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Health trackers offer a ton of data. Here are the metrics doctors want you to pay attention to
Good Medicine

We’re all wearing Apple Watches, Oura Rings, and FitBits now. Are they doing us any good?

By Dylan Scott
Health trackers offer a ton of data. Here are the metrics doctors want you to pay attention to
Good Medicine

We’re all wearing Apple Watches, Oura Rings, and FitBits now. Are they doing us any good?

By Dylan Scott
Advice
The lazy but incredibly effective way to stay in touch with friendsThe lazy but incredibly effective way to stay in touch with friends
Advice

Time to spam your friends with photos.

By Allie Volpe
Future Perfect
America needs a real AI economic plan — before the crisis hitsAmerica needs a real AI economic plan — before the crisis hits
Future Perfect

AI could create a rare chance to remake the safety net. Washington can’t waste time.

By Dylan Matthews
Technology
The rise of artificial intelligence, explainedThe rise of artificial intelligence, explained
Technology

Understand how ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, and DALL-E are transforming our world — from text and image generation to how we live and work.

By Shira Tarlo

The latest in Technology

Podcasts
The rise of the “loneliness influencer”The rise of the “loneliness influencer”
Podcast
Podcasts

Lonely — and happy about it.

By Kelli Wessinger and Noel King
Your Ring camera isn’t stopping crime. But it might be making you paranoid.
The people next door

Doorbell surveillance is undermining neighborly relationships.

By Allie Volpe
Future Perfect
The moral case for being less onlineThe moral case for being less online
Future Perfect

Logging off social media doesn’t mean checking out of the world.

By Shayla Love
How we lost our sense of touch
The Highlight

Touchscreens made life frictionless. They also flattened our relationship with the physical world.

By Sara Herschander
Culture
Why Elon Musk is so obsessed with this violently xenophobic Armie Hammer movieWhy Elon Musk is so obsessed with this violently xenophobic Armie Hammer movie
Culture

Citizen Vigilante, the bizarre movie that took over Elon Musk’s brain, explained.

By Constance Grady
Inside the diabolical world of very convincing AI thirst traps that are scamming gay men on social media
Culture

These hot, hairy-chested guys have tens of thousands of followers. They’re also not real.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Podcasts
How the rich got stingyHow the rich got stingy
Podcast
Podcasts

The ultra-wealthy used to build libraries and public parks. Those days are over.

By Ariana Aspuru and Sean Rameswaram
Future Perfect
Americans don’t know how to fight AI. So they’re fighting data centers.Americans don’t know how to fight AI. So they’re fighting data centers.
Future Perfect

The data center revolt is a symptom of our political failure on AI.

By Marina Bolotnikova
Politics
The AI industry just won a race — but lost the warThe AI industry just won a race — but lost the war
Politics

Alex Bores lost. So did the tech right.

By Eric Levitz
Future Perfect
Who gave AI companies the right to build the future?Who gave AI companies the right to build the future?
Future Perfect

AI companies say we have a choice. They already made theirs.

By Bryan Walsh
Politics
The Supreme Court is about to decide if children still have free speech rightsThe Supreme Court is about to decide if children still have free speech rights
Politics

The Court’s hearing a case which asks if the internet has made the First Amendment obsolete.

By Ian Millhiser
Future Perfect
New college grads are doing better than the vibes suggestNew college grads are doing better than the vibes suggest
Future Perfect

Why a college degree is still worth it, even in 2026.

By Bryan Walsh
Podcasts
How the Antichrist infiltrated politicsHow the Antichrist infiltrated politics
Podcast
Podcasts

And why it’s so dangerous.

By Danielle Hewitt and Noel King
Technology
ChatGPT probably isn’t conscious. But what if we’re wrong?ChatGPT probably isn’t conscious. But what if we’re wrong?
Technology

What the debate over AI consciousness is really about.

By Eric Levitz
Future Perfect
10 things Elon Musk can — but probably won’t — do with $1 trillion10 things Elon Musk can — but probably won’t — do with $1 trillion
Future Perfect

He is the world’s first trillionaire. Here’s the good that money could do.

By Sara Herschander
Politics
Trump just found the worst way to regulate AITrump just found the worst way to regulate AI
Politics

The real danger in Trump’s crackdown on Anthropic’s newest AI model.

By Eric Levitz
Future Perfect
The next AI safety fight may actually be about DNAThe next AI safety fight may actually be about DNA
Future Perfect

AI could make bioweapons easier to build. A rare coalition wants to stop that now.

By Shayna Korol
Politics
Trump’s strange flirtation with AI socialism, explainedTrump’s strange flirtation with AI socialism, explained
Politics

Uncle Sam and OpenAI may go into business together.

