Inside the N.S.A.’s mission to spy on just about everyone.

A profile of cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter, who has spent the last 30 years trying to replicate the human mind.

After two cycling-related deaths, the social fitness network becomes a target.

What happened to “one of maybe 20 girls who became famous in the mid-‘00s for posting photos of themselves on image boards.”

On the online mug shot industry, which posts mug shots of anyone arrested (regardless of conviction) and charges $30 to $400 to have the photo removed.

“In 1981, with a computer built into my shoe, I walked into a Las Vegas casino and beat the house.”

On the fall of Ross William Ulbricht, the alleged creator of The Silk Road, a hidden black market website where users could buy and sell drugs, guns and, according to the FBI, the services of a hit man.

On simplicity, self-reliance and refusing to cooperate with “the apparatus of secrecy” that surrounds online surveillance.

A post-acquisition profile of Tumblr’s David Karp.

Ego, hubris, and the failure to adapt.

An open letter on Grand Theft Auto 5 and aging out of the Rockstar Games franchise.

What the rapidly changing world of teenage hook-up culture means for young women.

Myst, twenty years later.

“Turns out your laptop—or camera or gaming system or gold necklace—may have a smidgen of Congo’s pain somewhere in it.”

The battle between government and industry for America’s best hackers.

The prevalence of online threats against women and why the people who make them go unpunished.

Why a former Anonymous spokesperson was arrested for, among other things, copying and pasting a link.

How a group of serial entrepreneurs with an already impressive string of hits changed the way the world talks.

How real-time information can make you a better human.

A 22,000-word profile of the Yahoo CEO.

The story of a lead squandered.

The story of a machine.

A history of spam on the internet.