Adam Rogers
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The CDC’s response to COVID was a disaster. Can Silicon Valley get it right?
The booming pandemic-tech industry is attracting billions from VCs. Can a Silicon Valley-style disruption actually prevent the next deadly outbreak? → Read More
The new Bing is acting all weird and creepy — but the human response is way scarier
Everyone is freaking out because the ChatGPT clone hit on a journalist and said it wanted to be alive. But the hysteria is missing the real menace. → Read More
ChatGPT is for suckers
The new Google and Microsoft chatbots get stuff wrong and lie. So why do we fall for their shtick? → Read More
The new ChatGPT clones from Google and Microsoft are going to destroy online search
Sure, AI chatbots will save you time finding things on the web. But they're also going to lie to you. → Read More
I settled the gas stove debate with a $69.99 induction cooktop from Ikea
As cities move to ban gas stoves, I tried going all-electric in the kitchen. The results left me fired up. → Read More
Why do people buy crackpot conspiracy theories?
Belief in conspiracy theories isn't driven by ignorance, or isolation, or insanity. It's something far more common — and way, way scarier. → Read More
This scientist was irked by the phrase 'hella' big — so he created 2 new units of measurement
Forget millimeters and megatons: Scientists have approved official names for stuff that is super large or crazy small. We live in a ronna-sized universe now. → Read More
Is the urge to start a company caused by cat feces?
A new study of wolves underscores a strange link between being an entrepreneur and having a brain parasite → Read More
The weird, worrisome mystery behind America's plague of purple streetlights
Streetlights in a bunch of major cities are turning purple. Is it just a fluke — or a warning of the chaos to come? → Read More
The only thing Elon Musk understands about Twitter is how to kill it
Musk declared that Twitter is a "collective cybernetic super-intelligence." Which reveals how little he understands about his new plaything. → Read More
Sure, Twitter and Facebook have deepened polarization — just not in the way you think
A new theory suggests that social media didn't make America more divided by driving us apart. It made America more divided by bringing us together. → Read More
New research found the pandemic made us grumpier, and it's surprising experts
Insider's Adam Rogers talks to The Refresh about how the pandemic changed core parts of our personalities. → Read More
Baristas in San Francisco went on strike. Their robot co-workers went right on serving
The coming robot apocalypse threatens to pit humans against machines. Here's how to make peace with your future coworkers, before it's too late. → Read More
A new study confirms it: The pandemic turned us all into jerks
Natural disasters usually bring out the best in people. But researchers found that the pandemic made us meaner. And lazier. And more introverted. → Read More
I binge-listened to tech podcasts for a week, and what I learned about Silicon Valley is kind of scary
There are approximately a zillion shows by VCs and startup founders. So I tuned in to a bunch of them to see what I could learn about tech investing. → Read More
What science says about the best investor pitches. (It ain't pretty.)
When it comes to pitching investors in Silicon Valley, research shows that charisma and a good story are more important than a sound business plan. → Read More
You may soon be able to link your brain directly to your computer
Tech startups are racing to be the first to implant computer chips in everyone's brain — and two mind-link devices are already in human trials. → Read More
50 shades of apocalypse
Climate change is turning the sky green. And orange. And brown. But thanks to a quirk of evolution, the cataclysmic light show may be what saves us. → Read More
The case of the vanishing abortion data
The Supreme Court didn't just overturn Roe v. Wade — it made it harder to conduct research that would protect women's health. → Read More
'Crazy stuff is happening at my work': Silicon Valley engineers are really freaking out right now
The anonymous job site Blind offers a window into the extreme anxiety gripping the tech industry. → Read More