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A.I. Accelerates in Paris + Can A.I. Fix Your Love Life?
It’s a Valentine’s Day Special!
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Rachel Dry, Chris Wood, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
The Musketeers Take Washington + Spotify’s Ghost Music + Tool Time
“The way to control government is to control the computers”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Whitney Jones, Rachel Cohn, Rachel Dry, Chris Wood, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
DeepSeek Deep Dive + Hands-On With Operator + Hot Mess Express!
“DeepSeek is a really odd duck.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Rachel Dry, Daniel Powell, Dan Powell and Diane Wong
Your Guide to the DeepSeek Freakout: An Emergency Pod
“I think this is a big moment in the history of A.I. development”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Whitney Jones, Rachel Cohn, Rachel Dry, Daniel Ramirez and Dan Powell
Quantum TikTok + Memecoin Mania + Chris Hayes on the Attention Wars
“We are starting to see how Silicon Valley wants to do business during the Trump administration.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Rachel Dry, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Diane Wong
Goodbye TikTok, Ni Hao RedNote? + A.I.’s Environmental Impact + Meta’s Masculine Energy
“This is truly one of the funniest and most unexpected stories of the young year so far.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Whitney Jones, Rachel Cohn, Rachel Dry, Brad Fisher, Dan Powell and Rowan Niemisto
Meta Goes MAGA Mode + a Big Month in A.I. + HatGPT
“I think this set of changes that the company announced this week are the most important series of policy changes that they have made in the past five years.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Whitney Jones, Rachel Cohn, Rachel Dry, Chris Wood, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
Our 2025 Tech Predictions and Resolutions + We Answer Your Questions
Next year is going to be different: good and bad, but just different.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Whitney Jones, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
The Wirecutter Show: Kitchen Gear That Lasts a Lifetime (or Extremely Close)
Quality kitchen gear can last a lifetime — but not every pot, pan or knife is made to last.
By Christine Cyr Clisset, Caira Blackwell, Rosie Guerin, Abigail Keel and Michael Sullivan
Is Amazon’s Drone Delivery Finally Ready for Prime Time?
We flew to Arizona to test the recently debuted service ourselves.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Diane Wong