Uber’s CEO Says He’ll Always Find a Reason to Say His Company Sucks
Are you using generative AI at Uber? AI is part of the Uber DNA. We use large models to predict your ETA, to process documents that...
The AI-Powered, Totally Autonomous Future of War Is Here
A fleet of robot ships bobs gently in the warm waters of the Persian Gulf, somewhere between Bahrain and Qatar, maybe 100 miles off the coast...
The Unbelievable Zombie Comeback of Analog Computing
My personal term for the inexact nature of the messy, fuzzy world was muzzy. But then, in 1980, I acquired an Ohio Scientific desktop computer and...
The Battle for the Soul of Buy Nothing
At the one-year anniversary of its launch, the Buy Nothing app had been downloaded 600,000 times, but only 91,000 people were regularly using it, not many...
The Kremlin Has Entered the Chat
On the chilly, clear afternoon of February 24, 2022—the day Vladimir Putin’s forces launched their full-scale invasion of Ukraine—a handful of Russian opposition politicians gathered in...
Welcome to Digital Nomadland
Seen from afar, the parish of Ponta do Sol looks as compact and picturesque as a postcard. There’s a small roundabout at the center, a gas...
We’re in Denial About the True Cost of a Twitter Implosion
Think of how devastating it was to the anti-vax influencers Alex Berenson and Robert Malone to be kicked off Twitter. They happened to be grifters. But...
Volodymyr Zelensky on War, Technology, and the Future of Ukraine
Ever since Russian forces started their all-out invasion in February, Ukraine has been hailed as an exemplar of how to defend against violent tyranny on the...
Inside Shein’s Sudden Rise: Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control
I had come to watch Kelly film a haul. She skipped off to the living room to dance around—a warm-up—then led me upstairs to the carpeted...