Will America's Nuclear Weapons Always Be Safe From Hackers?
The future arsenal will be networked, presenting unique security challenges for the U.S. Air Force.
Has the Internet Killed Curly Quotes?
Web publications tend to favor straight quotation marks, a pragmatic approach to typography that old-school stylists can’t stand.
Obama Just Made It Harder for Trump to Create a Muslim Registry
The government is dismantling a dormant program that was used to track people from Muslim-majority countries.
Holiday-Travel Twitter Is the Best Form of Social Media
The play-by-plays from airports and bus rides offer the random, unpolished personal moments that the web has largely lost.
How Much Do Businesses Pay for Stolen Data?
A lot, according to a new report
Second Helpings: 2016's Underappreciated Science, Tech, and Health Stories
Staff picks from the past year of coverage at The Atlantic
The Social Advantage of Pockets
Who can use a pocket, and what it can carry, has historically depended on the person doing the pocketing. An Object Lesson.
A Brief Economic History of Time
Capitalism changed how humans perceive the passage of hours, days, and weeks. This made people more productive, but did it make them any happier?
'Fuck You, 2016'
On blaming a year for the things that happen in it
How One Reporter Turned to His Readers to Investigate Donald Trump
The Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold opened up to his audience, using crowdsourcing to explore the president-elect’s charitable activities.
Virtual Reality Can Leave You With an Existential Hangover
After exploring a virtual world, some people can’t shake the sense that the actual world isn’t real, either.
America Already Had a Muslim Registry
A program that targeted visitors from Muslim-majority countries was phased out in 2011—but unless it’s dismantled completely, Donald Trump could easily reinstate it.
Nintendo’s Sad Struggle for Survival
Facing an uncertain future, the company keeps trying to mine its storied past.
Will Obama Order American Hackers to Dox Putin?
Cyberwar is so new that it's hard to know what a proportional response looks like.
The First Reply to a Trump Tweet Is Prime Media Space
Among the competitors: humans attempting to fact-check the president-elect and bots selling mugs full of liberal tears
Will Populism Kill Your Jetpack?
What Trump and Brexit mean for self-driving cars, renewable energy, and future breakthroughs
Will Facebook's Fake News Warning Become a Badge of Honor?
Some users might see the site’s alerts as evidence that a news source is more trustworthy.
How to Fix the Internet
Anonymity has poisoned online life.
How Search Engines Are Killing Clever URLs
Is there any need for “.pizza” when everyone just Googles stuff?
Does Russia’s Election Hacking Signal a New Era in Espionage?
Yes and no.