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    Why YouTube Should Cut Off Its ThumbnailsThe platform is testing a ban on “egregious” clickbait titles and thumbnails. Why not go all the way?
    By John Herrman
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    Luigi Mangione’s Full Story Isn’t OnlineHis social media presence was carefully managed — in keeping with a new era on the internet.
    By John Herrman
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    Democrats Are Leaving X. But X Left Them First.To the extent it’s a place where anyone can get a message out, it’s on narrow new terms for a narrow new audience.
    By John Herrman
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    How YouTube Ate PodcastingWith some help from TikTok.
    By John Herrman
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    Why the Government’s Google Breakup Plan Is Such a Big DealCleaving off Chrome could reset the web as we know it.
    By John Herrman
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    Big Tech’s Loyalty EraTech leaders are bracing for, and warming to, their industry’s Trumpian, loyalty-based future.
    By John Herrman
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    Why Reddit Is Blowing UpThe social media site is making money and growing fast. It can thank new search traffic.
    By John Herrman
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    Polymarket Loves Trump. But Is It Just About the Vibes?Users on prediction markets are piling money into bets on Trump. They also can’t stop arguing with one another.
    By John Herrman
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    Get Ready for a Lot More Bots on Social MediaWhy Meta is filling our feeds with bots.
    By John Herrman
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    Microsoft Has an OpenAI ProblemThe risk the company faces with its AI alignment strategy isn’t runaway superintelligence — it’s rogue OpenAI.
    By John Herrman
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    Is Reddit the Future of Crisis Communications?It’s one of the only well-moderated spaces left online where the government (and brands) can get a signal through all the noise.
    By John Herrman
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    How Spooked Should We Be by AI Ghost Stories?The viral folklore about self-aware chatbots and AI-generated podcast hosts who fear death is not what it appears to be.
    By John Herrman
  14. up in the air
    The Flying Car Is Finally Here. It’s Slightly Illegal.How the inventors of a new generation of aircraft are outsmarting the feds.
    By Jeff Wise
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    The Return of the TV ChannelDisney+ and Peacock are the latest streamers to bring back good old-fashioned TV channels.
    By John Herrman
  16. life in pixels
    Drowning in SlopA thriving underground economy is clogging the internet with AI garbage — and it’s only going to get worse.
    By Max Read
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    Does Anyone Need an AI Social Network?So far, SocialAI’s feed of chatbots doesn’t have much to say.
    By John Herrman
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    Is That AI? Or Does It Just Suck?AI is now associated with things that are a little bit unbelievable, a little bit generic, or just sort of off.
    By John Herrman
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    Taylor Swift and the Power of the AI BacklashAI is already changing the world — by making people worried and annoyed about AI.
    By John Herrman
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    New Apple AirPods are displayed during an Apple special event at Apple headquarters on September 9.
    Think of the New Apple AirPods and Watch As Medical DevicesForget the new iPhone — Apple is getting into hearing aids.
    By John Herrman
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    The AI Guys Are Driving Themselves MadAI influencers are falling for hoaxes and scams as they wait impatiently for superintelligence to arrive.
    By John Herrman
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    The Search Engine Wars Are Back OnGoogle is turning into ChatGPT, and ChatGPT is turning into Google.
    By John Herrman
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    ChatGPT Users Want Help With Homework. They’re Also Very Horny.A new window into what real people are asking the popular AI chatbot.
    By John Herrman
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    The American Right Is Terminally OnlineDonald Trump and Elon Musk have joined forces. Or are they stuck together?
    By John Herrman
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    The Future Will Be BriefWhat happens when AI summarizes everything we do and say?
    By John Herrman
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    Reddit, Google, and the Real Cost of the AI Data RushThe open web is getting walled off.
    By John Herrman
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    Why Silicon Valley Elites Are Turning MAGAJ.D. Vance’s nomination is, among other things, an invitation from the GOP to America’s tech overlords.
