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Uber’s About-Face
Fearing the impact of autonomous vehicles to their business, Uber pursues an unlikely ally: taxis.
 • Ariella Steinhorn
Rogé Karma’s Absurdly Out-of-Touch Atlantic Piece on Data Centers
To the AI-Pilled, Cost of Living and Quality of Life Are “Distractions”
 • Matt Scherer
Steve Ballmer Proves a Tech Oligarch’s Ruthlessness Shouldn’t Be Mistaken for Smarts
Pablo Torre’s reporting, capped off by the NBA’s damning findings, revealed there are no limits to a billionaire’s hubris.
 • Alex Shultz
Wisconsin versus AI Goliath Part III: If Not Here, Then Where?
Everything we know about data centers is bleak. Everything we don’t know is glaring. Who and where should have to shoulder the consequences?
 • JJ Lansing
A World Cup Labor Experiment Proved That Higher Wages For Hourly Workers Are Abundantly Possible
In Seattle, work that might often be fulfilled by temp staffing agencies was routed, through a digital “hiring hall,” to union workers.
 • Ariella Steinhorn
Meta Settles Unwinnable Lawsuit, Claims Moral High Ground Over TikTok, YouTube
You wouldn’t know it from Meta’s recent statements, but the Big Tech corporation doesn’t actually have a rich history of “supporting teens.”
 • Alex Shultz
Wisconsin versus AI Goliath Part II: Port Washington
How the construction of a Vantage data center is already changing life in a Wisconsin town, and why residents aren’t giving up yet
 • JJ Lansing
Is This Company Hated Even More Than Data Centers?
Why video surveillance company Flock is facing a deluge of scrutiny—and why they may have already lost in the court of public opinion.
 • Ariella Steinhorn
Tech Oligarchs Are on a Global Campaign Against Democracy. What Happens Next?
An interview with Gil Durán, author of the new book “The Nerd Reich,” about Peter Thiel, J.D. Vance, and other ringleaders of tech fascism.
 • Alex Shultz
Wisconsin versus (AI) Goliath
How and why residents of a small Wisconsin city are fighting to keep an AI data center out
 • JJ Lansing
In This Labor Market, Humanities May Be More Desirable Than STEM
Recent “AI-native” candidates were described by one finance employer as “alarmingly shallow.”
 • Ariella Steinhorn
Shorting Kalshi and Polymarket
Trading volume is booming, but an onslaught of lawsuits and exposés—and quiet warning signs from Google—point to real trouble for prediction markets.
 • 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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