'Hard to Believe There’s Just One Day Until Donald Trump Is Sworn In'
A conversation with Matt Novak, who’s been counting down to the inauguration on Twitter for a year and a half.
Nintendo Wants Players to Look at Each Other Again
But will they want to?
How FamilyTreeNow Makes Stalking Easy
The site is only one of many unregulated online people-search services that offer up personal information with few safeguards on how it’s used.
Using Tinder in Your Hometown Is Like Visiting an Alternate Reality
Surfing the app on a trip back home can be a way of regressing, or imagining what life would be like if you never left.
Why Elections Are Now Classified as 'Critical Infrastructure'
President Obama’s homeland-security adviser hinted that it might help deter foreign cyberattacks.
Why Is Obama Expanding Surveillance Powers Right Before He Leaves Office?
It could be to prevent Trump from extending them even more.
Trump: 'I Think' Hacking Was Russian
The president-elect’s latest statement brought him closer to the position of the intelligence community.
The Camera Technology That Turned Films Into Stories
A modest invention that prevented celluloid from tearing helped make modern cinema. An Object Lesson.
Trump’s Cyber-Appeasement Policy Might Encourage More Hacks
Casting doubt on security experts’ ability to identify the culprits behind cyberattacks could make it hard to deter the next one.
An Ancient Toy Could Improve Health Care in the Developing World
One of the most important machines in modern medicine can now be made with little more than paper, string, and tape.
All of Human Knowledge Buried in a Salt Mine
Fearful of digital decay, a ceramicist wants to return data storage to a more lasting medium: clay.
Inside LAX's New Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Unit
If the airport’s experimental team succeeds, every critical infrastructure site in the world might soon have its own in-house intel operation.
The Hacking Investigation Trump Wants Instead
The president-elect seems more interested in how results of Obama’s probe into Russia’s election-related hacking were leaked to the press than in the intelligence itself.
Obama Was Too Good at Social Media
His “cool dad” presidency blinded him to technology’s dangers.
Why Bosses Can Track Their Employees 24/7
In many states, employers aren’t barred from monitoring workers’ locations after hours or without their consent.
A Short History of the Tomboy
With roots in race and gender discord, has the “tomboy” label worn out its welcome? An Object Lesson.
How to Stop a Nuclear Missile
Lasers-armed drones and interceptor missiles are among America’s possible tech options for impeding a North Korean nuclear strike.
Don't Read Too Much Into the Vermont Hack Debacle
A botched article about an attack on the power grid was bad reporting—but it doesn't mean attributing cyberattacks is impossible.
Why the Technology in Rogue One Is So Old-Fashioned
There is a reason the film’s machines seem stuck in the 20th century.
Tweeting Mao's Cultural Revolution in Real Time
A historical Twitter account made for surreal reading in 2016.