Journalism
What I learned in year four of Platformer
Everything that happened after we left Substack
Latest
X
X sneaks back into Brazil
Was it really a mistake — or a gesture of defiance? PLUS: What's Google hiding?
Snapchat
Snap’s latest spectacle
The company’s augmented reality glasses nudge the state of the art forward — but remain frustratingly limited
Meta
Instagram makes teen accounts private by default
Under siege by state lawmakers, Meta makes its biggest move yet to address harms to minors. Will it be enough?
Meta
Mark Zuckerberg’s 20-year mistake
Meta’s CEO says he’s done apologizing. Should we worry?
Elections
Trump’s dead cat bounce
What the latest lie to go mainstream on X tells us about what has changed since 2016 — and what hasn't
Telegram
Telegram changes its tune
But a new terrorism indictment shows the reckoning is only just beginning
Elections
How Russians are changing up their election interference
A wave of new indictments tells us what has changed since 2016 — and what hasn’t
X
X gets banned in Brazil
For once, Elon Musk has a case worth fighting — but he has to do it in the courts
Telegram
The three cases against Telegram
Pavel Durov has a lot to answer for — but how he is prosecuted could reshape the internet
Jawboning
Zuckerberg draws a new line on government pressure
PLUS: Telegram's French press
Telegram
How Telegram played itself
Pavel Durov’s arrest over the weekend was shocking. It was also inevitable
Elections
How influence campaigns stopped working
It turns out that social networks are less susceptible to 2016-style attacks — and no one likes AI slop
Productivity
Three apps that made me more productive this year
Lessons on taking smarter notes, reducing context switching, and building a better personal archive
Deepfakes
Trump deepfakes a Swift endorsement
The Shitpost Election continues
AI
California's controversial AI bill is on the verge of becoming law
California’s SB-1047 is on a path to the governor’s desk. Will it kill the AI boom?