Amanda Northrop/Vox Can tech bros save the Pentagon? The messy tale of Rebellion Defense. Rebellion Defense set out to disrupt the way the Pentagon handles new technologies. Silicon Valley’s elite and Washington’s national security leaders lined up behind the startup....
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest is the culmination of an epic flameout
Sam Bankman-Fried, chief executive officer of FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange he founded in 2019, is pictured in New York in August. | Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images After quickly amassing political and philanthropic influence, the former billionaire has been arrested...
Twitter enters its chaotic new multicolored check mark phase
A verified image of Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, California. | David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Twitter Blue is back, and this time it’s also gold, gray, and passive-aggressive. It has taken several weeks longer than planned, but it...
NASA’s latest moon mission is the dawn of a new space age
Caroline Brehman-Pool/Getty Images The Orion capsule splashed down on Sunday, wrapping up the historic Artemis 1 mission. Editor’s note, December 11: On Sunday afternoon, NASA’s Orion spacecraft safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. The vehicle returned to Earth after...
Neuralink shows what happens when you bring “move fast and break things” to animal research
Christina Animashaun/Vox; Getty Images Elon Musk’s brain chip implant company is reportedly under federal investigation for violating the Animal Welfare Act. Among the many grievances people harbor toward Elon Musk, add one more: alleged animal cruelty. Neuralink, a startup co-founded...
What the Twitter files don’t tell us
Former US President Donald Trump. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images The documents are ammo for conservatives, even if they lack crucial context. Conservatives have long accused Big Tech of being biased against them, without much evidence. Now, the “Twitter files,” a...
A guide to 2022, in charts
Christina Animashaun/Vox From concerts to crypto and from unions to Ukraine: 14 charts that explain this wild year. It has been nearly three years since the start of the pandemic, and a lot has changed. Some parts of the world...
The US government wants to stop the biggest deal in video game history
FTC Chair Lina Khan testifying at a congressional hearing in May 2022. | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Microsoft is facing a US antitrust suit. Again. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing to block Microsoft’s massive $69...
Apple makes it easier to keep your data secret from hackers, cops, and even Apple
A woman takes a photo of an iPhone. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images How to encrypt most of your iCloud data — and why you should. Apple, the company whose CEO is fond of calling privacy a human right, has added...
Elon Musk’s tunnels to nowhere
Elon Musk opened the first Boring Company tunnel in Hawthorne, California in 2018. | Robyn Beck via Bloomberg The billionaire dug himself into a hole with the Boring Company. In late 2016, billionaire Elon Musk was sitting in traffic on...