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If Ray Kurzweil Is Right (Again), You’ll Meet His Immortal Soul in the Cloud

The Big Interview

If Ray Kurzweil Is Right (Again), You’ll Meet His Immortal Soul in the Cloud

Steven Levy

The Secret to Living Past 120 Years Old? Nanobots

Book Excerpt

The Secret to Living Past 120 Years Old? Nanobots

Ray Kurzweil

The West Coast’s Fanciest Stolen Bikes Are Getting Trafficked by One Mastermind in Jalisco, Mexico

Boosted

The West Coast’s Fanciest Stolen Bikes Are Getting Trafficked by One Mastermind in Jalisco, Mexico

Christopher Solomon

The Tech World’s Greatest Living Novelist Goes Meta

A Strange Loop

The Tech World’s Greatest Living Novelist Goes Meta

Jason Kehe

The Titan Submersible Disaster Shocked the World. The Inside Story Is More Disturbing Than Anyone Imagined

The OceanGate Files

The Titan Submersible Disaster Shocked the World. The Inside Story Is More Disturbing Than Anyone Imagined

Mark Harris

How to Lead an Army of Digital Sleuths in the Age of AI

The Big Interview

How to Lead an Army of Digital Sleuths in the Age of AI

Samanth Subramanian

China Miéville Writes a Secret Novel With the Internet’s Boyfriend

Crossover Event

China Miéville Writes a Secret Novel With the Internet’s Boyfriend

Hannah Zeavin

Inside the Biggest FBI Sting Operation in History

It's a trap

Inside the Biggest FBI Sting Operation in History

Joseph Cox

You Think You Know How Misinformation Spreads? Welcome to the Hellhole of Programmatic Advertising

The Death of Truth

You Think You Know How Misinformation Spreads? Welcome to the Hellhole of Programmatic Advertising

Steven Brill

Don’t Think Breakdancing Is a ‘Real’ Olympic Sport? The World Champ Agrees (Kinda)

The Big Interview

Don’t Think Breakdancing Is a ‘Real’ Olympic Sport? The World Champ Agrees (Kinda)

Dexter Thomas

Indian Voters Are Being Bombarded With Millions of Deepfakes. Political Candidates Approve

Ballot Bots

Indian Voters Are Being Bombarded With Millions of Deepfakes. Political Candidates Approve

Nilesh Christopher and Varsha Bansal

I Went Undercover as a Secret OnlyFans Chatter. It Wasn’t Pretty

Parasocial Studies

I Went Undercover as a Secret OnlyFans Chatter. It Wasn’t Pretty

Brendan I. Koerner

Meet the Woman Who Showed President Biden ChatGPT—and Helped Set the Course for AI

The Big Interview

Meet the Woman Who Showed President Biden ChatGPT—and Helped Set the Course for AI

Steven Levy

The Showdown Over Who Gets to Build the Next DeLorean

Flux Capacitor

The Showdown Over Who Gets to Build the Next DeLorean

Kathy Gilsinan

They Experimented on Themselves in Secret. What They Discovered Helped Win a War

Book Excerpt

They Experimented on Themselves in Secret. What They Discovered Helped Win a War

Rachel Lance

These Women Came to Antarctica for Science. Then the Predators Emerged

Tip of the Iceberg

These Women Came to Antarctica for Science. Then the Predators Emerged

David Kushner

He Emptied an Entire Crypto Exchange Onto a Thumb Drive. Then He Disappeared

Backchannel

He Emptied an Entire Crypto Exchange Onto a Thumb Drive. Then He Disappeared

Jenna Scatena

‘$5,000 to Save a Life Is a Bargain’

Big Interview

‘$5,000 to Save a Life Is a Bargain’

Virginia Heffernan

The Deaths of Effective Altruism

Immoral calculus

The Deaths of Effective Altruism

Leif Wenar

The Mayor of London Enters the Bullshit Cinematic Universe

A Tale of Two Cities

The Mayor of London Enters the Bullshit Cinematic Universe

Peter Guest