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Why Silicon Valley Billionaires are Prepping for the Apocalypse in New Zealand

How an extreme libertarian tract predicting the collapse of liberal democracies – written by Jacob Rees-Mogg’s father – inspired the likes of Peter Thiel to buy up property across the Pacific

Mark O'Connell The Guardian Feb 2018 25min Permalink

Tech Media

He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis. Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse.

“We are so screwed it’s beyond what most of us can imagine.”

Charlie Warzel Buzzfeed Feb 2018 15min Permalink

Tech

The House That Spied on Me

Once I made my home smart, what would it learn and whom would it tell?

Kashmir Hill Gizmodo Feb 2018 15min Permalink

Tech Health

How a New Technology Is Changing the Lives of People Who Cannot Speak

The same “Stephen Hawking voice” is used by little girls, old men, and people of every racial and ethnic background. Inside the quest to give people a voice of their own.

Jordan Kisner The Guardian Jan 2018 Permalink

Tech

How to Win Founders and Influence Everybody

Margit Wennmachers is Andreessen Horowitz’s secret weapon.

Jessi Hempel Wired Jan 2018 15min Permalink

Best Article Politics Tech World

This Country's Leader Shut Down Democracy – With a Little Help From Facebook

Facebook was supposed to open up societies like Cambodia—but instead it has wreaked havoc on the fragile political order and destroyed opposition leadership.

Megha Rajagopalan Buzzfeed Jan 2018 15min Permalink

Politics Tech

Legends of the Ancient Web

What the political history of radio can teach us about this moment on the internet.

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Ceglowski on the Longform Podcast

Maciej Ceglowski Idle Words May 2017 15min Permalink

Tech

Our Best Hope for Civil Discourse Online Is... Reddit

An experiment with the Change My View subreddit.

Virginia Heffernan Wired Jan 2018 10min Permalink

Tech

Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble

Can blockchain create a new, better internet?

Steven Johnson The New York Times Magazine Jan 2018 20min Permalink

Sex Tech

“Oh My God, This Is So Fucked Up”

The not-so-secret sex parties of Silicon Valley.

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Excerpted from Brotopia.

Emily Chang Vanity Fair Jan 2018 20min Permalink

Tech

Estonia, the Digital Republic

Tech takes over the post-Soviet nation.

Nathan Heller The New Yorker Dec 2017 30min Permalink

Tech

How Facebook’s Political Unit Enables the Dark Art of Digital Propaganda

Some of unit’s clients stifle opposition, stoke extremism.

Lauren Etter, Vernon Silver, Sarah Frier Bloomberg Business Dec 2017 10min Permalink

Tech World Health

China's Selfie Obsession

What it means to be beautiful in the most populous country on earth.

Jiayang Fan New Yorker Dec 2017 30min Permalink

Politics Tech World Media

What Happens When the Government Uses Facebook as a Weapon?

A report from the Philippines, “the test lab for fake news.”

Lauren Etter Bloomberg Businessweek Dec 2017 15min Permalink

Crime Tech

How One Woman's Digital Life Was Weaponized Against Her

After the relationship ended, the harassment began.

Brooke Jarvis Wired Nov 2017 30min Permalink

Tech

The Tech Industry’s Gender-Discrimination Problem

The dramatic imbalance in pay and power has created the conditions for abuse.

Sheelah Kolhatkar New Yorker Nov 2017 35min Permalink

Tech

The Digital Ruins of a Forgotten Future

Second Life was supposed to be the future of the internet, but then Facebook came along. Yet many people still spend hours each day inhabiting this virtual realm. Their stories—and the world they’ve built—illuminate the promise and limitations of online life.

Leslie Jamison The Atlantic Nov 2017 35min Permalink

Tech

How TripAdvisor Deleted Bad Reviews

The travel forum removed warnings about rapes and injuries at Mexico resorts, tourists say.

Raquel Rutledge, Andrew Mollica Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Nov 2017 15min Permalink

Tech

The Judge's Code

Judge William H. Alsup, who presided over Oracle v. Google, has been coding for more than three decades.

Sarah Jeong The Verge Oct 2017 25min Permalink

Tech

Love in the Time of Robots

What happens when robots act just like humans?

Alex Mar Wired Oct 2017 25min Permalink

Tech Media

One Person’s History of Twitter, From Beginning to End

“What happens when the thing that might save you is also the thing that might destroy the world?”

Mike Monteiro Medium Oct 2017 10min Permalink

Tech

Does Even Mark Zuckerberg Know What Facebook Is?

Examining the future of the massive social media site.

Max Read New York Oct 2017 20min Permalink

Tech

Saving the World From the Code Apocalypse

A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes.

James Somers The Atlantic Sep 2017 40min Permalink

Crime Tech

The Inside Story of the Great Silicon Heist

The material powers solar panels and microchips. In Alabama, two thieves cashed in.

Brendan Koerner Wired Sep 2017 20min Permalink

Tech

Inside Waymo's Secret World for Training Self-Driving Cars

A visit to the ‘Castle’ where self-driving cars learn.

Alexis C. Madrigal The Atlantic Aug 2017 20min Permalink

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