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The Untold Story of the Birth of the iPhone

Book Excerpt

The Untold Story of the Birth of the iPhone

David Pogue

The 5 Big ‘Known Unknowns’ of Donald Trump’s New War With Iran

All In

The 5 Big ‘Known Unknowns’ of Donald Trump’s New War With Iran

Garrett M. Graff

Tin Can Is a Dumb Phone for Kids. Can Someone Teach Them How to Use It?

Things Fall Apart

Tin Can Is a Dumb Phone for Kids. Can Someone Teach Them How to Use It?

Anna Holmes

Why Sierra the Supercomputer Had to Die

Things Fall Apart

Why Sierra the Supercomputer Had to Die

Rebecca Heilweil

This Is the Worst Thing That Could Happen to the International Space Station

Things Fall Apart

This Is the Worst Thing That Could Happen to the International Space Station

Rebecca Heilweil

The Righteous EV Owners Who Won’t Let Their Broken Cars Die

Things Fall Apart

The Righteous EV Owners Who Won’t Let Their Broken Cars Die

Aarian Marshall

AI Will Never Be Conscious

Book Excerpt

AI Will Never Be Conscious

Michael Pollan

Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible

Things Fall Apart

Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible

Jane Ruffino

Inside the Gay Tech Mafia

Members Only

Inside the Gay Tech Mafia

Zoë Bernard

Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo

In the Dark

Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo

Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News

Why Are Some Women Training for Pregnancy Like It’s a Marathon?

Baby Bumps

Why Are Some Women Training for Pregnancy Like It’s a Marathon?

Currie Engel

‘She Has a Presence’: The Melania Superfans Who Turned Up for Opening Weekend

Real Ones

‘She Has a Presence’: The Melania Superfans Who Turned Up for Opening Weekend

Zoë Schiffer

ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed

All Hat, No Cattle

ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed

John Publius

He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive

Snowden of Scammers

He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive

Andy Greenberg

Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce

The Red Bull Leaks

Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce

Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, and Matt Burgess

Why Minnesota Can’t Do More to Stop ICE

Tipping Point

Why Minnesota Can’t Do More to Stop ICE

Garrett M. Graff

We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower

Arsonist in Chief

We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower

Garrett M. Graff

‘I’m Witnessing a Lot of Emptiness’: How ICE Uprooted Normal Life in Minneapolis

Occupied

‘I’m Witnessing a Lot of Emptiness’: How ICE Uprooted Normal Life in Minneapolis

Lina Misitzis and Katie Thornton

China’s Renewable Energy Revolution Is a Huge Mess That Might Save the World

Sun Stroke

China’s Renewable Energy Revolution Is a Huge Mess That Might Save the World

Jeremy Wallace

Thousands of Companies Are Driving China’s AI Boom. A Government Registry Tracks Them All

Model Citizens

Thousands of Companies Are Driving China’s AI Boom. A Government Registry Tracks Them All

Yi-Ling Liu