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Hey Google, stop trying to write my emails!
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (434+ words) How AI-generated email creates a synthetic version of you. This felt like a striking turn. I reflected with some sadness on the idea of sending one of these to someone who matters to me " how dehumanizing to both me and…...
The Supreme Court showed it is scared its going to break the internet in Cox v. Sony
1+ week, 1+ day ago (711+ words) This is a good thing. The Supreme Court tossed out a billion-dollar verdict against an internet service provider (ISP) on Wednesday, in a closely watched case that could have severely damaged many Americans" access to the internet if it had…...
150 years ago, nine words changed the world
2+ week, 6+ day ago (711+ words) Why the telephone is the most important technology you've stopped thinking about. A weekly dose of stories chronicling progress around the world. But for all that, the most important telephone story of the past 150 years isn't about America at all....
Mogging, -maxxing, and Clavicular, briefly explained
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (671+ words) What an online drama tells us about the attention economy. Do you remember where you were when Clavicular got brutally framemogged by an ASU fraternity leader? Or maybe you saw the clips of the 20-year-old creator " alongside Andrew Tate and…...
People still love Wikipedia. Can it survive AI?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (566+ words) The internet's favorite encyclopedia has never been more appreciated " or at risk. If you grew up with computers in your classroom, there's a good chance you heard this instruction before starting a research paper: Don't trust Wikipedia. "The fact that…...
You shouldn’t have posted that. Now what?
2+ mon ago (608+ words) Don't be afraid of your bad posts. The internet is an archive of so many different versions of ourselves. If you're Gen Z or a millennial, there's a good chance you preserved almost every stage of your life online: old…...
Moltbook, the AI social network freaking out Silicon Valley, explained
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (993+ words) AI agents populated their own social network. Then they started a religion. Did you notice something" weird on your social media network of choice this past weekend? (I mean weirder than normal.) Something like various people posting about swarms of…...
50,000 clandestine Starlink terminals are keeping Iranians in touch with the rest of the world
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (623+ words) Satellites are our only insight into the ongoing conflict " and worth protecting. It's difficult to know exactly what is happening in Iran since the government shut down the internet on January 8, plunging a nation of more than 90 million people into…...
How millennials fell out of love with the internet
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (937+ words) Is the internet really worse than it used to be, or are some of us just getting older? If you feel like the internet is full of slop and rage bait these days, you aren't alone. Anger is fueling the…...
The hidden, horrifying world behind all those recruitment scam texts
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (892+ words) There's too much news. We help you understand what you really need to know. Vox delivers the depth, context, and clarity you need to understand what's happening and why it matters. The people likely to be sending them are victims,…...