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How kids’ smartwatches led to anxiety, addiction, and crime

The world needs to learn from China’s bad example.
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How kids’ smartwatches led to anxiety, addiction, and crime
The world needs to learn from China’s bad example.
Nov 23 • 
Mike Elgan
We should kill Chinese kill switches
A huge number of Chinese electronics products can be remotely accessed, repurposed, controlled and shut down. Malice or incompetence? It doesn’t matter.
Nov 17 • 
Mike Elgan
We should kill Chinese kill switches
A huge number of Chinese electronics products can be remotely accessed, repurposed, controlled and shut down. Malice or incompetence? It doesn’t matter.
Nov 17 • 
Mike Elgan
Clueless AI can’t summarize
Everyone is using AI chatbots to condense complicated material into simple, short, digestible nuggets. Here's why this is a bad idea.
Oct 27 • 
Mike Elgan
Here comes the AI-content backlash!
Comic books, libraries, subreddits and even Swifties are starting to push back against AI slop.
Oct 10 • 
Mike Elgan
The AI-content backlash has begun
Comic books, libraries, subreddits and even Swifties are starting to push back against AI slop.
Oct 10 • 
Mike Elgan
Understanding America’s disinformation capitulation
American federal agencies and private companies are now allowing weaponized foreign disinformation to spread and grow. Here’s why.
Sep 27 • 
Mike Elgan
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