Trump’s new social media app launches on iOS
With a Twitter-esque design.
Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get his kids offline
A French dad faces jail time and a hefty fine after using a signal jammer to prevent his kids from going online and taking the rest of a nearby town down with them.
Tech Companies’ Super Bowl Ads Leaned Into Dystopia
If Sunday’s Big Game commercials had any message, it was that corporations have a disconcerting vision for our future.
Opera browser now allows emoji-only web addresses
The new emoji-only URLs rolled out February 1st.
Peloton Tread review: the best treadmill by the most volatile company
When a good product is tied to a spiraling company
You’re listening to KUOW … like it or not: Mysterious glitch has Mazda drivers stuck on public radio
Drivers of certain vehicles in Seattle and other parts of Western Washington are shouting at their car radios this week. Not because of any particular song or news item that's being broadcast…
It’s pronounced "neft"
Let’s get something straight
What Is the Most Popular Vehicle Sold in Your State? Or in the Country?
Spoiler alert: It’s probably a Ford F-150.
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Dawn of the Space Lords | Corey Pein
Space privatization is a recipe for corporate totalitarianism. Humanity would be wise to imagine a different future.
Tropical Futurism Envisions the Climate of Our Fate
Futurism has failed. It’s time for an alternative. In the era of climate change, tropical futurism reimagines a different relationship to the earth.
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The worst gadget at CES is YSL's tiny lipstick printer
There is no high tech replacement for a tube of lipstick. Yet.
The Pentagon’s Army of Nerds
Why the military needs Silicon Valley, now more than ever
The governor of Missouri still doesn’t know how websites work
According to him looking at website source code is a crime
The gadgets we broke
The havoc cats, hurricanes, and our stupidity have wreaked.
I Spent 24 Hours in the Metaverse. I Made Friends, Did Work and Panicked About the Future.
WSJ's Joanna Stern put on a headset to live in the virtual world for 24 hours and shares what she learned.
How panic over rumored school shooting threats went viral
Some schools closed in response to viral TikTok rumors.
Web3 is Bullshit
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People spent 15 hours roleplaying a McDonald’s drive-thru on Twitter Spaces
One customer asked for "a Sprite, extra spicy."
We've reached ‘Applebee's NFT burger’ levels of dystopia
Purchasing the digital image affords the buyer a year's worth of real burgers, too.
But I Did Everything Right - This American Life
People earnestly doing what they're told, and absolutely not getting what they were promised.
Watch these Excel pros duke it out in a financial modeling competition
Microsoft Excel turns into an esport.
In a QAnon World, Is There Room for Alex Jones?
The post-Trump era could’ve been a return to form for the conspiracy king; instead it’s been his undoing.
#178 I Am Not a Bot | Reply All
This week, Alex's favorite place on the Internet is in danger... thanks to a bunch of robot snipers.
Master Chief’s pee is stored in the suit
An investigation into how Spartans do their business
The vice president should not be using Bluetooth headphones
The CVE program lists 459 current and historical vulnerabilities involving the protocol.
The new American dream: getting paid to do nothing?
Web3 Is Silicon Valley’s Rosy Vision of the Future
This week, we imagine a new version of the web that takes the power from the platforms and puts it back into the hands of the people.
The New Luxury Vacation: Being Dumped in the Middle of Nowhere
The joys—and absurdities—of finding oneself abandoned in a desolate landscape.