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A hack nearly gained access to millions of computers. Here’s what we should learn from this.

The internet is far less secure than it ought to be.

By Kelsey Piper

What the evidence really says about social media’s impact on teens’ mental health

Did smartphones actually “destroy” a generation?

By Eric Levitz

Taiwan’s earthquake preparedness saved a lot of lives — and prevented a catastrophe for the global tech economy

By Bryan Walsh

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The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

Understand how ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, and DALL-E are transforming our world — from text and image generation to how we live and work.

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How did the cost of food delivery get so high?

By Whizy Kim

Truth Social just made Trump billions. Will it solve his financial woes?

By Nicole Narea

AI “agents” could do real work in the real world. That might not be a good thing.

By Kelsey Piper

Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial pulled back the curtain on crypto

By Whizy Kim

AI already uses as much energy as a small country. It’s only the beginning.

By Brian Calvert

The slow death of Twitter is measured in disasters like the Baltimore bridge collapse

By A.W. Ohlheiser

How AI could explode the economy

By Dylan Matthews

Why the Pentagon wants to build thousands of easily replaceable, AI-enabled drones

By Joshua Keating

Apple is facing a new antitrust lawsuit that could dethrone the iPhone

By Nicole Narea

Elon Musk wants to merge humans with AI. How many brains will be damaged along the way?

By Sigal Samuel

Reddit is going public. Will its unruly user base revolt?

By Nicole Narea

The latest drama in “poverty porn” YouTube, explained

By A.W. Ohlheiser

Should schools lock up kids’ phones?

By Anna North

This AI says it has feelings. It’s wrong. Right?

By Kelsey Piper

TikTok could avoid a ban with a sale. Finding a buyer won’t be easy.

By Nicole Narea

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What to know about TikTok’s fate in the US

By Vox Staff

It’s not just Gen Z. Here’s what TikTok’s user base tells us about a potential ban’s impact.

By Christian Paz

Banning TikTok would be both ineffective and harmful

By A.W. Ohlheiser

Is the new push to ban TikTok for real?

By Nicole Narea

Why can’t anyone agree on how dangerous AI will be?

By Dylan Matthews

The NRA has a case before the Supreme Court that it absolutely should win

By Ian Millhiser

Researchers use online opt-in surveys all the time. Should they?

By A.W. Ohlheiser

How Nvidia beat everyone else in the AI race

By Whizy Kim

Bitcoin is ... back?

By Nicole Narea

Are we in the middle of an extinction panic?

By Sean Illing

A poster’s guide to who’s selling your data to train AI 

By A.W. Ohlheiser

The less-than-magical Willy Wonka event, briefly explained

By Li Zhou

The Supreme Court appeared lost in a massive case about free speech online

By Ian Millhiser

America’s first moon landing in 50 years, explained

By Li Zhou

What two years of AI development can tell us about Sora

By Kelsey Piper

AI-generated video is here to awe and mislead

By A.W. Ohlheiser

Your brain needs a really good lawyer

By Sigal Samuel

Can California show the way forward on AI safety?

By Kelsey Piper

The Supreme Court will decide if the government can seize control of YouTube and Twitter

By Ian Millhiser

How discredited health claims find a second life on TikTok

By A.W. Ohlheiser

A brief history of Silicon Valley’s fascination with drugs

By Whizy Kim

Carmakers pumped the brakes on hybrid cars too soon

By Umair Irfan

Who’ll blink first: The world’s largest music company or TikTok?

By Sean Rameswaram and Hady Mawajdeh

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