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Surveillance Is Trying To Be Sexy
The rise of the surveillance selfie—and the illusion of control over our own surveillance.
 • Ariella Steinhorn
Attention is Cheap. Credibility Isn't.
Tech founders are often frustrated with journalists and legacy outlets. They still, begrudgingly, need their help.
 • JJ Lansing
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An Interview With the Billionaire Whisperer Who Wants to Rank and Score Journalists
Businessman Aron D’Souza, a founder of the Enhanced Games and a friend of Peter Thiel’s, spoke about his recent media-centric ventures: Objection and…
 • Alex Shultz
The AI Productivity Illusion
Productivity Is About (Much) More than Finishing Tasks Quickly
 • Matt Scherer
James Talarico, Alex Bores, and Vivek Ramaswamy Have One Thing in Common: Big Tech's Backing
A roundup of the tech industry's largest political donations to candidates and PACs during the second quarter of 2026.
 • Alex Shultz
The First AI World Cup
The 2026 World Cup advertised, embedded, and developed its own FIFA AI models.
 • JJ Lansing
Is That Photo AI Or Not? A Little-Known “Credential” Network May Tell Us
“Content provenance” verifies the origins of photos and videos. A new report calls out how this could actually adversely impact the privacy of human…
 • Ariella Steinhorn
Marsha Blackburn’s Red Scare Campaign Pivots From AI to the Farmland
The Tennessee gubernatorial candidate’s “fortune cookie” ad is racist garbage. It’s also notable for what it doesn’t mention: Blackburn’s obsession with…
 • Alex Shultz
"Code For the People" is a Manifesto for the Open Web
A new documentary takes shots at OpenAI and major social media companies and urges the public to rally behind open-source code as principle.
 • JJ Lansing
An “intellectual social network” invited me to a salon about AI. Here’s what happened.
Shortly after the Peter Thiel “secret society” records were leaked, I received an enigmatic invitation.
 • Ariella Steinhorn
Are We Betting the Economy on a Doomed Technology?
If generative AI turns out to be a dud, it could be our economy that goes up in flames.
 • Matt Scherer
Alex Karp Locks Onto An Easy Target: Anthropic and OpenAI
The Palantir CEO’s viral CNBC interview was much more strategic than his erratic persona suggests.
 • Alex Shultz
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A publication about tech, labor, and power by Ariella Steinhorn, JJ Lansing, and Alex Shultz, featuring exclusive reporting, interviews, and insights about holding corporate power accountable.
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