Erin Carson
@erincarson.bsky.social
Tech reporter. Ex-CNET, TechRepublic.
Always: Interested in how science, tech and the internet change the way we live. Otherwise: Teaching college kids about journalism.
Always: Interested in how science, tech and the internet change the way we live. Otherwise: Teaching college kids about journalism.
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yeah that orange iPhone 17 Pro is nasty
Apple Thinks Orange Is the New Black. It Isn't
Commentary: Apple picked a bold color for the iPhone 17 Pro and it's U-G-L-Y.
www.cnet.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
yeah that orange iPhone 17 Pro is nasty
I’ve been having a lot of fun working on my newsletter, Silicon Sea. This month, I wrote about AI slop and figured out what else to say about it other than “I hate it.”
W/ thanks to @pbooth81.bsky.social for the interview!
open.substack.com/pub/silicons...
W/ thanks to @pbooth81.bsky.social for the interview!
open.substack.com/pub/silicons...
Can’t stop the slop
AI slop is ruining the casual internet – it’s also warping how we accept reality.
open.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I’ve been having a lot of fun working on my newsletter, Silicon Sea. This month, I wrote about AI slop and figured out what else to say about it other than “I hate it.”
W/ thanks to @pbooth81.bsky.social for the interview!
open.substack.com/pub/silicons...
W/ thanks to @pbooth81.bsky.social for the interview!
open.substack.com/pub/silicons...
Wrote a piece for my newsletter, Silicon Sea, about all those TikTok videos telling you to RUN to Target. Or Costco. Or wherever. siliconsea.substack.com/p/the-shoppi...
The shopping videos triggering your caveman instincts
Stop telling me to RUN to Costco.
siliconsea.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Wrote a piece for my newsletter, Silicon Sea, about all those TikTok videos telling you to RUN to Target. Or Costco. Or wherever. siliconsea.substack.com/p/the-shoppi...
Two shirts seen at the airport:
“I don’t care. Work harder!”
“I’m trying.”
“I don’t care. Work harder!”
“I’m trying.”
February 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Two shirts seen at the airport:
“I don’t care. Work harder!”
“I’m trying.”
“I don’t care. Work harder!”
“I’m trying.”
What a fever dream
January 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What a fever dream
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before tiktok,
before bluesky,
before twitter,
before meta,
before it all,
there were sewers.
after all, there will be sewers.
before bluesky,
before twitter,
before meta,
before it all,
there were sewers.
after all, there will be sewers.
January 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
before tiktok,
before bluesky,
before twitter,
before meta,
before it all,
there were sewers.
after all, there will be sewers.
before bluesky,
before twitter,
before meta,
before it all,
there were sewers.
after all, there will be sewers.
Wrote a piece for my newsletter, Silicon Sea, about watching social media turn to ruins. siliconsea.substack.com/p/watching-t...
Watching the Ruins of Social Media
On the eve of the TikTok ban, thoughts on how social media becomes a ghost town.
siliconsea.substack.com
January 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Wrote a piece for my newsletter, Silicon Sea, about watching social media turn to ruins. siliconsea.substack.com/p/watching-t...
First post goes out tomorrow morning!
I was lucky enough to cover the intersection of tech/science/the internet and the way we live our lives for years. There’s so much more to say, so I’m launching a tech culture commentary newsletter. It’s free. Monthly. Intro send slated for the end of the week. siliconsea.substack.com
Silicon Sea | Substack
Tech and culture commentary. Click to read Silicon Sea, a Substack publication.
siliconsea.substack.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
First post goes out tomorrow morning!
I was lucky enough to cover the intersection of tech/science/the internet and the way we live our lives for years. There’s so much more to say, so I’m launching a tech culture commentary newsletter. It’s free. Monthly. Intro send slated for the end of the week. siliconsea.substack.com
Silicon Sea | Substack
Tech and culture commentary. Click to read Silicon Sea, a Substack publication.
siliconsea.substack.com
January 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I was lucky enough to cover the intersection of tech/science/the internet and the way we live our lives for years. There’s so much more to say, so I’m launching a tech culture commentary newsletter. It’s free. Monthly. Intro send slated for the end of the week. siliconsea.substack.com
Genuinely, the best source of weather info in Nashville.
Sunday’s early AM event will fall *as rain*, then freeze on contact. Don’t be tricked thinking it’s “just rain.” An illustration:
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January 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Genuinely, the best source of weather info in Nashville.
This was one of my favorite things published on the internet period this year.
Our 3rd most-read article of 2024. (Also, our 1st most-read CAPTCHA of '24):
The Millennial CAPTCHA
Our 3rd most-read article of 2024. - - -
buff.ly
December 31, 2024 at 6:25 PM
This was one of my favorite things published on the internet period this year.
The bleeding edge humor of me asking, “Do you take Apple Pay?” at the Apple Store yesterday.
December 27, 2024 at 4:16 PM
The bleeding edge humor of me asking, “Do you take Apple Pay?” at the Apple Store yesterday.
Worth the read.
A personal reflection: “Journalists like myself have a choice: surrender to the fascist mob that wants to intimidate the truth-tellers – or rededicate ourselves to doing what’s right no matter the cost.” www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Phil Williams: In reporting on hate and extremism, 'while the attacks are personal, so is the cause'
Rarely in my nearly 40-year career as a journalist have I felt the target on my back as continuously and intensely as I have in the last 15 months.
www.newschannel5.com
December 26, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Worth the read.
