Should Facebook Ads Be Regulated Like TV Commercials?
The company’s sales to a Russia-connected troll farm raise big questions about free speech in advertising and beyond.
Can Cops Force You to Unlock Your Phone With Your Face?
Apple’s new Face ID technology raises questions about constitutional protections for personal devices.
The Great Thing About Apple Christening Their Stores 'Town Squares'
The company has made the perfect physical metaphor for the problem the internet poses to democracy.
The Empire of Apple
The company’s new iPhone and retail “town centers” presage a future of Apple as global infrastructure—one that may already have arrived.
Why the New iPhone Is So Important
As Apple unveils the latest version of the most successful consumer product of all time, two charts show the critical juncture the company faces.
More Than 10 Million People Lost Power in Florida
Thanks to Hurricane Irma, the southwest of the state’s electrical grid will need a “wholesale rebuild.”
Oil Barrels Aren't Real Anymore
Once a cask that held crude, the oil barrel is now mostly an economic concept. An Object Lesson.
Watch Cargo Ships Skitter Away From Hurricane Irma
Nobody wants to be in the path of this mammoth storm.
The Banality of the Equifax Breach
With over half of the entire U.S. adult population potentially exposed, what’s left to do but shrug and sigh?
A Cybersecurity Breach at Equifax Left Pretty Much Everyone's Financial Data Vulnerable
For Americans who want to protect their personal information, there is no way, in our current system, to do so.
The Exploding Chemical Plant Outside Houston Faces Its First Lawsuit
First responders are suing over the exposure they say they suffered following a fire and detonation on the premises of the Arkema facility, which flooded during Hurricane Harvey.
America's Latest Utopian Experiment
A next-generation mountain town in Utah is following a long tradition of turning to design to change the world.
What Should We Call Silicon Valley's Unique Politics?
A new survey of tech-company founders shows they’re socially liberal and favor taxing the rich, but as anti-regulation as hardcore Republicans.
Astro Teller on Why Artificial Intelligence Is Not Scary
How worried should we be about robots taking over the world?
What We Don't Know About What Facebook Knows
If Facebook data has such a far reach, why does it contain basic errors of plausibility?
The Houston Flooding Pushed the Earth's Crust Down 2 Centimeters
The 275 trillion pounds of water from Hurricane Harvey deformed the ground in Texas.
The Privacy Battle Over the World's Largest Biometric Database
A new ruling could jeopardize India’s controversial collection of citizens’ fingerprints, photographs, and iris scans.
Before-and-After Satellite Images of Harvey's Devastation
New images reveal the extent of the flooding in and around Houston in the wake of the brutal storm.
The Thunderstorm Whisperers
For centuries, lightning rods have tamed the heavens, more or less unchanged. An Object Lesson.
How New Technology Is Changing Eid Celebrations
The robust Islamic app economy includes a program for ordering up sacrificial livestock.
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