You Don’t Know How Bad the Pizza Box Is
The delivery icon hasn’t changed in 60 years, and it’s making your food worse.
Trump and Facebook’s Mutual Decay
At least the platform finally added a user.
Will the 2016 Election Ever End?
New research about the Kremlin’s election interference raises more questions than it answers.
Twitter Has No Answers for #DiedSuddenly
The latest anti-vaccine conspiracy theory is taking off easily on platforms that have no interest in shutting it down.
The Culture Wars Look Different on Wikipedia
The site is tackling more controversial edits, the results of which can reverberate across the internet.
What Happens When AI Has Read Everything?
The dream of an artificial mind may never become a reality if AI runs out of quality prose to ingest—and there isn’t much left.
Elon Musk Can’t Solve Twitter’s ‘Shadowbanning’ Problem
For several years, social-media users have expressed anxiety about algorithmic suppression. Now they’re getting some unexpected clarity.
Generative Art Is Stupid
And that’s how it should be.
Twitter Was the Ultimate Cancellation Machine
If the platform dies, how will people find quick justice?
Tipping Is Weird Now
Technology and the pandemic have transformed the meaning of gratuity.
The Hidden Cost of Cheap TVs
Screens have gotten inexpensive—and they’re watching you back.
Hollywood’s Love Affair With Fictional Languages
In Avatar, the fictional language Na’vi is built on a painstakingly detailed world.
74 Things That Blew Our Minds in 2022
Where The Atlantic’s science, technology, and health reporters found wonder in a sometimes-sobering year
The End of the Silicon Valley Myth
The companies that define our digital lives have hit a wall.
Just How Badly Does Apple Need China?
The tech supply chain is growing more complex.
Elon Musk’s Text Messages Explain Everything
A disastrous year for the tech industry, captured for eternity in a billionaire’s private exchanges
To Grandmother’s TikTok We Go
Older influencers who share laundry hacks and old family recipes are helping Gen Z get through the holidays.
Money Will Kill ChatGPT’s Magic
Buzzy products like ChatGPT and DALL-E 2 will have to turn a profit eventually.
We Haven’t Seen the Worst of Fake News
Deepfakes still might be poised to corrupt the basic ways we process reality—or what’s left of it.
The Internet Is Kmart Now
Something becomes entrenched. Then it fades away.
How Tall Is Too Tall?
The rise and rise and rise of the supertall skyscraper
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