Rachel Ingalls’s fiction stages encounters between unhappy housewives and the uncanny.

Twenty-five years of the iMac.

Christopher Nolan talks about writing and directing the new film Oppenheimer, about the man who's known as the father of the atom bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer. Nolan also directed the WWII movie Dunkirk, The Dark Knight, and Inception. The film is about Oppenheimer's leading role in the race to develop the bomb before the Nazis. But after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he became an arms control advocate, opposed building the hydrogen bomb, and was targeted during the anti-communist witch hunts of the 1950s.Later, Maureen Corrigan reviews the new novel by James McBride.

Mark Zuckerberg announced new features arriving soon on Threads.

If we follow best practices, we create the perfect web. In this case, what’s the point of web designers if there’s a recipe? Content, rules and pattern fatigue are major obstacles to creativity online.

When conservative writer Richard Hanania’s old posts, originally published under a pseudonym, came to light, people were shocked at just how racist and reactionary they were. Perhaps less shocking were the tech moguls who were revealed to be supporting him.Guest: Anil Dash, technologist and writer, and the head of GlitchIf you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next TBD. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work.Podcast production by Evan Campbell

Some very retrograde opinions being spouted by a “futuristic” industry’s leaders.

The Internet Archive's online book lending library is not protected by the fair use exception to copyright, a New York federal court ruled.

UMG, Capitol and Sony have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the nonprofit Internet Archive worth over $400m in damages.

Announcing the inital release of the Fediverse Safety Enhancement Project

Search is coming to Mastodon soon. An AMA with the Lemmy developers. Misskey grows and incorporates.

I wanted to start writing about my wanderings as a software developer and decided to start yet a new blog. I have previously written on M...

A recent controversy about Zoom’s ability to train AI on users’ conversations shows the importance of reading the fine print

A tour through WIRED's old "Fetish" product review section

Daria first saw a computer when she was just 12 years old. Since then, her fascination with technology, friendly atmosphere surrounding IT companies, and her love for technical subjects has led her on a journey of falling in love with software engineering. Read on to discover her story.

Popular messaging app Telegram recently announced that it’s been working on a new Stories feature that works pretty much the...

Copying Snapchat and BeReal all in one move.

You can even buy the building signs if you have a permit to remove them.

The space agency lost touch with the beloved spacecraft following a faulty command signal. Here’s how it happened—and how engineers worked to bring it back.

The developers of Lemmy held an extensive AMA. Here are some of the highlights and themes of the things they talked about.

A little-known 2018 study said the spread of self-driving cars was likely to mean more sex on the road. San Franciscans are making it happen.

From having a plan early on to doubling down on his writing routine, novelist Kern Carter shares the secret sauce behind how he landed three book deals — and paid his bills in the meantime.