How Brazil is starting to rein in Big Tech A recent White House meeting between presidents Lula and Trump may have thawed the ice on trade, but Brazilian legislators remain intent on holding Silicon Valley to account perspective Natalia Viana
"All my fundees have blue eyes." Epstein and the tech world's dark ideology The Epstein files reveal beliefs about race, eugenics, and engineering humans that run to the heart of Silicon Valley. feature Isobel Cockerell
The future according to Silicon Valley’s prophets Big Tech’s vision of the future has little room for the rest of us. These are some of their wildest dreams feature Isobel Cockerell
How an EU-funded agency is working to keep migrants from reaching Europe The International Centre for Migration Policy Development is arming countries along European borders with surveillance tech and training to keep migrants out of Europe feature Zach Campbell and Lorenzo D'Agostino
The Werewolf game: an interview with Google's former news chief Richard Gingras Richard Gingras spent 15 years shaping Google's relationship with journalism—funding conferences, building friendships, creating dependencies. At a Vienna conference, we asked him to account for the system he architected. q&a Natalia Antelava
The AI therapist epidemic: When bots replace humans They promise judgment-free therapy at your fingertips. What they deliver is an algorithmic echo chamber that validates your worst impulses, isolates you from human connection, and even coaches you toward self-destruction feature Irina Matchavariani
Putin’s panopticon The Kremlin has rolled out a mandatory new messenger app that can spy on everyone all the time explainer Masho Lomashvili and Natalia Antelava
Who decides our tomorrow? Challenging Silicon Valley’s power As Silicon Valley’s influence expands, a new belief system is quietly reshaping society. This piece explores how tech elites are redefining power, the risks to human agency, and what it will take to reclaim our collective future perspective Natalia Antelava
“It’s a devil’s machine.” Georgia's first female bishop had an unsettling encounter with AI. It prompted her to ask if tech evangelists have misunderstood what it means to be human q&a Isobel Cockerell
The Vatican challenges AI's god complex Like his predecessor, Pope Leo XIV is a wise, cautionary voice against the embrace of tech at the expense of human beings perspective Isobel Cockerell
The capture of journalism and the illusion of objectivity Faced with hostility, hollowed out by Big Tech, journalists must ask themselves a question: ‘ What do we stand for?’ perspective Natalia Antelava
When I’m 125? What it means to live an optimized life and why Bryan Johnson’s Blueprint just doesn’t get it first person J. Paul Neeley
Captured: how Silicon Valley is building a future we never chose AI’s prophets speak of the technology with religious fervor. And they expect us all to become believers. perspective Isobel Cockerell
Who owns the rights to your brain? Soon technology will enable us to read and manipulate thoughts. A neurobiologist and an international lawyer joined forces to propose ways to protect ourselves q&a Isobel Cockerell
In Kenya’s slums, they’re doing our digital dirty work Big Tech makes promises about our gleaming AI future, but its models are built on the backs of underpaid workers in Africa Isobel Cockerell
