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The Scam Vigilantes
The government is failing to stop scams. So a handful of citizens have taken matters into their own hands.
Maya Sulkin
Inside Trump’s Crypto Cash Machine
His meme coin was the start of a crypto empire that has added billions to the president’s net worth—and left many suspicions.
Joe Nocera
America Needs to Make Its Own Chips. James Proud Says He Knows How.
A Silicon Valley start-up that was a closely kept secret until today claims it has found a way to make semiconductors faster and more cheaply in the…
Sean Fischer
Palmer Luckey and the Future of American Power
Bari Weiss and Palmer Luckey sit down for a sweeping conversation about his falling-out with Mark Zuckerberg, AI defense weapons, and why America lost…
Bari Weiss
1HR 27M
Letters to the Editor: The Right’s Reckoning
Readers discuss how the right should respond to its radicals, the secret to Mamdani’s success, the ethics of AI, and more.
The Free Press
Palantir Has Lots of Enemies. Do They Even Know What It Does?
It’s hard to explain something that can put chicken nuggets in Walmart and kill Osama bin Laden. Palantir can do both.
Maya Sulkin
Where Humanity Still Outruns the Machine
The secret codes of the Diamond District, Vegas casino dealers, and Venetian gondoliers can never be found on Google. That’s what makes them special.
Ben Schott
Palmer Luckey and the Future of American Power
Bari Weiss and Palmer Luckey sit down in D.C. for a sweeping conversation about his falling-out with Mark Zuckerberg, AI weapons, why America lost its…
Bari Weiss
1HR 25M
Americans to Celebrate: The Man Who Put the World in a Box
How a North Carolina trucker trying to control costs became—with a little boost from the Pentagon—the father of globalization.
Marc Levinson
The Return of the Luddites
America and Europe used to worship innovation. Now we’re afraid of it. What happens when a civilization stops believing in progress?
Noah Smith
Who Cares If AI Is a Bubble?
When the AI bubble bursts, investors will undoubtedly get burned. But if AI is as important as people think it is, it will have been worth it.
Peter Coy
How Reddit Built the World’s First ‘Digital Ghetto’
‘Zionazi’ and ‘Kill Jews’ have flourished in the site’s online comments, and Jewish moderators say their concerns were brushed aside.
Ashley Rindsberg
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