Reading List

The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

ChatGPT’s new mission is to fix the broken web

At least twice a year, I’ll download a new browser, open it up, and see if the web looks better through a different window. It never does — or at least it didn’t until recently. We’ve entered a new era of AI-powered browsers. They have names like Comet, Dia, and Neon, and they all make […]

Hundreds of societies have been in crises like ours. An expert explains how they got out.

This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive stories every month, join the Vox Membership program today. Anti-establishment parties and politicians are surging in Western Europe and Japan. In the United States, the MAGA movement, led by President Donald Trump, has seized power. Political violence is rising and […]

What No Kings protesters should be doing now

Final estimates are still pending, but early reports suggest that Saturday’s “No Kings,” anti-Trump protests were the biggest single-day protest event since 1970 — and perhaps the largest nonviolent protests in US history. Over 2,700 events were held in all 50 states, according to organizers, which means as many as 7 million Americans joined. Sen. Elizabeth […]

Trump’s East Wing demolition, briefly explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump is demolishing the East Wing of the White House without review, recourse, or an approval process. Why is this happening? Trump announced […]

How you’re paying for big tech’s AI speculation

If you’ve noticed your electricity bill is higher than normal recently, you’re not alone. Power is getting more expensive everywhere, outpacing inflation. One major culprit? The flurry of new data centers being built to meet demand from the AI sector. To find out more, I asked my colleague Umair Irfan, who covers energy policy, for Vox’s […]