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The U.S. Needs More Weapons. Can This Company Supply Them?
The new defense entrepreneurs think America’s preparedness suffers from two problems: a lack of modern warfighting tools, and an inability to…
Sean Fischer
America Can’t Rebuild Its Arsenal Without Silicon Valley
For decades, America treated software and weapons manufacturing as separate worlds. Our next industrial revolution will come from bringing them back…
Shyam Sankar and Madeline Hart
The Sea Geeks Are Ready for World War III
An Indian-born NASA-trained engineer who’s building flying boats for the Navy. An Irish guy who’s making underwater drones. Meet the ocean-trepreneurs…
Suzy Weiss
Alexa, Stop Recording Me
A new anti-surveillance device blew up on social media, promising to stop digital recorders in their tracks. But does it actually work?
Josh Code
Taiwan Can Rescue the World from China
Taiwanese companies ignited China’s economic miracle. Now they can do it for the rest of the world.
Patrick McGee
Who’s Excited to Be Replaced By AI? These Guys!
At New York City’s inaugural ClawCon, those attempting to automate their lives gathered to dream of a utopia without work, where humans can just drink…
Evan Gardner
How Reality Destroyed Europe’s Green Energy Dreams
Just a few years ago, European economies were united in pushing for green energy at any cost—what changed?
Bjorn Lomborg
Why AI (Probably) Won’t Take Your Job
Doomsayers and tech accelerationists miss how automation makes us richer.
Charles Fain Lehman
The Epstein Tapes, Part II. Plus. . .
The stock market and the AI apocalypse. Leave the hockey heroes alone. Is Trump running out of ideas? And more.
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WATCH: The Epstein Tapes, Part II: The Eye of the Law
Hours of new footage reveal the yearslong game of cat and mouse Jeffrey Epstein played with the authorities. We watched them. Now you can too.
Tanya Lukyanova
Will AI Doom Us All? The Market Can't Decide
The Citrini memo, a viral essay, terrified investors who can’t decide if AI means human doom or salvation.
Bethany McLean
Jesse Jackson: Godfather of the Great Awokening
The late civil rights activist and politician brought identity politics from the streets to corporate boardrooms and university administrations. We are…
Rod Dreher
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