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Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.

How the first chatbot predicted the dangers of AI more than 50 years ago

By Oshan Jarow March 5

The exciting new AI transforming search — and maybe everything — explained

By Sara Morrison March 4

Elon Musk thinks we’re close to solving AI. That doesn’t make it true.

By Gary Marcus March 3

TikTok isn’t really limiting kids’ time on its app

By Sara Morrison March 2

OpenAI wants to build systems smarter than us

By Kelsey Piper March 1

Section 230, the internet law the Supreme Court could change, explained

By Sara Morrison February 23

The Supreme Court is befuddled by whether Twitter is liable for ISIS’s terrorism

By Ian Millhiser February 22

How Palo Alto created capitalism as we know it

By Sean Illing February 22

Social media used to be free. Not anymore.

By Shirin Ghaffary February 21

The Supreme Court appears worried it could break the internet

By Ian Millhiser February 21

Stop using your phone number to log in

By Sara Morrison February 21

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down

By Peter Kafka February 16

The Supreme Court hears two cases that could ruin the internet

By Ian Millhiser February 16

The new Congress is enlisting kids in its ongoing fight with Big Tech

By Sara Morrison February 15

Leaked memo: Meta executive warns employees they’re still “at the whim of Apple”

By Shirin Ghaffary February 15

Why the balloon and UFO affairs are a Sputnik moment

By Jonathan Guyer February 13

The forgotten victims of the Adderall shortage

By Sara Morrison February 10

The case for better-seats-cost-more movie tickets

By Peter Kafka February 10

Layoffs are making LinkedIn the new hot social network

By Shirin Ghaffary and Rani Molla February 10

It’s official. Trump is back on Facebook and Instagram.

By Shirin Ghaffary February 9

It doesn’t take that many electric cars to improve public health

By Umair Irfan February 9

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Silicon Valley’s vibe shift

By Vox Staff February 9

Last year’s Super Bowl ads aged like milk

By Sara Morrison February 9

Bosses want to pay you more but give you less

By Rani Molla February 9

Are we racing toward AI catastrophe?

By Kelsey Piper February 9

Google is scrambling to catch up to Bing, of all things

By Sara Morrison February 8

What banning noncompetes could mean for the US workforce

By Sara Morrison and Rani Molla February 7

Here comes Bard, Google’s version of ChatGPT

By Shirin Ghaffary February 6

The trials of Elon Musk

By Whizy Kim February 3

The AI boom is here, and so are the lawsuits

By Peter Kafka February 2

TikTok’s master plan to win over Washington

By Sara Morrison February 2

Behind the scenes at TikTok as it campaigns to change Americans’ hearts and minds

By Shirin Ghaffary February 2

The 747 is out. Green airplanes are in.

By Adam Clark Estes February 2

GoodRx made money off your health data. The FTC is making it pay.

By Sara Morrison February 1

Where will all the laid-off tech workers go?

By Rani Molla January 31

Your favorite tech giant wants you to know it’s a startup again

By Rani Molla and Shirin Ghaffary January 30

What does it mean to give away a $118 billion fortune?

By Whizy Kim January 27

Why Teslas keep catching on fire

By Rebecca Heilweil January 27

Microsoft is beating Google at its own game

By Sara Morrison January 26

Google’s bad year is getting worse

By Sara Morrison January 24