The rebel group stopping self-driving cars in San Francisco – one cone at a time
The Safe Street Rebel group has waged a war against robotaxis in an effort to end vehicle dominance in the city and promote public transport
What we’re learning from the Reddit blackout
Five lessons, and one open question
r/formula1
The Space Force Now Has an Official Song
Meta’s VR social network Horizon is too buggy and employees are barely using it
‘We are working on a product that has not found product market fit,” says an exec in a leaked memo.
Sentience and Sensibility | Meghan O’Gieblyn
The notion that capitalism metabolizes dissent is no longer theoretical but embodied in the architecture of its most profitable corporate technologies.
The Chinese phone giant that beat Apple to Africa
Transsion, a China-based smartphone manufacturer, is outpacing Apple and Samsung in Africa. It sells devices that take better selfies of dark skin and have features like a keyboard in Swahili.
Chipotle courts the gullible with a crypto game
Buying a burrito but with more taxes
Real Life
Real Life is a magazine about living with technology. The emphasis is more on living. We publish one piece a day—essays, features, uncategorizable—four or five days a week. We launched with funding from Snapchat, but we operate with editorial independence and without ads.
Taylor Swift on People Who Call Her “Calculating”
In our November cover story, Taylor Swift talks to Chuck Klosterman about whether or not she really hates Katy Perry
PlatinumHow Ukraine’s wide use of cryptocurrency is playing out during the war
Michael Chobanian, the president of the Blockchain Association of Ukraine, wants to put the Ukrainian government on the blockchain.
"A younger, fandom-driven nationalism"
Read to the end for a real good Weird Al video
Inside the volunteer 'police department' arresting people in VR
Thousands are roleplaying as cops on the VRChat platform, engaging in a mix of right (saving hostages) and wrong (planting drugs on civilians).
The Pentagon’s Army of Nerds
Why the military needs Silicon Valley, now more than ever
Cryptocurrency Is Bunk
Cryptocurrency promises to liberate the monetary system from the clutches of the powerful. Instead, it mostly functions to make wealthy speculators even wealthier.
Jeff Bezos reportedly tested the Echo Show by asking it to play videos mocking Trump
"Alexa, show me the video, 'Donald Trump says "China.'"
How a university got itself banned from the Linux kernel
It all started with an email.
The Poverty of Jeff Bezos – Popula
Not My Democracy | Lapham’s Quarterly
Tech CEOs Are Saying Goodbye to San Francisco — The Information
Splunk, Dropbox and Brex followed similar formulas as they grew from small startups to established companies. To attract employees and customers, each set up elaborate San Francisco offices and plastered billboards for its services around the city. Dropbox three years ago leased a giant new ...
The Unreality of Now
Ahead of the election, we have stories about people trying to live in the unreality that defines this moment.