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Deeply impressive that NASA engineers fixed telemetry transmit glitch on 1970s probe in the first place

Imagine the company did want to monetize adult content. Would Apple let it?

One of the tradeoffs I see a lot in the apps we cover is between simplicity and flexibility. Simplicity has its virtues, but often apps designed to make things as easy as possible for users end up being inflexible, resulting in cookie-cutter output. The flip side is that maximum flexibility can get out of hand

Don't hate the technology, hate the implementation.

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Baby X once extracted attention from its human caregiver using its cuteness; now it is a worker expropriated.

The country’s “most serious pests” can be traced to one shipment from England in 1859, study shows

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The gig economy is an entire universe. What is it like working inside of it?

Jeffrey Fang was a ride-hailing legend, a top earner with relentless hustle. Then his minivan was carjacked—with his kids in the back seat.

From Shakespeare to Sondheim, the world is not what it seems.

One of the world’s most powerful news outlets has a new mandate — which happens to sync with the views of one of the world’s richest men.

A collection of articles about Decade In Review from The New Yorker, including news, in-depth reporting, commentary, and analysis.

From 2019: How social media, FaceTune, and plastic surgery created a single, cyborgian look.

Even in beta, it looks so much nicer.

Shazam — one of the most beloved and popular music discovery platforms in the world — turns 20 today.

Plus: Decades-old security flaws, a wave of startup layoffs, and multiple “thousand-year” rainfalls.

The ongoing fight against tape hiss has proven a useful creative tension for the music industry—even if you’re not into lo-fi music recorded on a four-track.

Psychological inoculation is effective at reducing misinformation susceptibility on social media.

It’s almost small and not too huge: a real win-win.

It ends a one-year embargo option for publishers.

Disorganized attachment has been studied extensively in the developmental attachment literature, particularly with regard to infants and children. It has not be...

It was Blaise Pascal, back in the 17th century, who said “All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room a...

Is understanding the science of attachment the key to building lasting friendships and finding “your people” in an ever-more-fragmented world? How do we make and keep friends in an era of...

We should focus on raising wages and benefits — not cutting them.