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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Arturo Holmes / … What Neuralink Is Missing
It turns out that connecting brains with computers is the easy part.
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Sergei Gapon / AFP / Getty Elon Musk Just Added a Wrinkle to the AI Race
Transparency, or the appearance of it, is the technology’s new norm.
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Photo-illustration by Chantal Jahchan Is Kara Swisher Tearing Down Tech Billionaires—Or Burnishing Their Legends?
She has long sought to be the best-connected of the tough reporters and the toughest of the insiders. Balancing those goals isn’t always easy.
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Illustration by Ben Kothe. Source: Gerard Julien / … The Rise of Techno-authoritarianism
Silicon Valley has its own ascendant political ideology. It’s past time we call it what it is.
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Dado Ruvic / Reuters / Redux Admit It, the Cybertruck Is Awesome
The world needs weirder EVs.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. How a Social Network Fails
Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino are making the same mistake that has tanked other social networks.
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Photograph by Mark Mahaney Demon Mode Activated
A conversation with Walter Isaacson about his new biography of Elon Musk, world builder and world destroyer
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Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Sources: … Schrödinger’s Cage Match
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s rivalry is not worth your time.
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Illustration by The Atlantic Elon Musk Revealed What Twitter Always Was
Stripped down to its skeleton, Twitter is the definitive “shame network.”
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Getty; The Atlantic I Watched Elon Musk Kill Twitter’s Culture From the Inside
This bizarre episode in social-media history proves that it’s well past time for meaningful tech oversight.
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The Atlantic Elon Musk Can’t Solve Twitter’s ‘Shadowbanning’ Problem
For several years, social-media users have expressed anxiety about algorithmic suppression. Now they’re getting some unexpected clarity.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Getty Twitter Was the Ultimate Cancellation Machine
If the platform dies, how will people find quick justice?
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Erik Carter / The Atlantic The End of the Silicon Valley Myth
The companies that define our digital lives have hit a wall.
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Erik Carter / The Atlantic; Getty Elon Musk’s Text Messages Explain Everything
A disastrous year for the tech industry, captured for eternity in a billionaire’s private exchanges
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Erik Carter / The Atlantic; Getty Why Is Elon Musk Lighting Billions of Dollars on Fire?
Twitter isn’t heading toward a happy financial equilibrium.
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The Atlantic; Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu Agency / … This Is What It Looks Like When Twitter Falls Apart
Elon Musk hasn’t finished his drama yet.
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Sergei Bobylyov / Sputnik / AFP / Getty What Trump and Musk Don’t Get About Russia’s Nuclear Threats
Putin’s hollow rhetoric warrants no concessions from the West.
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John Shearer / Getty The Childish Drama of Elon Musk
Yet again, an important part of the public square is controlled by a narcissistic toddler.
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Erik Carter / The Atlantic; Getty No One Wins in Elon Musk’s Battle With Journalists
The owner of Twitter and some of its most avid users are at war over the platform.
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Joshua Lott / Getty The Twitter Files Are a Missed Opportunity
No one really knows what Elon Musk’s company is doing to free speech.
