Roundup: Elon Musk’s dream of robot slaves isn’t coming soon

Read to the end for a new crypto-libertarian conspiracy theory | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Elon Musk’s Cybercab recycles a decade of broken promises

Bold promises may no longer be enough for an extremist CEO who can’t deliver | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: Uber is cutting workers’ wages globally

Read to the end for one of the worst photos of Elon Musk I’ve ever seen | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Mark Zuckerberg’s rebrand is a master class in distraction

Meta’s platforms are still causing harm, but the CEO has convinced the media to look at the future instead of the present | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: Is the tech antitrust era waning?

Read to the end for tech’s new synonym for eugenics | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: Elon Musk caves to Brazil’s Supreme Court

Read to the end for the backlash against NEOM influencers | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Reclaiming sovereignty in the digital age

Cyberlibertarianism must die if there’s to be any hope of a better future for the internet | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: The price of an iPhone

Read to the end for a very special PS5 | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Smartphone innovation is dead, and that’s fine

Stop blaming a lack of competition for a product that’s simply done meaningfully evolving | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: Will generative AI have many long-term benefits?

Read to the end for a fun Clippy meme! | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Pavel Durov and Elon Musk are not free speech champions

The actions against Telegram and Twitter/X are about sovereignty, not speech | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

A critical tech reading list for late 2024

Ten book recommendations to get you through the final months of the year | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: What the OpenAI funding round reveals about tech

Read to the end for a fun Cybertruck documentary | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Zuckerberg wants to control the next platform—no matter what it is

The Meta CEO’s embrace of open source is nothing more than an opportunistic move | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: Who helped Elon Musk buy Twitter?

Read to the end for one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Sam Altman doesn’t care about you

The OpenAI CEO wants to extend his life by 10 years, but doesn’t care the poor die 15 years earlier than the rich | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: Eric Schmidt says the quiet part out loud

Read to the end for a disastrous Peter Thiel interview | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

What comes after the AI crash?

The end of the boom won’t end generative AI’s harms | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: Don't buy the "Zuckessance"

Read to the end for a forthcoming tech book you might like | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

The Google monopoly ruling won’t save the internet

More competition won’t be enough to dismantle Silicon Valley’s power | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: How tech is trying to shape the Kamala Harris agenda

Read to the end for some insight on the supply chains behind Amazon | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Peter Thiel’s influence over a network of Lord of the Rings-inspired companies

The tech billionaire can’t stop naming companies after Tolkien’s fantasy world | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: Elon Musk is a terrible person

Read to the end for Donald Trump’s appearance at the Bitcoin conference | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Elon Musk doesn't care about kids. He cares about demographics.

The billionaire CEO told Jordan Peterson his trans daughter is “dead” to him because she can no longer reproduce | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: NYT's SpaceX stenography

Read to the end for a furry ally in the Luddite resistance | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Silicon Valley’s dangerous plan for a second Trump term

The Little Tech Agenda was crafted to defend the power of tech billionaires | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: Elon Musk endorses Donald Trump

Read to the end for an old graphic making fun of Steve Jobs’ ideology of the Mac | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: The data workers whose labor powers AI

Read to the end for a video to share with your friends to understand AI | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Generative AI is a climate disaster

Tech companies are abandoning emissions pledges to chase AI market share | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: Uber's war on workers' rights continues

Read to the end for wild AI statements by tech’s thought leaders | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Amazon's disastrous plan to emulate Temu

The ecommerce giant is continuing a race to the bottom for workers and the environment | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: OpenAI says some artistic jobs shouldn’t exist

Read to the end for a good overview of failing social media platforms | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: Elon gets the green light to loot Tesla

Read to the end for a video game finding getting rid of landlords solves the rent crisis | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Silicon Valley’s unlikely ally to defend generative AI

Anti-copyright activists fought the film and music industries. Now they’re fighting artists who want to stop generative AI. | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Apple hopes AI will make you buy a new iPhone

The company’s mundane features confirm the generative AI hype is rapidly waning | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: Is this peak AI hype?

Read to the end for Elon Musk admitting he’s a fascist | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: Elon Musk’s naive plan to end global water shortages

Read to the end for a fun AI meme | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Kara Swisher's story about Sam Altman is falling apart

The supposed hard-hitting journalist was peddling Altman’s narrative during his ouster from OpenAI | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: Pronatalists who defend hitting kids

Read to the end for Elon Musk potentially revealing another of his burner accounts on Twitter | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Scarlett Johansson can’t escape tech exploitation

OpenAI grabbing her voice is just the latest scandal that demands a regulatory response | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: Apple wants to hike iPhone prices again

Read to the end for an important statement about X… or Twitter? | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

AI hype is over. AI exhaustion is setting in.

Google and OpenAI’s latest showcases suggest the AI bubble’s days are numbered | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: Apple delivers an insult to life itself

Read to the end for Sam Bankman-Fried’s new prison financial scheme | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Phil Spencer isn’t your friend

The Xbox head uses his gamer image to sell terrible corporate decisions | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

A critical tech reading list for mid-2024

13 book recommendations to get you through the next few months | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: How bias can creep into tech coverage

Read to the end for a perfect example of worst person you know just made a great point | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Embrace the splinternet

We’re being told to pick between US and Chinese tech. What if we don’t choose either? | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago

Roundup: Should we ditch smartphones?

Read to the end for Ridley Scott not doing a George Lucas | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 year ago