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Brian Merchant
Technology & AI
Brian Merchant is an American technology journalist and author whose reporting examines technology’s social and environmental consequences, including its effects on workers and consumers.
Biography
Brian Merchant is an American technology journalist and author who writes about the social and environmental issues surrounding technology and technology companies. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Wired, Slate, The Atlantic, and The Guardian. He served as technology columnist at the Los Angeles Times from 2023 to early 2024.
Merchant’s books include The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone (2017) and Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion against Big Tech (2023). He currently reports full time for his Substack newsletter, also called Blood in the Machine, covering how big technology companies and developments in generative AI affect workers and consumers.
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Books by Brian Merchant
The One Device
The One Device traces the iPhone’s creation through interviews with engineers, inventors, and developers involved in its development. It explores the technologies behind the device alongside the manufacturing and environmental conditions connected to its production and disposal.