Technology "Outlawing advertising is the best thing we can do for our world now," says philosopher Ellsworth Toohey

Business Tech bro's "anti-fraud" AI actually just regular old fraud Ellsworth Toohey

Japan Astonishing 3D animated cat on Tokyo digital billboard David Pescovitz

pop culture Inside Pennsylvania's hidden time capsule of Americana: a 100,000-square-foot wonderland of vintage oddities Popkin

jeffrey epstein Epstein files show Lutnick and pedophile co-invested in ad-tech firm in 2018 Ellsworth Toohey

AI Metaverse on its last legs Rob Beschizza

privacy This free VPN is a massive security risk Séamus Bellamy

language Merriam-Webster picks "slop" as word of the year Rob Beschizza

Internet The EU might finally kill cookie pop-ups, but surveillance ads live on Gail Sherman

trump Apple's authoritarian-pleasing antics have alienated me Séamus Bellamy

This AI startup wants to replace human hosts with robot voices and ad-filled slop Jason Weisberger

gadgets 133 year-old Kodak, crushed by debt, warns it may go out of business Rob Beschizza

social experiments A dollar buys you one minute of digital billboard fame — unless no one follows, then your message stays forever Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Digital self-censorship: The new norm for international travelers Ellsworth Toohey

Business Bluesky CEO taunts Musk with "billionaire proof" design claim Ellsworth Toohey

apps U.S. judge orders Google to allow alternative app stores Rob Beschizza

twitter Xitter XEO exposes vast conspiracy of legal behavior Ellsworth Toohey

News E.U. opens investigation into Xitter's woeful content moderation Jason Weisberger

Technology Outrage as Twitter runs ads for app creating fake nudes of women Mark Frauenfelder