The Uber Report Is a Very Basic Guide to Diversity and Inclusion
An investigation shows that the company still lacks some relatively basic policies when it comes to hiring and retention.
Travis Kalanick Is Taking a Break From Uber
The embattled CEO says he’s not sure how long he’ll be on leave.
What Apple Thought the iPhone Might Look Like in 1995
More than a decade before the smartphone was unveiled, the tech giant made a mock-up design for a videophone-PDA that could exchange data.
Google’s New Product Puts Peer Pressure to a Sunny Use
The company’s “Project Sunroof” now shows you which of your friends have already put solar panels on their roof.
The Silent Power of Live-Streaming Politics
Unfiltered feeds, like the one that carried James Comey’s testimony, can provide a rare moment of transparency in a noisy and divided political climate.
The App That Does Nothing
A fake social network might be the only thing your smartphone needs.
Our Searches, Ourselves
Google reveals the truth about people’s romantic insecurities.
The Troubled History of Horse Meat in America
The White House wants to reinstate the sale of horses for slaughter, but eating horse meat has always been politically treacherous. An Object Lesson.
If Google Teaches an AI to Draw, Will That Help It Think?
Humans made a huge cognitive leap when they first sketched figures onto rocks—now, computers are learning to do the same.
The Mysterious Printer Code That Could Have Led the FBI to Reality Winner
Many color printers embed grids of dots that allow law enforcement to track every document they output.
I Bought a Report on Everything That's Known About Me Online
Data brokers collect and sell people’s personal information. How accurate is what they find?
How Apple Sees the Near Future
Siri is set to play a much larger role in the company’s products.
Elon Musk Quits Donald Trump
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO said Thursday he would leave the president’s advisory boards over the Paris agreement withdrawal.
Hillary Clinton Was the First Casualty in the New Information Wars
The former presidential nominee made her case that a Russian-backed “conspiracy” to “weaponize” social media took down her campaign.
The Algorithms Behind Moana’s Gorgeously Animated Ocean
Disney’s engineers used special software to make a magical, authentic body of water.
The Rise of Cryptocurrency Ponzi Schemes
Scammers are making big money off people who want in on the latest digital gold rush but don’t understand how the technology works.
Cryptocurrency Might be a Path to Authoritarianism
Extreme libertarians built blockchain to decentralize government and corporate power. It could consolidate their control instead.
The Device That Democratized the Foot Race
Thanks to starting blocks, races were no longer won by who could dig the best foothold. An Object Lesson.
Rethinking Ethics Training in Silicon Valley
“If technology can mold us, and technologists are the ones who shape that technology, we should demand some level of ethics training for technologists.”
The Case for Standardized and Secure Voting Technology
Officials in the United States should make ballots verifiable—or go back to paper.