National Reconnaissance Office
The amazing story of how our supersecret, Cold-War spy satellites took photos of the Soviet empire and dropped them to Earth, all without the help of computers or bandwidth.
Reuters
We highlight the stories you should be watching for next year from political tech to the iPhone 5
Northpole
Searching for Christmas is like getting into a time machine that takes you back to a bizarro 2001 in which every single web surfer is a sucker
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We hear a lot about the ethics of military robots, but little about the ethics of using machines for surveillance and reconnaissance
Reuters
Cell phone cameras and livestreams may seem to be everywhere at Occupy protests, but there is real tension over how much should be shown
Philip Bump
Santa's impressive logistical feat broken down, country-by-country, time zone-by-time zone
Alexis Madrigal
After a triumphant two centuries, the USPS is facing an existential crisis that technology can't solve
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In the rush to defend blogs as a medium of journalism, we ask the wrong questions about what press freedom seeks to protect
Reuters
Amid the Occupy demonstrations, a former anti-WTO activist recalls her efforts to organize workers at the online books giant.
Alexis Madrigal
What happens when the DC establishment tries to undersatnd one of the strangest beasts to emerge from the Internet's murk?
Reuters
From Steve Jobs' death to the drone wars, a roundup of the most important stories of the year
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If newspapers go down, it's not just journalism we'll need but the digital bullhorns to get the word out
Walker Art Center
The Minneapolis museum makes a play to become a networked cultural powerhouse
Julia Suits
The strange and true story of how early 20th-century American men became obsessed with mechanical animal pranks
Reuters
Occupy protesters have to create not just a set of demands, but new ways of demanding
Reuters/David McNew
Thoughts on why such a weird strategy has worked so well for protesters
Alexis Madrigal
The Ant Farm and other San Francisco groups saw the power of decentralized, fast video production to change the media world
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Do it for the web developers. Do it for the designers. Do it for your parents. On Friday, November 25, every old web browser must go.
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Teams of web developers are trying to figure out how to embed the idealism of their movement into the design of their websites
Occupy Oakland
Occupy Wall Street demoed a flexible, open-source set of components that other protests have remixed into a movement
James Fallows on Jerry Brown's second chance. Plus: the mystery of the second skeleton, how gay couples are getting marriage right, the end of the retail salesperson, and more.
