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Derek Thompson on what the end of monoculture could mean for American democracy. Getty Images Is damn near everything a cult now? That’s a glib distillation of an interesting idea I recently encountered. The basic thesis was that the internet…

 The potential TikTok ban is now law. What happens next? Photo illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images A.W. Ohlheiser is a senior technology reporter at Vox, writing about the impact of technology on humans and society. They have also covered online…

Fareed Zakaria on the age of revolution. Journalist Fareed Zakaria speaks during the Ellis Island Medals of Honor ceremony at the Ellis Island Honors Society meeting in New York on May 13, 2017.Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images What does it…

Did smartphones actually “destroy” a generation? The Zoomer tween in their natural habitat.Leon Neal/Getty Images The kids are not all right — and the device you are probably reading this on is to blame. So argues the social psychologist Jonathan…

From Taiwan to South Korea to Silicon Valley, some of the most important nodes in the global tech economy are in disaster-prone places. Rescue teams demolish a building which collapsed following an earthquake on April 3, 2024 in Hualien, Taiwan.Annabelle…

As delivery discourse rages, don’t forget the middlemen: apps like UberEats, DoorDash, and Grubhub. Food delivery apps have recently added new fees in response to minimum pay rules in New York City and Seattle.Getty Images/iStockphoto Whizy Kim is a reporter…

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Trump’s social network has made him one of the richest people in the world — at least on paper. Will TruthSocial deliver the windfall Trump needs?Anna Barclay/Getty Images Nicole Narea covers politics and society for Vox. She first joined Vox…

The energy needed to support data storage is expected to double by 2026. You can do something to stop it. Paige Vickers/Vox; Getty Images Brian Calvert is an environmental journalist currently based in Pacifica, California. He is an associate editor…

Twitter, now X, was once a useful site for breaking news. The Baltimore bridge collapse shows those days are long gone. Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being struck by a cargo ship on March 26.Scott Olson/Getty Images A.W.…