• Technology

    Computer Science

    Behind the Invention of the Cryptosystem That Revolutionized Tech

    By Ian Stewart  August 18, 2021
    Reading

    The Ugliness of Comic Sans Has a Practical Use

    By Jonah Lehrer  August 17, 2021
    Fan Culture

    Fascist Fandom and Raging Incels: Tracing the Baffling Nerd-to-White-Nationalist Pipeline

    By A.E. Osworth  August 16, 2021
    The Hub

    The summer of writing scams continues with a series of Goodreads ransom notes.

    By Walker Caplan  August 12, 2021
    The Hub

    This digital humanities project gives users free access to William Blake’s printed work.

    By Walker Caplan  August 12, 2021
    The Hub

    The man behind the fake Cormac McCarthy Twitter account has been unmasked.

    By Walker Caplan  August 11, 2021
    Indigenous Peoples

    How a Ride-Sharing Collective Aims to Combat the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

    By Marcello Di Cintio  August 6, 2021
    Technology

    Seeking Sanctuary from Electromagnetic Radiation in Green Bank, West Virginia

    By Stephen Kurczy  August 4, 2021
    Business

    Tesla vs. GM: On the Early Years of the Electric Car Wars

    By Tim Higgins  August 4, 2021
    The Hub

    The newest self-publishing platform for writers? OnlyFans.

    By Walker Caplan  July 30, 2021
    The Moon

    Exploring the Moon: Revisiting Apollo 15’s Lunar Landing, 50 Years Later

    By Andrew Chaikin  July 30, 2021
    Open Source

    Stones for Goliath: On Biden’s Fight Against Digital Monopolists

    By Open Source  July 30, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Tahmima Anam on the Marriage of Rom-Com and Satire

    By The Maris Review  July 29, 2021
    Keen On

    Sheera Frenkel on Facebook’s Fall from Grace

    By Keen On  July 27, 2021
    Events

    No Billionaires Detected: What It Was Like to Walk on the Moon in the Summer of 1971

    By Earl Swift  July 21, 2021
    The Hub

    Nelson Mandela’s grandson is auctioning two of his own books as NFTs.

    By Walker Caplan  July 20, 2021
    Keen On

    John Hagel on the Psychology of Fear for the Future

    By Keen On  July 13, 2021
    Pandemics

    What Could Equitable and Effective Biopolitics Look Like After the Pandemic?

    By Benjamin Bratton  June 30, 2021
    Surveillance

    The Rise of China’s State Surveillance Machinery

    By Geoffrey Cain  June 29, 2021
    The Internet

    The Rise of the Crypto Writer? On What Literary NFTs Might Mean for the Book World

    By Walker Caplan  June 25, 2021
    Keen On

    Can We Redesign the Internet to Be Friendly to the Truth?

    By Keen On  June 25, 2021
    Keen On

    As We Venture into Quantum Computing, Are We Repeating the Mistakes of Our Tech Forebears?

    By Keen On  June 24, 2021
    The Hub

    Amazon is destroying thousands of unsold books.

    By Walker Caplan  June 23, 2021
    AI

    The Imitation of Consciousness: On the Present and Future of Natural Language Processing

    By Stephen Marche  June 23, 2021
    Keen On

    Will the Fourth Industrial Revolution Result in Utopia, or Dystopia?

    By Keen On  June 21, 2021
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