Science
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MIND WIDE OPEN
Kids soak up new skills, adults not so much. But neuroscientist Gül Dölen might have found a way to help grownups learn like littles and heal from stroke and trauma. Step one: Take psychedelics.
10+ min |
September 2023
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Watch This Space
French satellite giant Eutelsat is taking on Elon Musk's Starlink-while navigating Russia's war in Ukraine, Brexit politics, and Iranian jamming attacks
3 min |
July - August 2023
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Christopher Bouzy – "Building a Platform Like Twitter is Not Difficult"
When Elon Musk's reign of toxic chaos began, Christopher Bouzy didn't just go looking for a rival place to post. He joined the crowded race to create one. (It got difficult.)
10+ min |
July - August 2023
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SONIC BOOM
With hundreds of thousands of podcasts competing for listeners, hosts are using IRL events and other strategies to make their shows more of an \"experience.\" Fans dig it
4 min |
July - August 2023
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CROWDED HOUSE
Startups are buying properties and wooing first-time real estate investors to purchase shares. The scheme could spell trouble for both renters and aspiring homeowners
5 min |
July - August 2023
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THE THREE MOUNDS AT RED CLOUD
How much truth and healing can forensic technology really bring? On the sites of Native American boarding schools, Marsha Small has made it her life's mission to find out
10+ min |
July - August 2023
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THE CASE FOR SOFTWARE CRITICISM
Software may be the defining cultural artifact of our age. It's time to build a culture of critical analysis around it
5 min |
July - August 2023
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THE GENERATIVE HUSTLE OF SATYA NADELLA
Microsoft's leader is betting everything on a future drenched in Al-even if it's the last thing invented by humankind
10+ min |
July - August 2023
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THE WITCHY AMBITION OF SIMA SISTANI
WeightWatchers' CEO was tasked with helping her company catch up in the digital age. Now she's scrambling to keep it relevant in the Ozempic age
10+ min |
July - August 2023
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THE UNPARALLELED SQUARENESS OF PETE BUTTIGIEG
Sure, the US secretary of transportation has thoughts on building bridges. But infrastructure occupies just a sliver of his voluminous mind
10+ min |
July - August 2023
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THE APOCALYPTIC OPTIMISM OF CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
The director says his new biopic, Oppenheimer, might just terrify you. At the very least, it'll force you to ask questions about history, fear, technology-all of it
10+ min |
July - August 2023
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Reality TV Saved Me
One thing I was never told about reality TV-and I'm willing to bet you weren't either-is that it can heal. Nobody tells you it's a curative medium.
10+ min |
June 2023
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Remote Workers of the World Unite
Zoom did not set us free. But a bit of solidarity can help remote work live up to its promise.
5 min |
June 2023
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Brandon Sanderson is Your God
He's the biggest fantasy writer in the world. He's also very Mormon. These things are profoundly related.
10+ min |
June 2023
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INSUDE EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME
The hackers were in thousands of corporate and government networks. They might still be there now. Behind the scenes of the SolarWinds investigation, unraveling one of the most sophisticated supply-chain attacks ever.
10+ min |
June 2023
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THE ENERGY TO SURVIVE
Jamie Beard is hell-bent on making geothermal power happen-big time-in the heart of oil-happy Texas. Yes, it's complicated. So is her life.
10+ min |
June 2023
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Sack Sprays
A new breed of self-care companies has a salve for fragile masculinity: lavender and tapioca-scented deodorants and moisturizers for the scrotum.
10+ min |
June 2023
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CHATGPT, UNLEASHED
OpenAl is now allowing its bot to interact with the live internet. This will make it more usefuland more problematic.
4 min |
June 2023
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FLIPPING COINS
Hackers working for the North Korean regime are laundering stolen crypto through mining services to throw tracers off their trail.
3 min |
June 2023
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SHOOT THE MOON
Andrew McCarthy produces images worthy of the James Webb Telescope from his backyard-with gear that doesn't require a NASA-grade budget.
2 min |
June 2023
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SAVE THE METAVERSE!
The internet is already ruined, but there's still a chance for the virtual universe to follow a different path.
4 min |
June 2023
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THE GREAT COMPRESSION
Before my father passed away, I promised him I would digitally archive his papers. It became a meditation on loss-and lossiness.
5 min |
June 2023
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Can We Slow Down Aging?
Twinn Health uses MRI scanning and Al to gain personalised insights into a patient's health and detect preventable disease early
4 min |
June 2023
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Who Watches the Watchers?
A tiny security blog went up against China's biggest surveillance camera companies and ignited a new battle in the US-China tech war.
10+ min |
May 2023
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ChatGPT Has Entered the Classroom
The Al chatbot has stoked fears of an educational apocalypse. Some teachers see it as a sorely needed reboot.
4 min |
April 2023
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"Turn Your Own Wrenches"
Six years ago, I moved my family into a 50-year-old RV-not just to see America, but to test my belief that anything worth fixing can be fixed.
10+ min |
May 2023
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JOY RIDE
Warmer weather and longer days make spring the best season for biking. It's also the perfect time to upgrade your steed, whether you're an electric enthusiast or an oldschool pedal pusher.
8 min |
May 2023
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GENERATIVE AI'S DIRTY SECRET
Fortifying search engines with ChatGPT-grade smarts could require a fivefold increase in computing power, with the carbon emissions to match.
3 min |
May 2023
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MARGARET ATWOOD, OPTIMIST
The literary legend on her new story collection, ChatGPT, dystopias, and why she's hopeful about the future.
8 min |
May 2023
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HOME KEY
Forget crypto, VR, AI. When it comes to empowering humans, new tech has nothing on the well-tempered clavier.
3 min |