Google is selling refurb Pixel 8 phones for $489 — but is it worth it?

Google has added the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro to its Certified Refurbished lineup, but the price points make them an iffy ...

The decay algorithm!

We harvest novelty like a crop—new phones, new chips, new features—yet seldom design the field for fallow. The result is digital decay: an accelerating, entangled rot that is part material, part ...