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August 20, 2014
Alexander Aciman
The Home of the Future Is Here, And It's Pretty Stupid
Do you really need to tweet from your refrigerator?
August 2, 2014
Ian Steadman
Russia Had a Really Good Reason For Its Gecko Orgy in Space
July 25, 2014
Josh Kovensky
The Most Absurd Job Titles in America
"Digital Prophet" isn't even the worst one.
July 21, 2014
The New Republic Staff
This Dinner Party Explains How Engineers And Lobbyists See The World Differently
POLITICO’s Mike Allen sheds light on the evolving relationship between the valley and the swamp
July 7, 2014
Alice Robb
How Using Emoji Makes Us Less Emotional
And what linguists say it means if your smiley face has a nose
July 7, 2014
Paul Starr
New Technology Doesn't Make Us All Richer
We need policies that realign growth and equality
June 27, 2014
Amy Weiss-Meyer
A Peek Inside the Non-Profit Consortium That Makes Emoji Possible
Behind every smiling face is a quite dull company
June 25, 2014
Tim Wu
The Supreme Court Thinks You're Better Off Paying $150/Month for Cable
The depressing takeaway of the Aereo decision
June 17, 2014
Alice Robb
In This Papua New Guinea Village, People Use Cell Phones to Call the Dead
June 2, 2014
Jonathan Zittrain
Facebook Could Decide an Election Without Anyone Ever Finding Out
The scary future of digital gerrymandering—and how to prevent it
April 17, 2014
Aneesh Chopra
How GPS Is Being Used to Fight the Asthma Epidemic
April 7, 2014
Alice Robb
Why Do We Say That Our Phones and Computers 'Die'?
April 6, 2014
PodcastCarrie Battan
Podcasts: The Last Refuge of the C-List Celebrity (and Bret Easton Ellis)
April 4, 2014
Ann Friedman
HBO's 'Silicon Valley' Is a Cynical Show with a Gooey Center
April 1, 2014
Noam Scheiber
The Savvy Tech Innovator Who Invented "This===>"
22-year-old entrepreneur finds internet riches
March 24, 2014
Jonathan Zittrain
No, Barack Obama Isn't Handing Control of the Internet Over to China
The misguided freakout over ICANN
March 23, 2014
Noam Scheiber
The Brutal Ageism of Tech
Years of experience, plenty of talent, completely obsolete

March 15, 2014
Paul Rosenzweig
The U.S. Is About To Relinquish Control of the Internet's Address Book. That's a Big Deal.
March 7, 2014
Alice Robb
If Your Eyes Are Exhausted, It Might Be the English Language’s Fault
February 17, 2014
Jacob Silverman
14 Worst Case Scenarios Involving Google's Growing Robot Army
A threat assessment

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