American Democracy Isn’t Dead Yet, but It’s Getting There

  Pinboard   ·   5 months ago

A deep look at whether social robots can help ease loneliness among the elderly in the US, where 21 states have distributed free robot pets to older residents

  Techmeme   ·   5 months ago

Renewable Energy Is Suddenly Startlingly Cheap

  Hacker News   ·   5 months ago

The Dark Side of Congo’s Cobalt Rush

  Hacker News   ·   5 months ago

The Cicada's Love Affair with Prime Numbers (2013)

  Hacker News   ·   5 months ago

Profile of Robinhood, whose goal of democratizing finance stems from the Occupy Wall Street movement, as critics fear the app will only reinforce the wealth gap

  Techmeme   ·   5 months ago

A look at the rise of "renderporn", the aspirational, hyperrealistic interior design imagery on Instagram created using 3D modelling software like SketchUp

  Techmeme   ·   5 months ago

Persuading the Body to Regenerate Its Limbs

  Hacker News   ·   5 months ago

The Computers Are Getting Better at Writing

  Hacker News   ·   6 months ago

John Swartzwelder, Sage of “The Simpsons” | The New Yorker

  Pinboard   ·   6 months ago

Facebook and the Normalization of Deviance

  Hacker News   ·   6 months ago

Favorite Tweet

  Pinboard   ·   6 months ago

The Challenges of Animal Translation

  Hacker News   ·   6 months ago

An in-depth look at North Korea's extensive and expanding hacking operations, almost always focused on generating revenue for the closed-off country

  Techmeme   ·   6 months ago

As NYC selects Bird, Lime, and Veo for its e-scooter pilot program, a look at why NYC is seen as an invaluable proving ground for the scooter-sharing concept

  Techmeme   ·   6 months ago

How Did a Self-Taught Linguist Come to Own an Indigenous Language?

  Hacker News   ·   6 months ago

A look at IBM's Project Debater, an AI system that struggled to persuade a human audience in its first public debate despite excelling in analysis of evidence

  Techmeme   ·   6 months ago

Sweden’s pandemic experiment • The New Yorker

  Pinboard   ·   6 months ago

How People Learn to Become Resilient (2016)

  Hacker News   ·   6 months ago

America Ruined My Name for Me

  Pinboard   ·   7 months ago

Learning about the navigational feats of animals

  Hacker News   ·   7 months ago

In the Clubhouse | The New Yorker

  Pinboard   ·   7 months ago

The Collapse of Puerto Rico’s Iconic Telescope

  Hacker News   ·   7 months ago

What Data Can’t Do

  Hacker News   ·   7 months ago

Why Computers Won't Make Themselves Smarter

  Hacker News   ·   7 months ago

Elizabeth Loftus Changed the Meaning of Memory

  Hacker News   ·   7 months ago

The Revolution in Classic Tetris

  Hacker News   ·   7 months ago

The Pastry A.I. That Learned to Fight Cancer

  Hacker News   ·   7 months ago

What Happens When Investment Firms Acquire Trailer Parks

  Hacker News   ·   7 months ago

The Wasting of the Evangelical Mind

  Hacker News   ·   7 months ago

Activists who embrace nuclear power

  Hacker News   ·   8 months ago

Texans in the Midst of Another Avoidable Catastrophe

  Hacker News   ·   8 months ago

Who Should Stop Unethical A.I.?

  Hacker News   ·   8 months ago

A look at the making of Facebook's Oversight Board, its members, Zuckerberg's rationale for its existence, and criticisms of the endeavor

  Techmeme   ·   8 months ago

The Indoor-Dining Debate Isn’t a Debate at All | The New Yorker

  Pinboard   ·   8 months ago

Nations are engaging in a cyberweapons arms race, with agencies like the NSA prioritizing offensive capabilities over defense, fueling a lucrative 0-day market

  Techmeme   ·   9 months ago

Pixar’s Troubled “Soul” | The New Yorker

  Pinboard   ·   9 months ago

Have We Already Been Visited by Aliens?

  Hacker News   ·   9 months ago

Three Mathematicians We Lost in 2020

  Hacker News   ·   9 months ago

Among the Insurrectionists at the Capitol | The New Yorker

  Pinboard   ·   9 months ago

A Reporter’s Footage from Inside the Capitol Siege | The New Yorker

  Pinboard   ·   9 months ago

An Air Force Combat Veteran Breached the Senate and Descended on Nancy Pelosi’s Office Suite | The New Yorker

  Pinboard   ·   9 months ago

The Trümperdämmerung Is a Fitting End to 2020

  Pinboard   ·   10 months ago

The Plague Year | The New Yorker

  Pinboard   ·   10 months ago

Is Substack the Media Future We Want?

  Hacker News   ·   10 months ago

What If You Could Do It All Over?

  Hacker News   ·   10 months ago

Shigeru Miyamoto Wants to Create a Kinder World | The New Yorker

  Pinboard   ·   10 months ago

The Photographer Who Set Out to Watch Herself Age

  Hacker News   ·   10 months ago

How I Met My Wife (1994)

  Hacker News   ·   10 months ago

Slack Is the Right Tool for the Wrong Way to Work

  Hacker News   ·   10 months ago