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The models have left the lab. Now comes the hard part.

Artificial intelligence is becoming infrastructure before anyone has agreed what responsible infrastructure should look like.

By Amina Okafor

Technology

Your browser is the new operating system

Design

The quiet collapse of the app icon

Reviews

Nothing Phone 4 review: character, with conditions

Business

Why every startup is selling time

Culture · 8 min

The group chat is the last real social network

The social internet is retreating behind the typing indicator.

Friends talking together in warm evening light

Security · 4 min

Passkeys are finally boring — and that is excellent news

The password replacement works best when nobody notices it.

AI · 7 min

Small models are having a very big moment

Not every useful model needs a data centre or a billion-dollar training run.

Business · 11 min

Inside the myth of the one-person unicorn

A seductive startup idea meets the stubborn complexity of running a company.

Technology · 6 min

The Pixelbook was right too early

A beautiful machine that arrived before its software knew what to become.

Business · 5 min

The $50 billion tab problem

Tabs are multiplying. A new class of tools wants to organise the mess.

Culture · 8 min

Can a camera be calm?

New devices are trading computational perfection for surprise.

Technology · 3 min

Robotaxis have a customer service problem

Autonomy still depends on a very human support layer.

Reviews · 9 min

AirBook review: a laptop that knows when to disappear

A disciplined laptop with one needless compromise.

AI · 6 min

AI search still has a citation gap

A better answer engine cannot be built on invisible sources.

Culture · 7 min

Websites are getting weird again

The handmade web is returning — blinking cursor and all.

Business · 8 min

Open-source maintainers discover new leverage

Dependency is turning into bargaining power.

Design · 5 min

Designing for the second screen in your hand

The best TV interface may be the one that knows when to get out of the way.