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Analysis

Sometimes the news can be complicated and nuanced, which is why our experts go deeper into the most important developments and trends in the tech world to help you understand how they might evolve through analysis, explainers, critical takes, and expert points of view.

Marathon is in a sprintMarathon is in a sprint
Andrew Webster
How the experts figure out what’s real in the age of deepfakes

Our trust in online images and videos is being eroded by AI, misinformation, and video game clips.

Jess Weatherbed
Why is SpaceX going public?

“I am hesitant to foist being public on SpaceX, especially given the long term nature of our mission.”

Elizabeth Lopatto
How OpenAI caved to the Pentagon on AI surveillance

The law doesn’t say what Sam Altman claims it does.

Hayden Field
Does Anthropic think Claude is alive? Define ‘alive’

Anthropic calls its chatbot ‘a new kind of entity’ that might be conscious — and it’s opening a huge can of worms.

Hayden Field
Prediction markets want to eat the news

Regulators noticed Polymarket and Kalshi rake in cash on sports bets. So now prediction markets are cosplaying as the future of news.

Elizabeth Lopatto
AI-generated ads dropped the ball at this year’s Super BowlAI-generated ads dropped the ball at this year’s Super Bowl
Charles Pulliam-Moore and Jess Weatherbed
I went back to Linux and it was a mistake

I need an OS, not another hobby.

Terrence O'Brien
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo

The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Humans are infiltrating the social network for AI bots

Things got even weirder on Moltbook, the viral Reddit-style platform, over the weekend.

Hayden Field
Why won’t anyone stop ICE from masking?

Doxxing is not a good reason to have faceless police.

Sarah Jeong
What a Sony and TCL partnership means for the future of TVs

It’s still over a year off, and might not even happen, but a Sony and TCL partnership has wide-spanning implications.

John Higgins
Minnesota wants to win a war of attrition

The governor’s call to film ICE is part of an attempt to protect states’ rights — but not like that.

Sarah Jeong