The Very First Video Game Was Just a Box in the Corner of a Bar

The Very First Video Game Was Just a Box in the Corner of a Bar

On the Birth of PONG and the Rise of Atari

By Raiford Guins | February 25, 2026

Nine Memorable Depictions of AI in Fiction

Nine Memorable Depictions of AI in Fiction

Justin C. Key Recommends Martha Wells, Michael Crichton, S.B. Divya, and More

By Justin C Key | February 23, 2026

Five great episodes of Michael Silverblatt’s <em>Bookworm,</em> in honor of the late host.

Five great episodes of Michael Silverblatt’s Bookworm, in honor of the late host.

By Brittany Allen | February 19, 2026

What Do You Do When the Biggest Platforms For Readers Are Kind of Evil?

What Do You Do When the Biggest Platforms For Readers Are Kind of Evil?

Maris Kreizman on the Ethical Pitfalls of the Digital World

By Maris Kreizman | February 19, 2026

Find your next read in this dataset of international bestsellers.

Find your next read in this dataset of international bestsellers.

By James Folta | February 17, 2026

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | February 13, 2026

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The Trump administration is illegally gutting NASA’s largest research library.

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Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | February 13, 2026

Anthropic didn’t want us to know that they were destroying millions of books to feed their software.

By James Folta | February 6, 2026

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | February 6, 2026

Against the “King Voice.” On the Evolution of Vocal Authority, from Orson Welles to Sarah Vowell

Against the “King Voice.” On the Evolution of Vocal Authority, from Orson Welles to Sarah Vowell

Sarah Montague Considers the Evolution of Vocal Authority, from Orson Welles to Sarah Vowell

By Sarah Montague | February 5, 2026

What does it mean that the world’s biggest live-streamer is broadcasting himself reading?

What does it mean that the world’s biggest live-streamer is broadcasting himself reading?

By James Folta | February 2, 2026

How Big Data and the Surveillance State Collude to Undermine Immigrant Rights

How Big Data and the Surveillance State Collude to Undermine Immigrant Rights

César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández on Immigration Policing in the Digital Age

By César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández | January 29, 2026

No Matter How Much Great Literature We Feed Into AI, It Cannot Feel

No Matter How Much Great Literature We Feed Into AI, It Cannot Feel

Naomi S. Baron Considers the Role of Chatbots In Contemporary Literacy

By Naomi S. Baron | January 29, 2026

The Rise and Fall of the Internet As a Politicized Space for Black Art

The Rise and Fall of the Internet As a Politicized Space for Black Art

Steven Underwood on the Ups and Downs of Black Community Online

By Steven Underwood | January 28, 2026

Inside the Brutal Center of Copper and Cobalt Mining in the Congo

Inside the Brutal Center of Copper and Cobalt Mining in the Congo

Nicolas Niarchos on the Unsavory Sources of the Minerals That Power Our World

By Nicolas Niarchos | January 22, 2026

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