Editor in chief @techreview. Formerly BuzzFeed News, formerly WIRED. Pro-California. Hella Frisco. Not super active on this site. Signal me: @mat.911
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If they dared, biohacking bros who seek to defy aging could try a simple, time-tested method: castration.
Removing the testicles extends male life span across many mammalian species, including humans. But a research team exploring this effect has now found the surgical procedure doesn’t have to be performed early in life to boost longevity, as scientists had assumed.
In a new preprint, the group reports that neutering older male mice lengthens their lives by more than 30%, upending prevailing ideas of how the testes influence aging.
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ALT Castration extends life span, but in a surprising way, mouse study suggests
This is so sad. I’m 54 years old and started reading Salon when I was in college. It was early proof that you could do great journalism on the web and (along with suck.com) made me think maybe I could make a living writing on the internet
salon.com/2026/11/05/goodbye…
All my ex's live in Texas
(My ex's are all hyperscalers. And they are looking to relocate?)
technologyreview.com/2026/11…
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I’ve come to think @elonmusk ended up doing Dems and progressives a huge favor by turning this place into a fetid swamp of feral right wing freaks where the most prominent members of their coalition post like cartoon movie villains and think it makes them look cool.
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reporting live from the data center election night party at the Abilene Holiday Inn. several H100s are openly weeping. a gas turbine is drunkenly singing katy perry’s roar.
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havent seen any big tech statements so far since last night and im v curious who speaks up first but this does not bode well for many of their well-laid plans
the closest we have to a statement is...this
So the 41 datacenter moratoria across the country are, I predict, going to go 41-0. In nearly every case it's about 67-80% opposing datacenters. True in California, Ohio, everywhere. Read all the results here:
dashboard-production-c2fc.up…
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I published this in March and think it’s even more true today: the most visible leaders in tech are poorly positioned to reset tech’s reputation beyond our industry. This is a *huge* opportunity for emerging talent without all that baggage. I can’t wait to see who rises to the occasion (and would love to help).
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The country debates democracy and AI and Elon Musk spends 9 figures and this ad & @sarahkliff's Kansas medical billing story probably the highest impact pieces of media of the cycle
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I'm fascinated by a weird ad for Muse @milkkarten spotted on Instgram, claiming it could help you see who unfollowed you. Which, it can, but that's a feature Instagram has repeatedly said it doesn't want users to have. (Meta has taken down the ad).
A curious tension here: AI agents and social media aren't necessarily playing nice. There's things Muse can do for users that is at the detriment to the health of the social platforms. So what balance does Meta strike to make sure the new shiny thing isn't cannibalizing the old profitable thing?
businessinsider.com/muse-ad-…
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Even the All-In guys seem to have given up on "super intelligence"
@jdcapelouto
Apparently a lot of other people were busy so I got to go on @KQEDForum today and talk about AI, which was fun
kqed.org/forum/2010101915855…
mat honan ☀️ retweeted
The company has been masterful at storytelling for years. Will the IPO reveal the company behind the mask or lean deeper into the myth-making? trib.al/DSE3op5
mat honan ☀️ retweeted
My new listicle is mental 🤖
"Six Wild Ideas for Perpetuating Your Mind" 🧠
Head Transplant w/Sergio Canavero
Mindclones w/@skybiome
Brain-in-Jar w/Bexorg
Brain Upload w/@NectomeResearch
Gradual Replacement w/@Replacing_Aging
Synthetic Neortex w/@danburonline
👇for link
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Once again. The idea that AI is only improving rapidly in verifiable domains like math is looking suspect.
Exclusive: Another prestigious award has gone to a writer who seems to have used AI as the crisis of trust in the literary world intensifies, @vauhinivara reports: theatlantic.com/books/2026/1…
I’ve met the guy and gotta say @sundarpichai doesn’t really give off “is a monster” vibes…
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they're frustrated that they have a lot of money but struggle to get a table at the restaurants popular among the tech/finance set in sf/ny. it's why their ideas always focus on problems that patrons supposedly have with reservations, rather than problems restaurants have
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1/ We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting [email protected] that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: motherjones.com/media/2026/0…
