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Charlie WarzelThe New York Times |
What Kate Middleton proved about the internet It was always going to end this way. The truth about Kate Middleton’s absence is far less funny,...
Is flying less safe? Or are we just paying closer attention? Somewhere over Colorado this weekend, while I sat in row 21F, my plane began to buck,...
Nothing is true and everything is possible. If you’re looking for an image that perfectly showcases the confusion and chaos of a...
The cloud is holding my memories hostage. Here I was, going about my day and minding my own business, when a notification popped up on my phone that...
The princess of Wales has not been seen in weeks, and people can’t stop asking questions. Earlier this week, I woke up, checked my phone, and...
Not even the president can bend the internet to his will. On Monday evening, Jon Stewart returned to the hosting chair of The Daily Show after nearly...
Welcome to the era of “evidence maximalism.” On Friday afternoon, news broke that the beloved actor Carl Weathers had died peacefully in his sleep...
Something much simpler than generative AI is driving the new culture war. The 2024 culture wars have begun in earnest, coalescing around the...
A simple iPhone feature unexpectedly changed how I grieved. Peggy was my first dog—the dog I waited 28 patient years for. I finally met her on...
In 2023, fears about AI run amok commingled with memes about an allegedly deadly lemonade. The sounds came out of my mouth with an unexpected urgency....
Why you’ve probably never heard of the most popular Netflix show in the world You are currently logged on to the largest version of the internet...
Politicians should not be influencers. This holiday season, why not give that special someone something truly timeless: a recording of a disgraced...
The technology is less important than the ideas it represents. ChatGPT is one year old today, and it’s accomplished a lot in its first trip around...
Whether he lands at Microsoft or successfully retakes the throne at OpenAI, one thing is certain about Sam Altman’s future. It’s been four full...
My night in front of the world’s largest LED screen The moment I first laid eyes on the Sphere, from a cramped window seat on approach over the Las...
The truth about Big Tech’s relationship with journalism is much more complicated than it appears. Over the past decade, Silicon Valley has learned...
The smartphone camera roll is a digital diary. What happens when the images inside are more perfect than real? There is a commercial following me...
The Israel-Hamas war reveals how broken our online media environment really is. Social media has, once again, become the window through which the...
High-profile lawsuits against Google and Amazon have revealed Silicon Valley’s vise grip on our lives. Living online means never quite understanding...
With a landmark antitrust trial underway, a giant of the modern web is buckling under its own weight. What is Google Search in 2023? A site that...
In 2023, that’s a complicated question with a complicated answer. We are all shedding data like skin cells. Almost everything we do with, or simply...
What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it? The first question plaguing omnivorous, content-hungry humans with a spare...