Texas’s Crypto-Mining Racket Texas’s Crypto-Mining Racket
Public officials are propping up a Texas Bitcoin boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution.
May 5, 2025 / Candice Bernd
The Group Chat From Hell Has Been Exposed The Group Chat From Hell Has Been Exposed
Marc Andreessen, Tucker Carlson, and a Winklevoss walk into a bar… and the rest of us run out of it screaming.
Apr 29, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Will Europe Back Down Against Big Tech? Will Europe Back Down Against Big Tech?
The attempt by Brussels to regulate Silicon Valley is a bargaining chip in the trade crisis.
Apr 24, 2025 / Harrison Stetler
Want to Understand the New Cold War? Look to Huawei. Want to Understand the New Cold War? Look to Huawei.
The tech company has come to symbolize the ongoing struggle between America and China.
Apr 22, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Brett Christophers
I’ve Worked at Google for Decades. I’m Sickened by What It’s Doing. I’ve Worked at Google for Decades. I’m Sickened by What It’s Doing.
For the first time, I feel driven to speak publicly, because our company is now powering state violence across the globe.
Apr 16, 2025 / Emma Jackson
At This Point, Silicon Valley Militarists Aren’t Just Greedy—They’re Bloodthirsty At This Point, Silicon Valley Militarists Aren’t Just Greedy—They’re Bloodthirsty
By all means, let’s unite around a common purpose. But that purpose shouldn’t be a supposedly more efficient way to build killing machines.
Mar 21, 2025 / William D. Hartung
Science Fiction Predicted the Rise of the Tech Bro Oligarchy Science Fiction Predicted the Rise of the Tech Bro Oligarchy
The racist tinge to Elon Musk’s hacking of the government eerily reflects cyberpunk's vision of the future—especially the science fiction coming out of South Africa.
Mar 19, 2025 / Juan Cole
The Trans Cult Who Believes AI Will Either Save Us—or Kill Us All The Trans Cult Who Believes AI Will Either Save Us—or Kill Us All
What the Zizians, a trans vegan cult allegedly behind multiple murders, can teach us about radicalization and our tech-addled politics.
Mar 13, 2025 / Grace Byron
Welcome to the New Military-Industrial Complex Welcome to the New Military-Industrial Complex
An assortment of new firms, born in Silicon Valley or incorporating its disruptive ethos, have begun to challenge the older ones for access to lucrative Pentagon awards.
Feb 24, 2025 / Michael T. Klare
How I Didn’t Die: My Day at Bryan Johnson’s Immortality Summit How I Didn’t Die: My Day at Bryan Johnson’s Immortality Summit
It turns out that optimizing yourself like artificial intelligence not only won’t ensure that you live forever. It is also very expensive.
Feb 24, 2025 / Maya Vinokour