In defense of cheap things
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The surprising thing I learned from quitting Spotify
Last summer, I quit Spotify, and wrote about it with the rather unsubtle headline “Why I quit Spotify.” My reasons ...
The Facebook tell-all Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t want you to read, briefly explained
In a 2019 speech at Georgetown University, Mark Zuckerberg made a bold statement. Rather than to help college kids get ...
Why you should make your phone boring
I got my latest Screen Time report from Apple halfway through my daughter’s first day at Disney World. Waiting in ...
Turn off your read receipts. They’re dangerous.
For a decade, my wife’s read receipts have been on without her knowing it. She kept checking her phone’s settings ...
Meta’s brain-to-text tech is here. We are not remotely ready.
Elon Musk has arguably been the boldest broligarch when it comes to brain-machine interfaces. But Mark Zuckerberg is hot on ...
AI can use your computer now. Should it?
The first time I heard about AI agents, I thought they could monitor your computer use, anticipate your needs, and ...
DeepSeek is bad for Silicon Valley. But it might be great for you.
When it comes to AI, I’d consider myself a casual user and a curious one. It’s been creeping into my ...
The people who deliver your Amazon packages are striking. Here’s why.
Delivery workers continued to picket Amazon facilities in New York City, Illinois, California, and Atlanta after launching a strike on ...
Is AI progress slowing down?
Last month, tech outlet The Information reported that OpenAI and its competitors are switching strategies as the rate of improvement ...
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