Michael Chobanian, the president of the Blockchain Association of Ukraine, wants to put the Ukrainian government on the blockchain.

"Bug fixes." "Jam packed full of Super Amazing Things." "Every 3 weeks, we polish up the Pinterest app to make it faster and better than ever." "To make our app better for you, we bring updates to the App Store every 2 weeks...Every update of our Facebook app includes improvements for spee…

Can gravity, pressure, and other elemental forces save us from becoming a battery-powered civilization?

To what degree can we blame automation for deindustrialization and class decomposition?

We have questions.

We documented hundreds of cases of the search engine making transphobic suggestions.

Tokens like the new one from Bored Ape Yacht Club promise to decentralize the web. So why are insiders reaping most of the profits?

When it comes to estimating the size of demographic groups, Americans rarely get it right. In two recent YouGov polls, we asked respondents to guess the percentage (ranging from 0% to 100%) of American adults who are members of 43 different groups, including racial and religious groups, as well as other less frequently studied groups, such as pet owners and those who are left-handed.

Will any of us survive it?

At this point, it’s undeniable: Tyler, the Creator puts on one of the best live shows in music. His obsession with creating IRL experiences is paying off.

Of all of the foreign life ways Indians held, one of the first the Europeans targeted for elimination was the Two Spirits among Native American cultures.

Emerging Writer Series

Thousands are roleplaying as cops on the VRChat platform, engaging in a mix of right (saving hostages) and wrong (planting drugs on civilians).

What comes next.

With a Twitter-esque design.

If Sunday’s Big Game commercials had any message, it was that corporations have a disconcerting vision for our future.

Adolph Reed remembers the dismantling of Confederate statues in New Orleans, which took place days after his mother’s funeral.

In India, instant deliveries come with a human cost.

It’s time for our annual look back on Apple’s performance during the past year, as seen through the eyes of writers, editors, developers, podcasters, and other people who spend an awful…

1Ben, Ryan, and Cassidy talk with Esther Jang, Matt Johnson, and Chris Webb of Seattle’s Local Connectivity Lab, a nonprofit that works in concert with the University of Washington to facilitate community-focused technology development and research.

Spoiler alert: It’s probably a Ford F-150.

From 1965: Renata Adler reports on Martin Luther King, Jr., and the historic march from Selma to Montgomery.

Space privatization is a recipe for corporate totalitarianism. Humanity would be wise to imagine a different future.

It's an American solution to a global problem.

The iPhone maker cultivated iMessage as a must-have blue-bubble texting tool for teens. Android users trigger a just-a-little-less-cool green bubble: “Ew, that’s gross.”

It’s currently only available to some desktop users.

Why the military needs Silicon Valley, now more than ever

George Farmer doubles down on his efforts to revive a right-leaning social media company that was taken offline a year ago.

One year after January 6th, we look back at our reporting on the militia movement.