When Televisions Were Radioactive
Anxieties about the effects of screens on human health are hardly new, but the way the public addresses the problems has changed. An Object Lesson.
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Morgana Wingard / Getty Cape Town Is an Omen
Climate change is going to revolutionize politics in cities across the world.
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Amazon Amazon Is Invading Your Home With Micro-Convenience
The company’s new line of voice-automated products, including a wall clock and a microwave, could help it amass an enormous database of consumer behavior.
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Russell Boyce / Reuters Why You’re Probably Getting a Microchip Implant Someday
Microchip implants are going from tech-geek novelty to genuine health tool—and you might be running out of good reasons to say no.
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Bobby Yip / Reuters Finance Law Isn’t Ready for Elon Musk
The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into the Tesla founder, but there’s no precedent for him, or his tweets.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters You Can Never Go Back to the Old Twitter
The platform’s return to a chronological timeline won't be enough to recapture its original magic.
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Matt Rourke / AP What Happens When Gig-Economy Workers Become Employees
Drivers for cannabis companies in California now have to be classified as employees, rather than independent contractors. But has that been a good thing?
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Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP Should Your Watch Monitor Your Heart?
Apple’s new watch can screen for heart problems. But doctors are increasingly worried about the dangers of testing healthy people for disease.
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Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP The New iPhones Are Big So You Won’t Put Them Down
Apple’s latest designs mark the end of casual, one-handed smartphone use. Instead, the device is meant to occupy more of your attention, more of the time.
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Robert Galbraith / Reuters Everything Is Worse, Except Your Phone
The jarring spectacle of an Apple Keynote in 2018
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Getty Phishing Is the Internet’s Most Successful Con
Tricking people out of sensitive information online is far too easy.
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Charles Platiau / Reuters The 8 Most Revealing Quotes From the Big Zuckerberg Profile
A massive new New Yorker profile of Facebook’s CEO reveals exactly as much as he wants you to know.
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The Problem With Parents and Social Media
Should parents monitor or restrict their kids’ use of technology?
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Thanh Do / The Atlantic The Mystery of Alexander Hamilton’s Bank Clock
The origins of an 18th-century timepiece are part of an American institution even older than its financial system: embellishing facts. An Object Lesson.
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NASA / Johnson Space Center Launching Rogue Satellites Into Space Was a ‘Mistake’
Sara Spangelo says she isn’t rebellious by nature. So why did she defy federal regulators?
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Jose Luis Magana / AP The End Finally Comes for Alex Jones
Twitter’s permanent ban is an important symbolic gesture.
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Laurent Hrybyk Brands Are Not Our Friends
Comcast sent me 10 pizzas. This isn’t nice; it’s manipulative.
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Evan Vucci / AP Elon Musk and the Meaning of ‘Off the Record’
The entrepreneur’s reaction to recent media coverage illustrates a common—and dangerous—misconception of reporting practices.
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Corbis Historical / Getty Victorian-Era Orgasms and the Crisis of Peer Review
A favorite anecdote about the origins of the vibrator is probably a myth.
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Jose Luis Magana / AP Alex Jones and Marco Rubio Explain the Internet
The encounter between the Infowars host and the Florida senator offers a perfect summary of why life online is so terrible.
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Reuters / Lucas Jackson Twitter’s New Features Aren’t What Users Asked For
Tackling abuse should be priority number one, many say.
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Robyn Beck / Getty A New Kind of Labor Movement in Silicon Valley
Employees at Google and elsewhere are protesting their bosses’ business decisions. Will that evolve into a more sustained labor movement?
