Inside Chicago’s surveillance panopticon
Early on the morning of September 2, 2024, a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train was the scene of a random and horrific mass...
The Download: Microsoft’s online reality check, and the worrying rise in measles cases
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Microsoft has...
Community service
The bird is a beautiful silver-gray, and as she dies twitching in the lasernet I’m grateful for two things: First, that she didn’t make...
How uncrewed narco subs could transform the Colombian drug trade
On a bright morning last April, a surveillance plane operated by the Colombian military spotted a 40-foot-long shark-like silhouette idling in the ocean just...
The building legal case for global climate justice
The United States and the European Union grew into economic superpowers by committing climate atrocities. They have burned a wildly disproportionate share of the...
The Download: a blockchain enigma, and the algorithms governing our lives
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Welcome to...
The curious case of the disappearing Lamborghinis
When Sam Zahr first saw the gray Rolls-Royce Dawn convertible with orange interior and orange roof, he knew he’d found a perfect addition to...
The Download: unraveling a death threat mystery, and AI voice recreation for musicians
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Hackers made...
ALS stole this musician’s voice. AI let him sing again.
There are tears in the audience as Patrick Darling’s song begins to play. It’s a heartfelt song written for his great-grandfather, whom he never...
The myth of the high-tech heist
Making a movie is a lot like pulling off a heist. That’s what Steven Soderbergh—director of the Ocean’s franchise, among other heist-y classics—said a...
