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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
Anthropic Doesn’t Decide Our Military’s Rules of Engagement
Tech companies should focus on protecting our soldiers, not fighting the Pentagon.
Ben Van Roo
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
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
Arthur Brooks: It’s 2028. AI Has Made You Much Happier.
The viral Citrini memo warned that artificial intelligence would crash the economy. But what if it does the opposite, freeing us from drudgery and…
Arthur Brooks
In the Pentagon Battle with Anthropic, We All Lose
AI companies and the government have followed informal principles to advance the industry and keep us safe. Pete Hegseth is putting that at risk.
Tyler Cowen
Will Robots Replace Women in the Bedroom?
Hardcore porn, OnlyFans, AI girlfriends, sex dolls—and all the reasons we’re not having sex
Rafaela Siewert
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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
My Fully Automated Romance. Zuck’s Day in Court. Plus . . .
Confessions of a climate-change convert. A California camp where freedom reigns. A start-up that builds the American dream.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Courtroom Reckoning
In a Los Angeles courtroom, he tried to combat claims that Meta wants to keep teens chained to its apps.
Frannie Block and Maya Sulkin
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