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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.

The Columbia hack is a much bigger deal than Mamdani’s college application

A hacker has a list of millions of people by race. So why is the coverage about Zohran Mamdani?

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How The New York Times is (still) getting gamed by the right

The Mamdani affair exposes the paper’s weaknesses. Again.

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The unbearable obviousness of AI fitness summaries

I asked AI for insight into my health data. It gave me a regurgitated book report.

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The Supreme Court just upended internet law, and I have questions

Last week, online age verification violated the First Amendment. This week, it doesn’t.

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Did AI companies win a fight with authors? Technically

Meta and Anthropic defended AI training as fair use, but with major caveats.

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Answering the Nintendo Switch 2’s lingering accessibility questions

Nintendo has kept quiet about the device’s accessibility options, even though it’s off to a good start.

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VanMoof’s new S6 e-bikes fix everything but trust

A test ride of its first new electric bikes since bankruptcy shows lots of promise.

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A weekend with the Nintendo Switch 2

Some quality time with Nintendo’s handheld shows a pleasant upgrade, as opposed to a dramatic next-gen shift.

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The cursed world of AI kiss and hug apps

I deepfaked my dead parents and kissed Edward Cullen.

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