Inside the real lives of people who came early to intentionally provoking, confusing, and generally screwing with strangers online.

The dream of getting from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 35 minutes has run into a few speed bumps.

On culture and the driverless car.

When her best friend died, she rebuilt him using artificial intelligence.

Exploring the crime-ridden depths of the internet with Opsec, a former professional hacker.

Inside the chaotic race to build Elon Musk’s hyperloop.

Inside Twitter’s 10-year failure to stop harassment.

How Andrés Sepúlveda rigged elections across Latin America.

Scenes from the Los Angeles tech boom.

Can new, immersive film technology increase our empathy?

“Post-dignity design” and why apps speak to adults like children.

The lip-syncing app Musical.ly claims that it has signed up 50% of American teens.

Sharon Lopatka had found many identities on Usenet: VHS interior decoration pitch-woman, author of love spells, and pornographic film scammer. Her final posts concerned wanting to find someone to torture her to death.

The people at Apple, Spotify, and Google who decide what you listen to.

Cars driving themselves into walls. Hospitals frozen. Elevators jammed. A scenario that could happen based on what already has.

The trouble with the all-but-obligatory networking site, “an Escher staircase masquerading as a career ladder.”

Microprocessors cost billions to develop. They take three times longer to build than an airplane, in an environment 1,000 times more sterile than a hospital. Throughout the entire process, nobody ever touches them.

In addition to defending child molesters, illegal gun owners, and the occasional drunk who steals a dirt bike from the pit during a motorcross rally, Jay Leiderman is one of a handful of attorneys who represents hackers. His current clients include Matthew Keys, the former Reuters social media editor who faces 87 months in prison for hacking The Los Angeles Times.

It’s been a rough year.

50onRed is a fixture in Philly’s startup world. But there’s something the leadership didn’t talk about, even with some of its own staff. They make malware.

“She scrolls, she waits. For that little notification box to appear.”

Libertarian, futurist, billionaire: a profile of Peter Thiel.

There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. It’s racist.

The social network positioned its plan to bring the internet to millions of Indians as a gift. The country saw a catch.

In 2001, Maksym Igor Popov defected to work as an informant in the U.S. But a decade later, he was back to scamming the FBI.