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A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?

Flying Blind

A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?

Jeff Wise

Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool

Kids These Days

Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool

Elana Klein

For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark

Private Party

For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark

Noah Shachtman

‘The Child Is Terrified’: Measles Doctors Speak Out

Status Quo

‘The Child Is Terrified’: Measles Doctors Speak Out

Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News

A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out

Kids These Days

A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out

Ara Rosenthal

Stop Saying Kids Can’t Read

Kids These Days

Stop Saying Kids Can’t Read

Megan Greenwell

Elite Young Runners Are Becoming Freakishly Fast. Welcome to ‘Trackflation’

Kids These Days

Elite Young Runners Are Becoming Freakishly Fast. Welcome to ‘Trackflation’

Brendan I. Koerner

The Chatbot That Foretold Why People Share Secrets With ChatGPT

Book Excerpt

The Chatbot That Foretold Why People Share Secrets With ChatGPT

Sarah Ciston, David M. Berry, Anthony C. Hay, Mark C. Marino, Peter Millican, Jeff Shrager, Arthur I. Schwarz, and Peggy Weil

Data Centers Are Quietly Taking Over Texas. The Pollution Could Be Catastrophic

Bigger in Texas

Data Centers Are Quietly Taking Over Texas. The Pollution Could Be Catastrophic

Evan Simon

Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities

Risky Business

Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities

Noah Shachtman and Maddy Varner

What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply? I Went to a Secret War Game to Find Out

Thirst Trap

What Happens if China Hacks the US Water Supply? I Went to a Secret War Game to Find Out

Andy Greenberg

People Used to Control Machines. They Don’t Anymore

Book Excerpt

People Used to Control Machines. They Don’t Anymore

Ian Bogost

How Hunter Biden Won the Internet

Clapback

How Hunter Biden Won the Internet

Alana Hope Levinson and Makena Kelly

I Found Jesus at a Drone Show

Bless Up

I Found Jesus at a Drone Show

Sheon Han

British Police Built a Sprawling Crime-Prediction Machine. Some Results Couldn’t Be Trusted

Minority Report

British Police Built a Sprawling Crime-Prediction Machine. Some Results Couldn’t Be Trusted

Matt Burgess and Mark Wilding

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez Will Fight for Press Freedom—Until Trump Fires Her

The Big Interview

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez Will Fight for Press Freedom—Until Trump Fires Her

Katie Drummond

Tim Heidecker Wants to Turn Infowars Into Adult Swim for the Internet

The Big Interview

Tim Heidecker Wants to Turn Infowars Into Adult Swim for the Internet

Katie Drummond

Interactive. Violent. Gross. Inside Fishtank, the Unhinged Future of Reality TV

Hell Site

Interactive. Violent. Gross. Inside Fishtank, the Unhinged Future of Reality TV

Owen Long

One Climate Change Innovation: Just Look Up

The Future of Home

One Climate Change Innovation: Just Look Up

Fred A. Bernstein

Around the World, These Building Solutions Keep Things Local

The Future of Home

Around the World, These Building Solutions Keep Things Local

Elizabeth Fazzare