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• Casey Newton
The rocky rollout of age verification in the United Kingdom — and the privacy debacle at Tea — illustrate why a different approach is needed
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• Casey Newton
What readers say I got wrong in our last edition
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• Casey Newton
It’s under assault this year from users, politicians, and their own executives — but the industry has responded with silence
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• Casey Newton
When users see AI overviews, clicks fall in half. How does the web survive?
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• Casey Newton
The race to AGI is getting petty
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• Casey Newton
The company's new unicorn status has already led its founders to reverse their position on advertising. What other compromises are they prepared to make?
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• Casey Newton
AI companions are arriving faster than platforms can build guardrails around them. Parents need to pay attention
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• Casey Newton
The conservative pressure campaign against social networks was hugely successful — and now it's coming for AI
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• Casey Newton
And six other takeaways from Hard Fork Live
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• Casey Newton
The company clearly needs an infusion of fresh talent — but blank checks aren't going as far as they used to
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• Casey Newton
Decentralized media is off to an agonizingly slow start — but there are glimmers of progress
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• Casey Newton
The Trump Mobile T1 probably won't be a big hit. It's still dangerous
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• Casey Newton
In a new partnership with Mattel, the company hopes to reimagine play — but making internet-connected toys safe will be anything but child's play
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• Casey Newton
Mark Zuckerberg knows the company needs a new AI strategy. Is Scale's Alexandr Wang the partner he needs?
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• Casey Newton
At WWDC, the company insists that its AI transformation is well underway — but the evidence feels a little thin
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• Casey Newton
Musk has gone to war with Donald Trump. What happens next?
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• Casey Newton
With a looming 10-year ban on any AI regulation at all, even the right is starting to get nervous about what might go wrong
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• Casey Newton
Expectations for the company's AI device are already sky-high — and Jony Ive keeps raising them
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• Casey Newton
Artificial intelligence is already writing an obituary for the internet as we know it. So why is everyone building new web browsers?
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• Casey Newton
The company looks poised to put its antitrust woes behind it. But its other trials may only be just beginning
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• Casey Newton
Generative AI and devices haven't yet found a good fit. Will Jony Ive be the one to change that? PLUS: Claude 4 arrives
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• Casey Newton
At its annual developer conference, the company seeks to reassure everyone that AI is for everyday utility — but the great disruption to the web continues
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• Casey Newton
For victims, the Take It Down Act could finally bring some relief — but the Trump Administration has already signaled plans to weaponize it
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• Casey Newton
An obsession with “white genocide” in X’s chatbot is only the latest example of platforms using artificial intelligence against their users
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• Casey Newton
And maybe not the ones you're thinking of
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• Casey Newton
Silicon Valley can't wait for a tiny company powered by AI agents. The companies who are trying it have a lot of regrets
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• Casey Newton
A startling statistic from Google’s antitrust trial raises fears that a long-predicted decline has now begun
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• Casey Newton
In winning a $167 million judgment against NSO Group, the company has struck a significant blow against illegal surveillance
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• Casey Newton
The company is dropping an effort to separate itself from its nonprofit parent — but courts may still be skeptical of its new plan
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• Casey Newton
Meta's CEO has some surprising takes on "healthy" bot companions, loneliness as a market opportunity, and that whole benchmark cheating controversy
