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Growing Up Jobs

“For him, I was a blot on a spectacular ascent. For me, it was the opposite.”

Life as Steve Jobs's daughter when he denied being your dad.

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Excerpted from Small Fry.

Lisa Brennan-Jobs Vanity Fair Aug 2018 15min Permalink

Politics Tech

Shadow Politics: Meet the Digital Sleuth Exposing Fake News

Buried in media scholar Jonathan Albright’s research was proof of a massive political misinformation campaign. Now he’s taking on the the world’s biggest platforms before it’s too late.

Issie Lapowsky Wired Jul 2018 15min Permalink

Crime Tech

Lane Davis's Civil War

He was a far-right, pro-Trump media figure looking for his big break. Then Lane Davis stabbed his father to death.

Joseph Bernstein Buzzfeed Jul 2018 25min Permalink

Tech

"I Was Devastated"

Tim Berners-Lee, the man who created the World Wide Web, has some regrets.

Katrina Brooker Vanity Fair Jul 2018 15min Permalink

Tech

La Vida Robot

How 4 Mexican immigrant kids and their cheap robot beat MIT.

Joshua Davis Wired Apr 2005 20min Permalink

Tech

The Most Important Video Game on the Planet

How Fortnite became the Instagram of gaming.

Brian Feldman New York Jul 2018 20min Permalink

Politics Tech

Code Red

Organizing the tech sector.

Alex Press n+1 Apr 2018 20min Permalink

Tech

The Mission to Build the Ultimate Burger Bot

Alex Vardakostas has been on a decade-long quest to build a robot that can prepare the perfect cheeseburger. It could also put his family out of work.

Lauren Smiley Wired Jun 2018 15min Permalink

Best Article Tech

The Blockchain: A Love Story—And a Horror Story

Arthur and Kathleen Breitman thought they held the secret to building a new decentralized utopia. On the way, they plunged into a new kind of hell.

Gideon Lewis-Kraus Wired Jun 2018 40min Permalink

Tech

Gone but Not Deleted

When loved ones die, what do we do with the digital reminders they’ve left behind?

Luke O'Neil Boston Magazine Jun 2018 10min Permalink

Tech

Inside Palmer Luckey’s Bid to Build A Border Wall

How the Oculus founder, along with ex-Palantir executives, plan to reinvent national security, starting with Trump’s agenda.

Steven Levy Wired Jun 2018 20min Permalink

Best Article Reprints Tech

Web Dreams

The story of suck.com.

Josh Quittner Wired Nov 1996 30min Permalink

Business Tech

‘Crush Them’: An Oral History of the Lawsuit That Upended Silicon Valley

The anti-trust saga of Microsoft and Netscape.

Victor Luckerson The Ringer May 2018 30min Permalink

Tech

Apple, Influence, and Ive

A conversation with the greatest designer of a generation.

Benjamin Clymer Hodinkee Magazine May 2018 15min Permalink

Tech

The Quest to Preserve Stephen Hawking’s Voice

How a Silicon Valley team helped rebuild his distinctive robotic sound.

Jason Fagone San Francisco Chronicle Mar 2018 10min Permalink

Tech

Where Countries Are Tinderboxes and Facebook Is a Match

How social media is fanning violence across the globe.

Amanda Taub, Max Fisher New York Times Apr 2018 10min Permalink

Business Tech World

Mt. Gox and the Surprising Redemption of Bitcoin’s Biggest Villain

Mark Karpelès ran the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world until a heist made it insolvent, ultimately landing him in solitary confinement in Japanese prison.

Jen Wieczner Fortune Apr 2018 Permalink

Best Article Business Tech

Palantir Knows Everything About You

“All human relations are a matter of record, ready to be revealed by a clever algorithm. Everyone is a spidergram now.”

Peter Waldman, Lizette Chapman, Jordan Robertson Businessweek Apr 2018 20min Permalink

Tech

Style Is an Algorithm

On the future of personal taste.

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Chayka on the Longform Podcast

Kyle Chayka Racked Apr 2018 25min Permalink

Best Article History Tech

Mother Earth Mother Board

A 42,000-word, 3-continent spanning “hacker tourist” account of the laying of the (then) longest wire on earth.

Neal Stephenson Wired Dec 1996 2h45min Permalink

Politics Tech

The Cambridge Analytica Files: Meet the Data War Whistleblower

“I created Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool.”

Carole Cadwalladr The Guardian Mar 2018 25min Permalink

Business Tech

Bitcoin Is Ridiculous. Blockchain Is Dangerous

The true believers won’t stop until they’ve remade the world.

Paul Ford Businessweek Mar 2018 10min Permalink

Tech

The Story of the Internet, As Told By Know Your Meme

After 10 years of documenting memes, nobody has seen this much shit.

Kaitlyn Tiffany The Verge Mar 2018 Permalink

Crime Tech

Gray Hat

Marcus Hutchins stopped one of the most dangerous cyberattacks ever. Then the FBI arrested him.

Reeves Wiedeman New York Mar 2018 20min Permalink

Tech World

The Agency

An investigation into the Russian troll farm called the Internet Research Agency.

Adrian Chen New York Times Magazine Jun 2015 20min Permalink

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