The Strange Life of a Murderer Turned Crime BloggerHolland is home to a thriving community of journalists and bloggers who cover criminals and the drug trade. Those writers are often…Oct 26, 20181Oct 26, 20181
Army of 01101111: The Making of a Cyber BattalionInside Fort Gordon, where the military’s next generation of cyber troops is training to fight the endless war — through a computer screen.Oct 26, 2018Oct 26, 2018
The False Tale of Amazon’s Industry-Conquering JuggernautJeff Bezos may be the richest man of the modern age, but he built his e-commerce empire by playing freely with new ideas — not disrupting…Oct 18, 20181Oct 18, 20181
Shadow Politics: Meet the Digital Sleuth Exposing Fake NewsBuried in media scholar Jonathan Albright’s research was proof of a massive political misinformation campaign. Now he’s taking on the the…Oct 16, 20183Oct 16, 20183
How a Facebook Group for Sexual Assault Survivors Became a Tool for HarassmentThe closed group was taken over by abusive trolls, raising questions about Facebook’s ability to monitor spaces designed for sharing…Oct 4, 2018Oct 4, 2018
The Selfie as We Know It Is DeadSelfies may not be cool anymore, but their spirit lives on — just as it always hasOct 2, 2018Oct 2, 2018
Welcome to the ‘Black Power Kitchen’ of TomorrowFacebook, Twitter, and Instagram are redefining the underground culinary world, and young chefs are eliminating gatekeepers while they…Sep 28, 2018Sep 28, 2018
Where Could Bitcoin Succeed as a Currency? In a Failed StateFaced with runaway inflation and a weak national currency, Venezuelans are turning to cryptocurrencies to store savings and conduct some…Sep 27, 20181Sep 27, 20181
What Happened to Facebook’s Grand Plan to Wire the World?Five years ago Mark Zuckerberg debuted a bold, humanitarian vision of global internet. It didn’t go as planned — forcing Facebook to…Sep 27, 20181Sep 27, 20181
The Ultra-Pure, Super-Secret Sand That Makes Your Phone PossibleThe processor that makes your laptop or cell phone work was fabricated using quartz from this obscure Appalachian backwater.Sep 25, 20184Sep 25, 20184
