Here Be Monsters

Feature: How did the open web go into such “rapid decline”? Michael Socolow on why search engines have gotten worse, old links no longer work, and the internet is increasingly siloed.

Feature: Why is betting everywhere now? Gerda Reith on how it became so mixed up in sports—and then everything else.

Feature: As America pulls back from global development, is China taking over? Pritish Behuria on what doesn’t change when the lender does.

Feature: Who’s got the best AI? Selina Xu on America’s intelligence explosion—and China’s “dark factories.”

Feature: The post-Cold War economic order is crumbling—what’s taking its place? Nicholas Mulder on the forces behind the “phase shift” in the world economy.