DEATH OF TELEVISION by Bruce Sterling

Five hauntings from the other side of technology.

Online spaces are captured by oligarchs and saturated with slop—and they’re exacerbating humanity’s worst impulses. It’s time to start over.

The documentary chronicles how Star Trek’s positions on everything from race to AI were way ahead of their time.

The metric might not mean much to laypeople, but leap seconds have been a source of contention in the timekeeping community for years. Now, they’re dead.

Sold by its trailer as a gag reel, Tom Cruise’s strangest movie may be the most unsettling portrait of our tech and climate moment yet.

From Trump TV to a Shark Tank knockoff, the president’s latest entertainment ventures are a steep decline from his days on The Apprentice.

Samsung’s The Frame is the leading art TV for a reason. The matte display makes paintings look like museum pieces, not a glossy screensaver.

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From their dorky parties to their weird walks, the movie holds OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other stakeholders with contempt, while demonstrating their recklessness.

In a world of AI Overviews, Wikipedia usage declines. But the real loss may be far more existential than website traffic.

The price of anything with memory is skyrocketing thanks to AI. Aging streaming devices are no exception.

Aaron Sorkin’s sequel to The Social Network attempts to shame a ruling class that has proved itself shameless.