Discovering Prince, Ten Years Later

It's been a decade since we lost Prince, and I wanted to take a moment to offer a look back at some of the pieces I've written over the years, and share some of...

The Power of Possibility

It’s rare that you get to see work that directly helps those who most deserve it, but I want to tell you about the opportunity we so seldom get to actually...

Y2K 2.0: The AI security reckoning

In just the last few weeks, we’ve seen a series of software security vulnerabilities that, until recently, would each have been the biggest exploit of the year...

When the crisis comes

These days, we’re all living in a constant state of crisis, foisted upon us by a world where those who are meant to keep things stable are the least stable...

Actually, people love to work hard

One of the most infuriating tropes that I see repeated in media is executives (usually from boring old companies) insisting that their employees don’t want to...

On the Vergecast, On Video

I finally got the chance to drop by one of my favorite podcasts, The Vergecast, where David Pierce had me on to talk about the recent conversation about Apple's...

Defending Privacy, Daily

Yesterday, I had the chance to witness someone who's one of the most dedicated, competent advocates for privacy and digital rights bring that message to a whole...

Endgame for the Open Web

You must imagine Sam Altman holding a knife to Tim Berners-Lee's throat. It's not a pleasant image. Sir Tim is, rightly, revered as the genial father of the...

What do coders do after AI?

For the New York Times Magazine this Sunday, I talked to Clive Thompson about one of the conversations that I'm having most often these days: What happens to...

The Neo solves Apple’s embarrassment

Last week, Apple released a parade of hardware announcements, and the one that captured the most attention across the industry was the $600 ($500 if you’re in...

Why Apple’s move to video could endanger podcasting's greatest power

TL;DR: Apple is adding support for video podcasts to their podcast app Podcasts are built on an open standard, which is why they aren’t controlled by a bad...

A Cookie for Dario? — Anthropic and selling death

A big tech headline this week is Anthropic (makers of Claude, widely regarded as one of the best LLM platforms) resisting Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s...