A Trick That Hides Censored Websites Inside Cat Videos
The technique uses popular sites as camouflage for banned ones.
The Problem With WikiTribune
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales’s new journalism site may be too ambitious for its own good.
Video Games Are Better Without Stories
Film, television, and literature all tell them better. So why are games still obsessed with narrative?
Trump Says He Is Cutting Back on Cable TV
The president says he doesn't need the “total negativity,” and describes his draw to TV audiences as the biggest “since the World Trade Center came down.”
Uber Did What!?
A field guide to the company's ongoing PR nightmare
Have Leftovers Gone Bad?
As restaurants and meal kits displace home cooking, uneaten food might disappear. An Object Lesson.
A Search for the Zombie Websites of 1995
The must-visit destinations from early cyberspace are mostly gone now.
Chatbots Have Entered the Uncanny Valley
When virtual assistants almost pass as human, they only seem more robotic.
The First-Ever Banner Ad on the Web
It was an advertisement for AT&T in 1994, and people clicked on it like crazy.
Yahoo’s Demise Is a Death Knell for Digital News Orgs
The beleaguered company’s failure is a sign of what’s to come for many ad-based websites.
Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria
“Somewhere at Google there is a database containing 25 million books and nobody is allowed to read them.”
Facebook Chases Snapchat Into Augmented Reality
There’s a reason Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the social platform looks so familiar.
The Dark Side of Slack’s New Emoji Statuses
The cutesy feature could pressure employees into sharing their every move—both on and off the clock.
Apps for Refugees
How technology helps in a humanitarian crisis
How Online Shopping Makes Suckers of Us All
Will you pay more for those shoes before 7 p.m.? Would the price tag be different if you lived in the suburbs? Standard prices and simple discounts are giving way to far more exotic strategies, designed to extract every last dollar from the consumer.
How Wall Street Once Killed the U.S. Solar Industry
… and how it could happen again.
Amazon Is Making It Easier for Companies to Track You
In a letter to shareholders, Jeff Bezos wrote about how the company is making machine-learning tools widely available.
The Medical Uses of Maggots
Fly larvae help scientists understand and treat diseases. An Object Lesson.
Carbon Emissions Fell During Obama's Last Year in Office
But an even trickier problem than coal is emerging.
Google Is Using Artificial Intelligence for Clip Art
It’s cool, but a little sad.
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