Embrace the splinternet

We’re being told to pick between US and Chinese tech. What if we don’t choose either? | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 day ago

Roundup: Should we ditch smartphones?

Read to the end for Ridley Scott not doing a George Lucas | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 5 days ago

The Vision Pro is a big flop

The product’s failure should further dispel the myth of tech inevitability | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 7 days ago

Hollywood is reviving its war on piracy

As the streaming deal gets worse, people are going back to piracy. The industry wants to stop them. | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 10 days ago

Roundup: Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover team

Read to the end for a video of Musk proving he may be a simulation after all | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 12 days ago

Elon Musk is using Twitter to defend Brazil’s fascists

The fight shows countries will no longer put up with the drawbacks of unregulated social media | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 16 days ago

Roundup: Elon meets Javier

Read to the end for a one-of-a-kind Cybertruck | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 19 days ago

Tesla is in serious trouble

Elon Musk spent years pushing self-driving fantasies, now that’s all the company has left | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 22 days ago

Roundup: How is the media still doing this?

Read to the end for an update on the road safety crisis in the US | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 26 days ago

Elon Musk is elevating the global extreme right

The billionaire wants to advance his political program while preserving his power and wealth | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 28 days ago

Roundup: Sam Bankman-Fraud

Read to the end for a fun game about New York Times headlines | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 month ago

What if we never live on Mars?

Tech billionaires sell us the dream of realizing sci-fi fantasies, but that distracts us from building a better society on Earth | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 month ago

Roundup: Apple in the DoJ’s crosshairs

Read to the end for a comic about a mindless Elon Musk | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 month ago

Roundup: Smashing Teslas with stone heads

Read for a roundup of recent critical work on data centers and the resource demands of AI | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 month ago

The TikTok ban is all about preserving US power

The platform isn’t a national security threat, but a challenge to Silicon Valley’s dominance | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 month ago

Why is it so hard to buy a Blu-ray?

Retailers are dropping physical media as streaming dominates, and that’s a real problem | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 month ago

Roundup: Tech worker opposition to AI

Read to the end for the latest party Elon Musk killed just by showing up | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 month ago

The digital revolution has failed

The benefits of the internet are eroding. The AI boom is only accelerating their demise. | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 month ago

How I became a tech critic

Paris Marx’s journey from tech optimist to committed Luddite | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 1 month ago

Roundup: Apple Car is (finally) dead

Read to the end for a more evidence of an access journalist’s close ties to tech CEOs | Continue reading


@disconnect.blog | 2 months ago