Silicon Valley wants unfettered control of the tech market. That’s why it’s cosying up to Trump
Evgeny Morozov
From Silicon Valley to Silicon Savannah: climate expert Patrick Verkooijen on why this is Africa’s century
Sam Bankman-Fried funded a group with racist ties. FTX wants its $5m back
Voters to weigh in on whether tech billionaires can build new California city
May 2024
‘A fine line between humor and flopping’: tech summit’s rap battle is the height of corporate cringe
A Hamilton-esque performance extolling the virtues of design software was exactly the wrong kind of corny
March 2024
Wearable AI: will it put our smartphones out of fashion?
Other lives
Derek Shaw obituary
The G2 interview
‘Musk needs to be adored … Zuckerberg is out of his depth’: Kara Swisher on the toxic giants of Big Tech
Crypto Super Pac spends $10m on Katie Porter attack ads in California race
February 2024
Apple reportedly scraps multibillion-dollar plan to build electric car
Reports say tech giant made announcement during meeting and forecast layoffs, ending secretive and resource-heavy project
The latest billionaire trend? Doomsday bunkers with a flammable moat
Arwa Mahdawi
Is all this bunker-building a sign that the 1% know something we don’t and are preparing for end times?
When dead children are just the price of doing business, Zuckerberg’s apology is empty
Carole Cadwalladr
The Facebook boss faced the parents of victims in Senate hearings, but until legislators finally stand up to social media giants, nothing will change
January 2024
‘This hasn’t been done before’: can tech elites build their own city – and win over the skeptics?
Tech billionaires want to build a new city in rural California. Voters may get a say on it
December 2023
Why is Mark Zuckerberg building a private apocalypse bunker in Hawaii?
Hamilton Nolan
Just below billionaires’ charity is an endless well of self-preservation. Their desperate planning for the end betrays everything they spout about equality and progress
November 2023
The real story of the OpenAI debacle is the tyranny of big tech
Courtney Radsch
The latest episode should jolt us out of our complacency and force us to confront the dangers of monopoly capitalism
AI doesn’t cause harm by itself. We should worry about the people who control it
Kenan Malik
The chaos at OpenAI reveals contradictions in the way we think about the technology
‘Huge egos are in play’: behind the firing and rehiring of OpenAI’s Sam Altman
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak hospitalized for stroke in Mexico City
