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Chris Stokel-Walker

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Twitter at 20: How we lost the public square

What began as a real-time public forum now functions as a data engine and megaphone for Elon Musk.

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Polymarket and Kalshi are suddenly in the government’s crosshairs

Criminal charges and a new federal bill escalate the fight over whether prediction markets are financial tools or illegal gambling operations.

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The Iran war is going to drive up the cost of data centers—and maybe shut down some projects

From component costs to insurance premiums, strikes on facilities in the Middle East are bad news for the AI revolution.

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China went crazy for OpenClaw. Now it’s working to ban it

Beijing is sounding alarms about supply chain attacks, data access, and the risks of agentic AI inside government systems.

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ChatGPT Edu feature reveals researchers’ project metadata across universities (exclusive)

A configuration in Codex Cloud Environments lets thousands of colleagues see repository names and activity linked to ChatGPT accounts.

11.03.2026 3

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How Iran built such a formidable cyberwar machine

Even as bombs fall across the Middle East, Iranian-linked hackers are launching digital attacks across the region. Decades of investment made that...

04.03.2026 4

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AI ‘vibe-coded’ war dashboards are flooding social media

Developers are vibe-coding tools to track the Iran conflict in real time, though some question whether the dashboards offer insight or just spectacle.

04.03.2026 5

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After huge bets on the Iran strikes, do Polymarket and Kalshi face a trust crisis?

Suspiciously timed wagers and disputed payouts are fueling backlash against the booming platforms.

03.03.2026 10

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He built a hit podcast about the Epstein files. It’s entirely AI-generated

Built by a data entrepreneur, the automated show is publishing episodes at a pace traditional newsrooms can’t match.

24.02.2026 10

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Trump’s plan to circumvent European internet content bans is a geopolitical nightmare

A planned U.S. government website to subvert European content blocks could cause an almighty row.

24.02.2026 7

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The U.S. Army can’t escape the internet’s surveillance machine

A West Point study found that military networks are flooded with corporate trackers, including some linked to foreign entities.

24.02.2026 9

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A Kid Snuck a Pond Into His Parents’ Yard—Now He Runs a $30M Fish Business

21.02.2026 10

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Mark Zuckerberg said very little on his first day of testimony—but the fact he’s here at all is a major moment

Other social networks chose to settle pre-trial, so bringing Zuckerberg to court suggests a shift in power.

19.02.2026 8

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New AI models are losing their edge almost immediately

Competitors can now match state-of-the-art systems in weeks, raising fears about distillation and shrinking advantages.

18.02.2026 3

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Data Centers Are About to Use as Much Power as Japan—and the Solutions Are Getting Weird

15.02.2026 10

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Discord is asking for your ID. The backlash is about more than privacy

12.02.2026 2

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TikTok’s endless scroll is under threat in Europe

09.02.2026 7

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U.S. political polarization started a lot earlier than you might expect

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Why so many meme coins fail almost immediately

06.02.2026 10

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Elon Musk wants to put 1 million satellites in orbit. Can Earth handle it?

04.02.2026 6

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OpenClaw is a major leap forward for AI—and a cybersecurity nightmare

03.02.2026 7

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Moltbook, the viral social network for AI agents, has a major security problem

03.02.2026 4

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How Quantum Computing Could Change AI Forever

03.02.2026 3

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What happens to the AI exit market if the FTC cracks down on acqui-hires?

02.02.2026 2

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TikTok’s odd behavior was caused by a tech issue—but users’ response indicates the app has a trust problem

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SpaceX and xAI could be merging. Why Elon Musk is doing it—and what might happen next

30.01.2026 5

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The ‘big bazooka’: How Europe could hit the U.S. tech industry if the Greenland trade war blows up

23.01.2026 4

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Trump’s chaos is forcing the usually methodical chips industry to learn how to pivot quickly

22.01.2026 4

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Major Flight Delays This Winter Reveal a Weak Spot in Airport Logistics

22.01.2026 30

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The world is getting tougher on kids’ online safety in 2026

16.01.2026 20

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People are using Grok to create lewd images of women and young girls

07.01.2026 10

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When AI-powered toys go rogue

23.12.2025 10

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What’s really going on with the TikTok deal

22.12.2025 10

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Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire accused an innocent Palestinian of being the Brown shooter. Then he doubled down

20.12.2025 20

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The AI revolution is making everything from PCs to smartphones even more expensive

15.12.2025 10

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The Disney-OpenAI tie-up has huge implications for intellectual property

11.12.2025 5

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OpenAI turns 10 today. Where will it be in another decade?

11.12.2025 20

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Sold Out Cloud: How GPU Demand Created a New Rental Market

10.12.2025 9

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When the AI bubble bursts, who’ll be left standing?

05.12.2025 10

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Misinformation sites have an open-door policy for AI scrapers

19.11.2025 10

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The EU just fired a shot across the bow at Shein and Temu

18.11.2025 3

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What you can learn about the potential for AGI from the new Microsoft-OpenAI deal

06.11.2025 5

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As Russia Tests NATO’s Limits, Estonia’s Tech Scene Heats Up

29.10.2025 4

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Think you can trust Google reviews in Germany? Think again

26.10.2025 5

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Can OpenAI’s Atlas get people to care about browsers again?

24.10.2025 6

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Visa wants to chart a safe course for e-commerce’s AI revolution

21.10.2025 9

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The AWS outage reveals the web’s massive centralization problem

20.10.2025 4

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What Sora’s Martin Luther King Jr. problem revealed to OpenAI

18.10.2025 4

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Do robots dream of perfect hands? 

10.10.2025 4

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We need to stop the slop of OpenAI’s Sora and Meta’s Vibes AI video apps before it’s too late

03.10.2025 10

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