We have a request Vox's journalism is free, because we believe that everyone deserves to understand the world they live in. Reader support helps us do that. Can you chip in to help keep Vox free for all?

Technology

Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.

What to know about OpenAI’s failed coup

Sam Altman is back at OpenAI. What happens to its safety mission?

By Sara Morrison and Peter Kafka

OpenAI’s board may have been right to fire Sam Altman — and to rehire him, too

The alternative — a mass exodus of OpenAI’s top talent to Microsoft — would have been worse.

By Sigal Samuel

The race to optimize grief

By Mihika Agarwal November 21

The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

Understand how ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, and DALL-E are transforming our world — from text and image generation to how we live and work.

View All Stories

The controversy over TikTok and Osama bin Laden’s “Letter to America,” explained

By A.W. Ohlheiser and Li Zhou November 17

Your phone is the key to your digital life. Make sure you know what to do if you lose it.

By Sara Morrison November 17

Is the green texting bubble about to burst?

By Sara Morrison November 17

The secrets Google spilled in court

By Sara Morrison November 16

The best place for product reviews is … Reddit?

By Adam Clark Estes November 16

The new Meta whistleblower adds to an uneven year for online safety laws

By Sara Morrison November 9

What happened to Airbnb?

By Whizy Kim November 8

Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial pulled back the curtain on crypto

By Whizy Kim November 3

The Supreme Court seems stumped by two cases about free speech online

By Ian Millhiser October 31

President Biden’s new plan to regulate AI

By Sara Morrison October 31

Why Norway — the poster child for electric cars — is having second thoughts

By David Zipper October 31

Google is the default search engine. The big antitrust trial finally revealed how much that costs the company.

By Sara Morrison October 30

Why some Palestinians believe social media companies are suppressing their posts

By A.W. Ohlheiser October 29

The Supreme Court must decide if it wants to own Twitter

By Ian Millhiser October 27

Elon Musk didn’t kill Twitter

By Peter Kafka October 25

Why I let an AI chatbot train on my book

By Bryan Walsh October 25

Why Apple’s weather app is so bad

By Alex Abad-Santos October 25

Don’t blame social media for the fog of war

By Peter Kafka October 25

Net neutrality is back, but it’s not what you think

By Sara Morrison October 19

Don’t believe everything you see and hear about Israel and Palestine

By A.W. Ohlheiser October 18

How AI will shape our children’s future

By Kelsey Piper October 18

Elon Musk’s Israel disinformation investigation, explained

By A.W. Ohlheiser October 17

Elon Musk wants to merge humans with AI. How many brains will be damaged along the way?

By Sigal Samuel October 16

Call of Duty will stay on PlayStation if Microsoft and Activision merge

By Sara Morrison October 13

We’re in a new Gilded Age. What did we learn from the last one?

By Sara Morrison October 11

The chaotic and cinematic MGM casino hack, explained

By Sara Morrison October 6

How TikTok profits off dangerous health trends

By A.W. Ohlheiser October 5

9 questions about the government’s effort to break up Amazon

By Sara Morrison and A.W. Ohlheiser October 4

The government’s case to break up Amazon, explained

By Sara Morrison October 4

More evidence the streaming wars are (kinda) over: You can watch Dune on Netflix

By Peter Kafka October 4

Turns out the government can fine you for trashing space

By Sara Morrison October 3

The messy art of posting through it

By Allie Volpe October 1

The anatomy of a Facebook account heist

By Amanda Florian September 29

The Supreme Court showdown over social media “censorship,” explained

By Ian Millhiser September 29

Twitter’s CEO had a wild, combative appearance at the Code conference

By Peter Kafka September 28

The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

The $1 billion gamble to ensure AI doesn’t destroy humanity

By Dylan Matthews September 25

Your AI personal assistant is almost here — assuming you actually want it

By Sara Morrison September 23

That “free” iPhone 15 could cost a fortune

By Sara Morrison September 22