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Dear Reader, The presidential election and the role Silicon Valley billionaires played in it have put concerns about technology – how it’s being used and how it’s regulated – front and center. Where will AI take us and will there be safeguards? Will legislative efforts to protect people's data privacy advance or fall by the wayside? What aspects of your life can the government see and what are the legal guardrails to keep that power in check? What steps will the government, Big Tech and individuals take to curb misinformation? This is where The Conversation's unique form of journalism is so critical. I work with academics and scientists at the forefront of developing digital technologies and studying how they affect society. We're able to bring you analysis of these issues by the people with deep and cutting-edge knowledge − experts in technology law, large language models, surveillance technologies, information science and human behavior − to help you get a handle on these changes and put them in perspective. We work to provide coverage of the technology landscape that punctures the hype − and doesn’t fan fears. We give you a take that cuts through the fog and smoke and mirrors, while being straight about what the research shows and doesn’t show. For example, when news broke that JD Vance had his Venmo account set to allow any other Venmo user to see his transactions, we tapped a cybersecurity expert to explain both the broader context and deeper details of how complicated app settings are a threat to your privacy. And when pagers exploded across Lebanon, we turned to another security expert to explain why Hezbollah operatives were using low-tech communications in the first place. If you value this sort of evidence-based journalism that elevates logic and facts over sensationalism, please consider supporting our work. You will be supporting a better-informed public, essential to a healthy, functioning society. A generous reader who believes in our work and mission has offered to match all gifts up to $50,000. So please donate today. Every donation, large or small, contributes to making our work possible. We know you’re not supporting us for the gifts, but we do have some goodies to share. We are giving away two e-books − one on wisdom from ancient texts and one on the future of work − as a way of saying thank you to our supporters. If you make a major gift of $1,000, then we’ll be sending you the latest book in the Critical Conversations series − on work − published by Johns Hopkins, as a thank you! With thanks, Eric Smalley 
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