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Writers

Michael Joseph Gross

Science

The Pentagon’s Push to Program Soldiers’ Brains

The military wants future super-soldiers to control robots with their thoughts.

Michael Joseph Gross The Atlantic Nov 2018 30min Permalink

Business Tech World

Silent War

Tracing a secretive cyber-war’s battles and casualties.

Michael Joseph Gross Vanity Fair Jul 2013 30min Permalink

Arts World Movies & TV

Disaster Movie

On the actors who unwittingly starred in The Innocence of Muslims.

Michael Joseph Gross Vanity Fair Dec 2012 20min Permalink

Politics Tech World

Enter the Cyber-Dragon

On a decade-long war:

Hackers from many countries have been exfiltrating—that is, stealing—intellectual property from American corporations and the U.S. government on a massive scale, and Chinese hackers are among the main culprits.

Michael Joseph Gross Vanity Fair Sep 2011 25min Permalink

Politics Tech

A Declaration of Cyber-War

“While its source remains something of a mystery, Stuxnet is the new face of 21st-century warfare: invisible, anonymous, and devastating.”

Michael Joseph Gross Vanity Fair Apr 2011 30min Permalink

Politics

The Sound and the Fury

The surreal world of Sarah Palin and her road show.

Michael Joseph Gross Vanity Fair Sep 2010 40min Permalink

Sex

Sextortion at Eisenhower High

Step 1: awkward high school senior passes himself off as a flirtatious female student online. Step 2: he cons his male classmates into e-mailing him sexually explicit images of themselves. Step 3: extortion.

Michael Joseph Gross GQ Jul 2009 20min Permalink