As the Senate considers a GOP-backed stablecoin bill, it’s a good time to look back on when the Biden administration bailed out a bunch of high-rolling, right-wing crypto crybabies.

Many rejoiced when Musk said he’d pull back from the Department of Government Efficiency. But the world’s richest person will continue to wield oligarchic influence over our politics, and therefore our lives.

A scathing whistleblower report suggests that DOGE coders may have pilfered troves of personal data that would be extremely valuable to business leaders.

Tech billionaires and iconoclast journalists suddenly see eye to eye.

Just say “China,” and everyone except AOC suddenly supports massive data center build-outs that will torch the planet.

It sounds like Elon Musk didn’t enjoy sharing the spotlight.

Donald Trump made sure the billionaire Silicon Valley CEOs were seated front and center.

Add the Microsoft CEO to the long list of billionaires trying to land in Trump’s good graces.

The rush to build new computing and energy infrastructure for artificial intelligence comes with a lot of unintended consequences—especially if this new infrastructure isn’t actually needed.

The Ohio senator still gives voters the creeps, but someone even more awkward and obnoxious has taken his place: Elon Musk.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the U.S. is in “decline” and embraces a cultish tech movement to build “network” societies beyond the reach of nation-states—and he’s got Congress eating out of his hand.

Fossil fuel companies leak huge quantities of the greenhouse gas. New energy demands from big tech are exacerbating the situation.

Driven by personal grievances and a misguided sense of their own exceptionalism, tech titans are swerving right and amplifying reactionary MAGA politics.

For decades, Kurzweil has been prophesying the unstoppable rise of AI and its eventual merging with human intelligence.

Yes, Peter Thiel was the senator’s benefactor. But they’re both inspired by an obscure software developer who has some truly frightening thoughts about reordering society.

The U.S. government is worried about falling behind in the literal A.I. arms race—and Silicon Valley is cashing in with ludicrous promises.

Joseph Weizenbaum’s underrated book “Computer Power and Human Reason” cautioned against confusing people with machines.

X’s chief troll is inciting a “censorship” moral panic in Brazil, undermining the democratically elected government’s efforts to squash far-right extremism.

The cutting-edge products that Big Tech and the Pentagon are developing could be rebuilding an untold number of lives. Instead, they’re being sent to the battlefield to ruin more.

The great replacement theory video that Musk pinned to the top of his feed is sick. And it shows that he’s turning X into a safe space for far-right propaganda.