Apple Should Make Lamps
and washing machines. and printers. and anything besides thinner iphones.
Technology
Five Years Later, Tech Is Still Censoring Kyle RittenhouseSep 4
revisiting one of the most tyrannical smear and censorship campaigns in modern history, unleashed by the media and major tech platforms on a 17-year-old boy
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Why Thiel Fellows WinAug 29
peter thiel paid cracked teens to leave college and stay weird. now it's a $750b startup pipeline
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Wikipedia Loses Major EU Speech BattleAug 19
in a precedent-setting case with far-reaching implications, a portuguese court rules that wikipedia published defamatory claims masquerading as fact, forcing a global takedown order
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Inside the Amazon Slop King's $3M HustleSep 9
he's exploiting gaps in the ebook market to sell (probably llm-generated) books about potty training and finance, among other topics — and recruiting an army to do the same
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Luigi Mangione: China's Next Top ModelSep 4
shein used the face of accused murderer luigi mangione to sell $12 shirts — and behind the fiasco is a full-blown luigi cult in china that western media has ignored
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Wikipedia Editors Can't Decide If the Minneapolis Shooter Was a Man or a WomanAug 28
after wednesday's mass shooting, editors on wikipedia descend into absurd woke debates about what they're allowed or forbidden to say about the shooter's identity
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American Power // The Missing Generation Aug 27
reflections on america's capacity to fuel itself, and further thoughts on america's missing generation — in technology, in business, in culture, in politics
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New Tween Roblox Cult Just DroppedAug 15
on the gaming platform roblox, kids are inventing a new pagan pseudo-religion called "spawnism" based on video game lore, and worshipping a clipart asset from the 90s
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A Eulogy for Dial-UpAug 15
aol announces it's shutting down dial-up, marking the end of an era when the internet was a new frontier. soon the sound of dial-up will be a curious relic, like the telegram. rest in power.
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American PowerAug 6
feature // scott nolan, general matter, and the resurrection of america’s nuclear enrichment capacity; from el segundo to paducah, a history of decline and rebirth
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Bluesky Is Trapped in a Doom LoopAug 1
once hailed as the future of decentralized ("nontoxic") social media, bluesky is shedding users and realizing trump derangement syndrome isn't a business model
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