Megan Garber

Megan Garber is a staff writer at The Atlantic. She was formerly an assistant editor at the Nieman Journalism Lab, where she wrote about innovations in the media.

Is Your Facebook Password Like Your Mail, House Key, or Drug Test?

Is Your Facebook Password Like Your Mail, House Key, or Drug Test?

We sense intuitively that employers asking for our Facebook passwords is wrong. The law, currently, isn't sure what to do. More »

Happy Birthday, Hammer! Tech From the Entrepreneur Who Is 2 Legit 2 Quit

Happy Birthday, Hammer! Tech From the Entrepreneur Who Is 2 Legit 2 Quit

The rapper-turned-tech-entrepreneur turns 50 today. More »

Google Would Like Your Thoughts on This Gluten-Free Brownie Mix

Google Would Like Your Thoughts on This Gluten-Free Brownie Mix

With Consumer Surveys, Google is proposing an alternative economic structure for the digital economy. More »

Here Is a Chart of People Freaking Out About Online Privacy

Here Is a Chart of People Freaking Out About Online Privacy

Google-challenger DuckDuckGo has seen a crazy spike in traffic this year. More »

<strike>Stacy</strike> <strike>Suzy</strike> <strike>Sally</strike> Siri: Steve Jobs Wanted Apple's Voice-Recognition Software to Go by Another Name

Stacy Suzy Sally Siri: Steve Jobs Wanted Apple's Voice-Recognition Software to Go by Another Name

"Siri, why don't you have a better name?" More »

E-Yenta: This Facebook App Wants to Find You a Find, Catch You a Catch

E-Yenta: This Facebook App Wants to Find You a Find, Catch You a Catch

A new app wants to provide "an intelligent matching layer" on top of Facebook's social graph. More »

8,000 Years of Earth, From the Sky: New Discoveries of Aerial Archaeology

8,000 Years of Earth, From the Sky: New Discoveries of Aerial Archaeology

New satellite-based mapping techniques may change the future of archaeology. More »

Dr. Watson: The 'Jeopardy!' Computer Finds New Life Fighting Cancer

Dr. Watson: The 'Jeopardy!' Computer Finds New Life Fighting Cancer

Later this year, Sloan Kettering will put Watson's smarts to work answering questions beyond trivia. More »

Don't Judge Us, Aliens: Facebook Now Has a QR Code on Its Roof

Don't Judge Us, Aliens: Facebook Now Has a QR Code on Its Roof

It's a prank, but also a reminder of the impishness at the heart of one of the world's most powerful companies. More »

Facebook Threatens Legal Action Against Employers Asking for Your Password

Facebook Threatens Legal Action Against Employers Asking for Your Password

The network doesn't want your boss knowing your Facebook password, either. More »

Should Africa Adopt a Shared Currency? And Should It Be Bitcoin?

Should Africa Adopt a Shared Currency? And Should It Be Bitcoin?

A German software designer wants to rid Africa of its cash. More »

Yep, Google Just Patented Background Noise

Yep, Google Just Patented Background Noise

The company now holds a patent for "advertising based on environmental conditions." More »

Vacationers, Rejoice! Longreads Now Has a Travel Channel

Vacationers, Rejoice! Longreads Now Has a Travel Channel

The curator of long-form writing has a new section -- and a new business model. More »

Would You Give Job Interviewers Your Facebook Password? Because They Might Ask

Would You Give Job Interviewers Your Facebook Password? Because They Might Ask

The Facebook saga continues, this time with proposed laws that would prevent employers from demanding social media passwords from job applicants. More »

Samsung and RIM: Sued For Emoticons

Samsung and RIM: Sued For Emoticons

Another attack from an apparent patent troll More »

As Sweden Goes, So Goes the World: The Beginning of the End of Cash

As Sweden Goes, So Goes the World: The Beginning of the End of Cash

The Nordic technology leader could be pointing the way to a (nearly) cash-free economy. More »

The E-Reader of 1935

The E-Reader of 1935

The dream of the art deco age: Sit back, relax, and watch some microfilm. More »

Scholars: Yes, We Need Better Attribution Systems (but No, We Don't Know How to Make Them, Either)

Scholars: Yes, We Need Better Attribution Systems (but No, We Don't Know How to Make Them, Either)

A new paper puts the credit-for-curation debates in a new light. More »

The Story Behind That 9,000-Word Quora Post on Airplane Cockpits

The Story Behind That 9,000-Word Quora Post on Airplane Cockpits

Yes, there is a 9,000-word Quora post on airplane cockpits. More »

60% of Americans Have Never Been Surprised by a Facebook Friend's Politics

60% of Americans Have Never Been Surprised by a Facebook Friend's Politics

New Pew data highlight the political surprises (and lack of them) that social media can bring. More »

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