    By John Herrman
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    What Messing With Chatbots Tells Us About the Future of AIA memorable exchange about catapults shows that chatbots still break, but they’re getting better at not taking the bait.
    By John Herrman
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    The Troubling Triumph of the Supercheap GadgetThrowaway computers are the new plastic.
    By John Herrman
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    Uncanny AI Videos Are About to Flood the InternetAt their best, they’ll astonish. At their worst, they’ll promote a sense of general shabbiness online.
    By John Herrman
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    The Other Big Problem With AI SearchWhat if plagiarism is the whole product?
    By John Herrman
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    I Know What the Apple Vision Pro Is ForThe headset is already changing disabled users’ lives.
    By Andrew Leland
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    A ScarJo-Sounding AI Voice Is No Longer Her(e)ChatGPT’s “Sky” voice, which is apparently not Samantha from Her, has been suspended.
    By Jason P. Frank
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    Google Is About to Change the Whole Internet — AgainThe company’s all-in investment in AI.
    By John Herrman
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    Why LinkedIn Now Wants You to Play GamesAlong with everybody else, everywhere else.
    By John Herrman
  36. crime
    The Package King of MiamiMatthew Bergwall was a gifted coder who could have gotten a job at any tech company. He decided to go in another direction.
    By Ezra Marcus
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    Google Is Staring Down Its First Serious Threats in YearsThe search giant now faces three simultaneous challenges: government regulators, real competition, and itself.
    By John Herrman
  38. social studies
    How Gmail Became Our DiaryRebecca Makkai, Paul Murray, and other authors dig through their email archives on the 20th anniversary of Google’s other flagship product.
    By The Editors
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    Meta’s AI Needs to Speak With YouThe company is putting chatbots everywhere so you don’t go anywhere.
    By John Herrman
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    The First AI Gadgets Are a Cautionary TaleThese wearable devices feel new and ambitious — and that’s the problem.
    By John Herrman
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    On Truth Social, Trump’s Sad Mini-MAGA, It’s 2016 ForeverIt’s a throwback to when he wasn’t president and Elon Musk hadn’t cornered the online right on X.
    By John Herrman
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    Don Lemon on How Elon Musk Whacked His X ContractThe former CNN host tells Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway that Musk didn’t like being confronted with facts.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  43. what we know
    How AI Is Being Used to Influence and Disrupt the 2024 ElectionThe BBC found dozens of deep fakes showing Trump surrounded by Black supporters. It’s just one of many ways AI is being leveraged for politics.
    By Chas Danner
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    Corporate Greed Made the Change Healthcare Cyberattack WorseHackers have made it impossible for millions of patients to refill prescriptions or even schedule procedures by striking at a single company.
    By Chris Stanton
  45. technology
    Labor Dept. Asks Communication Companies For Increased Safety Training For Cell Tower Workers
    What We Know About the AT&T OutageAfter thousands of AT&T users were unable to make calls or send texts on Thursday morning, service was fully restored by the afternoon.
    By Nia Prater
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    Apple’s Vision Pro Isn’t for Everyone — But It’s Still a Home RunConsider it a revolutionary experiment to prove that goggle computing can work.
    By David Pogue
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    No-Fun Authorities Warn Against Driving With Apple HeadsetThe federal government issued some (obvious) guidance after clips of wild Tesla drivers circulated.
    By Nia Prater
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    Apple Vision Pro Owners Are Struggling to Figure Out What They Just BoughtIs the Vision Pro for watching movies? Working? Being alone? Collaborating? Nobody knows, really.
    By John Herrman
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    Over Three Decades, Tech Obliterated MediaKara Swisher’s front-row seat to a slow-moving catastrophe.
    By Kara Swisher
  50. vision pro
    People Are Doing Some Interesting Things With the Apple Vision ProYeah, the future is going to be weird.
    By Chas Danner
  51. politics
    The Five Most Dramatic Moments From Congress’s Social-Media HearingDuring the hearing, Senator Lindsey Graham told CEOs of the top social-media companies that they have blood on their hands.
    By Nia Prater
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