Life as a Bug Bounty Hunter: A Struggle Every Day, Just to Get Paid

Independent cybersleuthing is a realistic career path, if you can live cheaply

China’s Use of Big Data Might Actually Make It Less Big Brother-ish

Why the country’s adoption of ever-more-intrusive technology could, paradoxically, lead to stronger civil liberties

The ‘Neuropolitics’ Consultants Who Hack Voters’ Brains

These experts say they can divine political preferences you can’t express from signals you don’t know you’re producing

How Social Media Took Us from Tahrir Square to Donald Trump

To understand how digital technologies…

AI Can Now Tell Your Boss What Skills You Lack — and How You Can Get Them

Coursera is unveiling a new machine learning tool to show companies what skills their employees are acquiring from its classes and…

This New Blockchain-Based Betting Platform Could Cause Napster-Size Legal Headaches

California Advances an Ambitious Climate Policy That Should Be a Model for the World

The state is on the verge of passing a rule requiring 100 percent of its electricity to come from carbon-free sources

Researchers Find a Way to Mimic Clinical Trials Using Genetics

A technique called Mendelian randomization could be the revolutionary tool drug companies have been waiting for

Fake America Great Again

Inside the race to catch the worryingly real fakes that can be made using artificial intelligence

Crowdsourcing the Hunt for Software Bugs Is a Booming Business — and a Risky One

Freelance cybersleuths can help companies find flaws in their code. But the bug hunters could fall afoul of anti-hacking…