Better Offline is a weekly show exploring the tech industry’s influence and manipulation of society - and interrogating the growth-at-all-costs future that... more
In this episode, Ed Zitron sits down with famed MIT economist Daron Acemoglu to talk about the economics of the... more
On Friday July 19, millions of Windows PCs entered a doom-loop that rendered them non-functional thanks to an update sent... more
In a paper released earlier this year, three academics from the University of Glasgow classified ChatGPT's outputs not as "lies,"... more
When the money gets nervous, so should you. In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through a remarkable report from... more
The shareholder supremacy has eaten the tech industry, driving private and public companies to chase unprofitable, unsustainable ideas like generative... more
In this episode, Ed Zitron tracks the history of the growth-at-all-costs rot economy to a court case in 1916 that... more
A few weeks ago, an Australian tech worker called Nik Suresh wrote an evisceration of the current AI hype boom... more
In a special live-to-tape episode of Better Offline, Ed is joined by The Verge's Alex Cranz and YouTube influencer Michael... more
In April, The Onion was acquired by a new entity called Global Tetrahedron, revealed shortly thereafter to be a joint... more
Last week, Apple announced that they're integrating artificial intelligence into your iPhone and Mac in a stunningly demure and reserved... more