Q&A
Politics
The Real Threat to the Midterms Is Regular Americans Thinking Violence Is the Answer
By David Gilbert
Science
There Are Plenty of Reasons to Be Concerned About Bioweapons Development—Even Without AI
By Michael Mechanic
The Big Story
Patti Harrison Had Dreams of a Tech Utopia. Silicon Valley Smashed Them
By Katie Drummond
Culture
Livestream Replay: Why Is Silicon Valley Still a Boys’ Club?
By Sandra Upson, Lauren Goode, and Ej Dickson
Business
One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’
By Lauren Goode
Business
The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’
By Maxwell Zeff
Science
Livestream Replay: The Great Data Center Backlash
By Tim Marchman, Maxwell Zeff, Molly Taft, and Hugo Lowell
Politics
‘Darth Vader’ Wants You to Know He Definitely Supports Flock Surveillance
By Vittoria Elliott
Culture
YouTube Star AboFlah Made Streaming His Life. He Wants His Kids to Live Offline
By Carla Sertin
Business
‘It’s a Modern-Day Draft’: Why Stanford Students Walked Out on Sundar Pichai’s Commencement Speech
By Katie Drummond
Culture
Livestream Replay: Inside The World of Online Romance Scams
By Kate Knibbs and Carlos Barragán