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Muscle Memory Isn’t What You Think It Is

By Bonnie Tsui
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If Anthropic Succeeds, a Nation of Benevolent AI Geniuses Could Be Born

By Steven Levy
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Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science

By Sheon Han
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The Worm That No Computer Scientist Can Crack

By Claire L. Evans
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Angelina Jolie Was Right About Computers

By Jason Kehe
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The Quantum Apocalypse Is Coming. Be Very Afraid

By Amit Katwala
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Hot New Thermodynamic Chips Could Trump Classical Computers

By Will Knight
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Inside Google’s Two-Year Frenzy to Catch Up With OpenAI

By Paresh Dave and Arielle Pardes
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Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’

By Makena Kelly, David Gilbert, Vittoria Elliott, Kate Knibbs, Dhruv Mehrotra, Dell Cameron, Tim Marchman, Leah Feiger, and Zoë Schiffer
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The Worst 7 Years in Boeing’s History—and the Man Who Won’t Stop Fighting for Answers

By Lauren Smiley
Culture

A Case for Turning Tulsa Into the Next Big Tech Hub

By Nicholas Lalla
Gear

Your Boss Wants You Back in the Office. This Surveillance Tech Could Be Waiting for You

By Sophie Charara
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This Russian Tech Bro Helped Steal $93 Million and Landed in US Prison. Then Putin Called

By Noah Shachtman
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The Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians

By Evan Ratliff
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When Fires Rage, Millions Turn to Watch Duty. Meet the Guy Who Made It

By Boone Ashworth
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The Untold Story of a Crypto Crimefighter’s Descent Into Nigerian Prison

By Andy Greenberg
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Inside the Bust That Took Down Pavel Durov—and Upended Telegram

By Darren Loucaides
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Bill Gates Traumatized His Parents—and Other Stories of a Wild, Wonky Youth

By Steven Levy
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Are You Lonely? Adopt a New Family on Facebook Today

By Lexi Pandell
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Under Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head

By Lily Hay Newman
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The ‘Crazy Guy’ Who Bet Billions on the iPhone—3 Years Before It Existed

By Lionel Barber
Culture

Imagining a Future Where Chicagoans Get Around in Free Driverless Cars

By Nnedi Okorafor
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A Spymaster Sheikh Controls a $1.5 Trillion Fortune. He Wants to Use It to Dominate AI

By Bradley Hope
Business

Mapping Elon Musk’s Global Empire

By Elana Klein and Anthony Lydgate
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