes. The AI free ride is over.

Hayden Field