Long Reads/

1mo ago

Crabapple’s Bund history revives a buried Jewish socialist tradition

Pluralistic says Molly Crabapple’s new history traces the Jewish Labor Bund as an alternative to Zionist nationalism.

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Paper pitches desktop design canvas for agent-driven code workflows

Paper says its new desktop app links design canvases with codebases, data sources and AI coding agents through MCP and w...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Oregon AG seeks 60-day hold on Paramount Skydance merger

Attorney General Dan Rayfield says Paramount Skydance has not turned over records sought in Oregon’s review of the $111...

By June Castellano

1mo ago

Trump administration subpoenas Times reporters after Air Force One story

The subpoenas followed New York Times reporting that a Qatari-donated Boeing 747-8 lacked security features found on the...

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

Reckless Ben video puts Bricks & Minifigs and Provo police under pressure

New footage released by Ben Schneider raises questions about police conduct and Bricks & Minifigs’ shifting account in a...

By June Castellano

1mo ago

ChatGPT tops Apple app lists despite Musk's Apple-OpenAI lawsuit

Elon Musk accused Apple of favoring OpenAI, but ChatGPT remains prominent even after Apple sued OpenAI last week.

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Fidji Simo to leave full-time OpenAI role after medical leave

OpenAI’s No. 2 executive will become a part-time adviser as Sam Altman splits her product and business portfolio among s...

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

Google AI summaries amplified a fake-looking oil terminal website

ProPublica found Google AI Overviews repeating claims from a website for a Texas LLC whose listed executives, facilities...

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

Starlink users report $1,500 surcharge as congestion questions grow

Reddit users say SpaceX’s Starlink charged a new high-demand fee, reviving scrutiny of satellite broadband’s capacity li...

By June Castellano

1mo ago

WorkOS pitches Pipes as a managed token layer for app integrations

Pipes stores user credentials in WorkOS Vault and gives apps or agents access tokens for more than 100 third-party provi...

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

Doctorow argues AI narrows what humans can claim as uniquely ours

Cory Doctorow says computers force society to formalize messy human assumptions, while AI changes the lesson by producin...

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

Doctorow challenges the AI industry’s picks-and-shovels pitch

Cory Doctorow argues that AI vendors’ business models undercut their grandest claims about replacing skilled workers.

By Mara Chen-Doyle