Why Are Gamers So Much Better Than Scientists at Catching Fraud?
A pair of recent cheating scandals—one in the “speedrunning” community of gamers, and one in medical research—call attention to an alarming contrast.
Facebook Cares About Privacy—But Only If You’re an Advertiser
The social giant kicked off researchers studying how political ads can encourage targeted voter suppression, leaving citizens with little insight into how they’re manipulated on the platform.
What Are Stores Even Thinking With All These Emails?
Your inbox is now a shopping mall.
It’s August, and No One Knows What Kind of Summer It Is
For a moment it was hot vax summer; then the vibe sort of shifted.
Left-Wing Activists Are Bringing Back MAGA Twitter
An anonymous social-media account claims to “combat right-wing threats” to democracy, and recently started fundraising through a PAC.
Millennials, What Will It Take for You to Buy Life Insurance?
Start-ups are going to ridiculous lengths to rebrand an industry in desperate need of some younger customers.
Move to Berrien County, Michigan, for the Beaches—And the $15,000
Some of America’s shrinking towns are trying to lure remote workers with cash. It’s not going so great.
To Be Honest With You, No Influencer Has Been Treated More Unfairly Than Donald Trump Jr.
The most furious and oddly compelling of the Trumps is developing a personal brand as a victim of the platform he loves.
Meet the Anti-MAGA Trolls
Inside the Reddit communities that can’t leave the right-wing internet alone
The Internet Is Rotting
Too much has been lost already. The glue that holds humanity’s knowledge together is coming undone.
The UFO Trap
Whenever UFOs make the news, standards of skepticism start to slip.
I’m Scared of the Person TikTok Thinks I Am
TikTok’s recommendation algorithm is known for its accuracy and even its “magic.” What does it mean if the videos it picks for you are totally disgusting?
Kill the 5-Day Workweek
Reducing hours without reducing pay would reignite an essential but long-forgotten moral project: making American life less about work.
The Rise and Fall of an American Tech Giant
Kodak changed the way Americans saw themselves and their country. But it struggled to reinvent itself for the digital age.
You Can’t Escape the Attention Economy
That’s not just a tweet; that’s your original idea and your intellectual property, and maybe you can sell it.
Facebook Won’t Talk About the Insurrection
And Trump is allowed back on the platform in 2023.
The App That Monetized Doing Nothing
Inside the meteoric, chilled-out, totally paradoxical rise of Calm
Putting Microchips in Vaccines Is a Terrible Idea, When You Think About It
Let me explain.
Screenshots Are the Gremlins of the Internet
First of all, keep them out of the light.
America Offline
We’ve just lived through the most online period in history. What comes next?
Stop Worrying and Love the F-150 Lightning
Here are seven ways Ford’s first electric pickup truck signals that decarbonization has entered a new era.