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The Twitter Wildfire Watcher Who Tracks California’s Blazes
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The Twitter Wildfire Watcher Who Tracks California’s Blazes

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The Race to Find ‘Green’ Helium
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The Race to Find ‘Green’ Helium

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Amazon's Dark Secret: It Has Failed to Protect Your Data
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Amazon's Dark Secret: It Has Failed to Protect Your Data

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He Put Secret Compartments in Cars. So the DEA Put Him in Prison
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He Put Secret Compartments in Cars. So the DEA Put Him in Prison

By Brendan I. Koerner
How a Dorm Room Minecraft Scam Brought Down the Internet
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How a Dorm Room Minecraft Scam Brought Down the Internet

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I Befriended My Instagram Hackers
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I Befriended My Instagram Hackers

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Never Fear! High-Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas Are Here
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Never Fear! High-Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas Are Here

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The Electronic Scriptorium
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The Electronic Scriptorium

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How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong
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How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong

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Meet the CamperForce, Amazon's Nomadic Retiree Army
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Meet the CamperForce, Amazon's Nomadic Retiree Army

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How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans in Iran
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How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans in Iran

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Flight From Iran
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Flight From Iran

By Joshuah Bearman
The World's Best Bounty Hunter Is 4'11". Here's How She Hunts
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The World's Best Bounty Hunter Is 4'11". Here's How She Hunts

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The Strange Case of the Woman Who Can't Remember Her Past
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The Strange Case of the Woman Who Can't Remember Her Past

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The Most-Read Backchannel Stories of 2017

The Most-Read Backchannel Stories of 2017

By The Backchannel Team
The Man Who Speaks Softly—and Commands a Big Cyber Army
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The Man Who Speaks Softly—and Commands a Big Cyber Army

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What Happens When We Let Tech Care for Our Aging Parents
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What Happens When We Let Tech Care for Our Aging Parents

By Lauren Smiley
The Bird 'Snarge' Menacing Air Travel

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