There’s a 26-volume, 54-pound copy of the Warren Commission Report on this list, which is McSweeney’s level unhinged and I love it.
A group of Atlantic staff and friends offer 65 eclectic ideas for bringing more merriment, adventure, and wonder to the ones you love.
See more of our 2024 Gift Guide: theatln.tc/E57Ip4qw
See more of our 2024 Gift Guide: theatln.tc/E57Ip4qw
December 18, 2024 at 6:47 PM
There’s a 26-volume, 54-pound copy of the Warren Commission Report on this list, which is McSweeney’s level unhinged and I love it.
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1/ Here’s a story about how journalism works.
Spoiler Alert: This is how we decide *not* to publish.
We were recently looking at Pete Hegseth’s different statements over the years about West Point, where he has said he was admitted.
First stop: West Point.
Spoiler Alert: This is how we decide *not* to publish.
We were recently looking at Pete Hegseth’s different statements over the years about West Point, where he has said he was admitted.
First stop: West Point.
December 11, 2024 at 6:05 PM
1/ Here’s a story about how journalism works.
Spoiler Alert: This is how we decide *not* to publish.
We were recently looking at Pete Hegseth’s different statements over the years about West Point, where he has said he was admitted.
First stop: West Point.
Spoiler Alert: This is how we decide *not* to publish.
We were recently looking at Pete Hegseth’s different statements over the years about West Point, where he has said he was admitted.
First stop: West Point.
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It'll start telling you to put glue on dishes you would never even dream of
Sundar Pichai says Google Search will ‘change profoundly’ in 2025
Sundar Pichai says Google Search will ‘change profoundly’ in 2025
Pichai took a jab at Microsoft.
buff.ly
December 5, 2024 at 9:43 PM
It'll start telling you to put glue on dishes you would never even dream of
Contains such blazing AI-driven insight as “yeah, that’s a great track.”
Spotify users wait all year for the annual Wrapped feature that summarizes their year in listening, and 2024’s edition takes the data drop to a new level with an AI-generated personalized podcast.
Spotify Wrapped’s new feature: A personalized AI podcast
The 2024 edition of the app’s year-in-review features Spotify teaming up with Google AI to give users a podcast in which their musical taste is analyzed by bots.
wapo.st
December 4, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Contains such blazing AI-driven insight as “yeah, that’s a great track.”
The simmering discontent over Spotify Wrapped not being out yet is the only online outrage I can accept.
December 3, 2024 at 2:22 PM
The simmering discontent over Spotify Wrapped not being out yet is the only online outrage I can accept.
“Our tests found that no publisher—regardless of degree of affiliation with OpenAI—was spared inaccurate representations of its content in ChatGPT.”
www.cjr.org/tow_center/h... via @columjournreview.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/tow_center/h... via @columjournreview.bsky.social
How ChatGPT Search (Mis)represents Publisher Content
ChatGPT search—which is positioned as a competitor to search engines like Google and Bing—launched with a press release from OpenAI touting claims that the company had “collaborated extensively with t...
www.cjr.org
December 1, 2024 at 2:40 PM
“Our tests found that no publisher—regardless of degree of affiliation with OpenAI—was spared inaccurate representations of its content in ChatGPT.”
www.cjr.org/tow_center/h... via @columjournreview.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/tow_center/h... via @columjournreview.bsky.social
Come back: Blogs
Go away: Poor social skills
Go away: Poor social skills
In the Atlantic Daily, six writers and editors answer the question: “What’s a trend you wish would come back, and one you wish would go away?”
The Trends Atlantic Writers Love and Hate
Six answers to the question: “What’s a trend you wish would come back, and one you wish would go away?”
www.theatlantic.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Come back: Blogs
Go away: Poor social skills
Go away: Poor social skills
“Whether children find ways to get past the restrictions is beside the point, [Prime Minister] Albanese said.”
… is it?
… is it?
Breaking News: Australia has passed a sweeping ban on social media for children under 16, one of the world’s most comprehensive measures aimed at safeguarding young people from potential hazards online. nyti.ms/3VbiGzc
Australia Bans Social Media for Everyone Under 16
The law sets a minimum age for users of platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X. How the restriction will be enforced online remains an open question.
nyti.ms
November 28, 2024 at 2:22 PM
“Whether children find ways to get past the restrictions is beside the point, [Prime Minister] Albanese said.”
… is it?
… is it?
Is this… my new favorite word?
‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year
‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year
The committee’s honourable mentions went to ‘right to disconnect’ and ‘rawdogging’
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“We’re all living through the enshittocene, a…
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:27 AM
Is this… my new favorite word?
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Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.
Books We Love
Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 25, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.
After almost entirely dipping out of the *other place* in Nov. ‘22, I think I’ve forgotten how to do this.
November 21, 2024 at 1:56 AM
After almost entirely dipping out of the *other place* in Nov. ‘22, I think I’ve forgotten how to do this.
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I didn’t know I could love clickbait this hard, but here we are https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/24/heres-why-elon-musks-rebranding-of-twitter-to-x-is-good-actually/
Here's why Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter to 'X' is good, actually | TechCrunch
Maybe Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter to 'X' was actually good?
techcrunch.com
July 25, 2023 at 12:23 AM
I didn’t know I could love clickbait this hard, but here we are https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/24/heres-why-elon-musks-rebranding-of-twitter-to-x-is-good-actually/