David Streitfeld / New York Times:
A profile of Paulina Borsook, as her 2000 book Cyberselfish, warning about Silicon Valley's love for “techno-libertarianism”, finds a resurgence in interest  —  Even Silicon Valley dislikes Silicon Valley.  —  More than two-thirds of residents agreed in a 2024 poll …

With all the fantastic Black Friday deals available, it’s easy to overlook Sony’s ongoing PlayStation 5 sale, which is why we’re flagging it again. In case you missed it, all three PS5 models are steeply discounted until December 18th. The PS5 Digital Edition (slim) is still available from GameStop and Sony for around $399 ($100 […]

If you're one of the nearly 3,500 Kickstarter backers paying to give your Lego Game Boy an actual screen and buttons, I have a question: did you expect those buttons to have physical switches underneath? Because the BrickBoy - not to be confused with Natalie the Nerd's Build A Boy - is not currently going […]

It may not surprise anyone who is tech-aware that publications such as The Verge track the affiliate links that their readers click — in fact, every article that links to a vendor has this statement on top: “If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission.” So we will be totally honest […]

Matthias Bastian / The Decoder:
DeepSeek says its new DeepSeekMath-V2 model got gold-medal level status on the International Mathematical Olympiad 2025 and Chinese Mathematical Olympiad 2024  —  Chinese startup Deepseek reports its new DeepseekMath-V2 model has reached gold medal status at the Math Olympiad …