The pervasive metaphor likening information to crude obscures the reality of surveillance capitalism

This week, I was thrilled to read about the first well-documented case of explicit academic fraud in the artificial intelligence community. I hope that this is the beginning of a trend, and that other researchers will be inspired by their example and follow…

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By enlisting an open-source project with an innovative approach to containerization, Audrey Tang built a singular digital forum.

Former Australian PM Kevin Rudd says countries should work together if they seek to challenge China.

Construction work revealed the foundations of Curon, a historic alpine town, for the first time since 1950

FragAttacks let hackers inject malicious code or commands into encrypted Wi-Fi traffic.

In Russia's Arctic north, a new kind of gold rush is under way.

I'm back from a week at my mom's house and now I'm getting ads for her toothpaste brand, the brand I've been putting in my mouth for a week. We never talked about this brand or googled it or anything like that. As a privacy tech worker, let me explain why…

An essential feature for all future programming systems.

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Viagers let you buy property upfront—while betting on a stranger’s death

A new antitrust case shows that Prime inflates prices across the board, using the false promise of 'free shipping' that is anything but free.

He founded the first undercover detective agency in France — which employed only ex-cons like him.

I routinely make a fool of myself when I tell friends I want a Martin Baker ejection seat as a chair in my living room. Of course, with the pyrotechnic charge removed. Seriously, I would totally buy it if it weren't $5,000 on eBay and I've got a watchlist

"The Conchologist’s First Book" was good enough to elevate the entire field.