By Eric Levitz
Future Perfect
Designer babies. Self-improving AI. Are we ready for either?Designer babies. Self-improving AI. Are we ready for either?
Future Perfect

Two new breakthroughs show how hard it is to know when the world has changed.

By Bryan Walsh
Podcasts
Can this little truck solve America’s big EV problem?Can this little truck solve America’s big EV problem?
Podcast
Podcasts

How the affordable, bare-bones Slate truck is trying to win over American drivers.

By Ariana Aspuru and Sean Rameswaram
Advice
Why you shouldn’t use ChatGPT to mediate fights with your partnerWhy you shouldn’t use ChatGPT to mediate fights with your partner
Advice

“She’s conveying this stuff and I’m like, ‘Wow, you really think that?’ And she’s like, ‘Well, no, not really.’”

By Allie Volpe
Future Perfect
We don’t know how the Ebola outbreak started. That’s a problem.We don’t know how the Ebola outbreak started. That’s a problem.
Future Perfect

What Ebola and hantavirus reveal about determining the source of an outbreak — and why it matters.

By Shayna Korol
Politics
How AI sexbots could destroy the worldHow AI sexbots could destroy the world
Politics

Humanity may scroll its way out of existence.

By Eric Levitz
Podcasts
What’s fueling AI companies’ IPO rushWhat’s fueling AI companies’ IPO rush
Podcast
Podcasts

Three leading AI companies are racing to go public this year. It might not be good news for consumers.

By Peter Balonon-Rosen and Sean Rameswaram
How AI could make wars go nuclear
Technology

We had a plan to prevent World War III. AI could break it.

By Joshua Keating
Culture
AI can replicate human-made art. Here’s why it can never replace it.AI can replicate human-made art. Here’s why it can never replace it.
Culture

We can learn a lot from what the camera did to painting.

By Constance Grady
Politics
MAGA’s civil war over immigration is over. Silicon Valley lost.MAGA’s civil war over immigration is over. Silicon Valley lost.
Politics

Trump is threatening to exile hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants.

By Eric Levitz
Technology
When AI makes you worse at your jobWhen AI makes you worse at your job
Technology

Your boss thinks AI makes you faster. Do you?

By Anna North
Technology
The pope takes on AIThe pope takes on AI
Technology

Why the Catholic Church is concerned about Big Tech.

By Christian Paz
Future Perfect
How to make the most important choice of your lifeHow to make the most important choice of your life
Future Perfect

You have 80,000 hours in your career. How will you spend them?

By Shayna Korol
Podcasts
How clips ate the internetHow clips ate the internet
Podcast
Podcasts

Is all content doomed to be clipped now? The Verge’s Mia Sato explains.

By Danielle Hewitt and Sean Rameswaram
Politics
The hidden way dictatorships are shaping what AI tells youThe hidden way dictatorships are shaping what AI tells you
Politics

Authoritarian states may have accidentally brainwashed ChatGPT.

By Eric Levitz
Future Perfect
The 5 most unhinged revelations from Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAIThe 5 most unhinged revelations from Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI
Future Perfect

The Musk v. OpenAI trial is over. Here are the receipts.

By Sara Herschander
Politics
Data centers could actually be good for your hometownData centers could actually be good for your hometown
Politics

The case for the buildings America loves to hate.

By Eric Levitz
Future Perfect
How to fall in love with humanity againHow to fall in love with humanity again
Future Perfect

Tech culture has made contempt for humanity feel enlightened. We can do better.

By Sigal Samuel
America, Actually
Inside the fight over America’s data centersInside the fight over America’s data centers
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America, Actually

“The ugliest thing I’ve ever seen”: How New Jersey residents feel about a data center in their backyard.

By Astead Herndon
Podcasts
Could you spot an AI-written book?Could you spot an AI-written book?
Podcast
Podcasts

An author set up an experiment to find out.

By Amina Al-Sadi and Noel King
Podcasts
Are humanoid robots all hype?Are humanoid robots all hype?
Podcast
Podcasts

AI is making them better — but they’re not going to be doing your chores anytime soon.

By Avishay Artsy and Sean Rameswaram
Future Perfect
The old tech that could help stop the next airborne pandemicThe old tech that could help stop the next airborne pandemic
Future Perfect

Glycol vapors, explained.

By Shayna Korol
Future Perfect
Elon Musk could lose his case against OpenAI — and still get what he wantsElon Musk could lose his case against OpenAI — and still get what he wants
Future Perfect

It’s not about who wins. It’s about the dirty laundry you air along the way.

By Sara Herschander