On the social network for professionals, everyone’s personal anecdotes sound like TED Talks for robots. | Continue reading
And how he covered for his mistakes. | Continue reading
If Musk’s financiers try to come to his rescue, it’ll be “what happens when matter hits antimatter.” | Continue reading
Trolling can be terrible. Now imagine trolling powered by A.I. | Continue reading
Police are increasingly turning to a new tactic in their constant campaign to transform our phones and devices into evidence against us. | Continue reading
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is building a fantasy city in the desert. Or is he? | Continue reading
Is it really possible to die by … vending machine? | Continue reading
There are ways to protect your jackpot. | Continue reading
Donald Trump's Schedule F scheme: Purging the civil service is an authoritarian move. | Continue reading
Aug. 10, 2015 marked the demise of one of the most storied pieces of late-20th-century cultural detritus, the mail-order CD club. The owners of... | Continue reading
Are you sure this isn’t all a computer simulation? Does it matter if it is? | Continue reading
Colleges claim to award scholarships based on merit or need. In reality, they’re just charging the most they think families will pay. | Continue reading
“I will never, ever, shoot my neighbor for stealing a cabbage. I’ll invite them over for cabbage soup.” | Continue reading
Hilary Mantel on when to stick to the historical record and when to go beyond it. | Continue reading
Thenmozhi Soundararajan on caste-based oppression in Silicon Valley. | Continue reading
Face in the water? No, thank you! | Continue reading
According to the government, if a person goes out, 50 cameras will capture them by the time they are back to their home. | Continue reading
Even as her votes enabled the court’s hard-right turn, the newest justice has floundered on the intellectual sidelines. | Continue reading
The Corpus Christi massacre—and the United States’ alleged involvement—explained. | Continue reading
Slate’s Use of Your Data | Continue reading
Behold the Starbucks latte. The delicious mix of espresso, steamed milk, foam, and add-ons to taste is ubiquitous in our culture. | Continue reading
There are at least six good ways for the president to address this crisis using executive powers alone. | Continue reading
Our track record on Earth and other worlds is garbage. | Continue reading
What science is learning about how animals think, see, and feel might also change how you treat them. | Continue reading
An extreme decision here could fundamentally alter the balance of power in setting election rules in the states and threaten future election subversion. | Continue reading
The conservative justices' ruling limits the government's ability to combat climate change while also hamstringing our democracy. | Continue reading
Everyone from NPR to the Smithsonian credits today’s Stars and Stripes to Robert Heft. The truth is much stranger. | Continue reading
This experience crystallized Oregon’s deeper problems. | Continue reading
In order to produce true randomness, computers must reach outside themselves. | Continue reading
Ryoma Igarashi likes going for long drives through the mountains, taking photographs of Buddhist temples and exploring old neighborhoods. He's just... | Continue reading
A journey into the soul of the company that diced, peeled, and salad-spun its way to glory. | Continue reading
An administrator candidate spoke out against Trump voters, and then all Wikipedia hell broke loose. | Continue reading
I read more than 20 novels using this plot over the past century to find out. | Continue reading
No amount of puns will improve road behavior. | Continue reading
As I plod through my 20s, I’ve noticed a strange phenomenon: The music I loved as a teenager means more to me than ever—but with each passing year, the... | Continue reading
The third entry in a new occasional series in which we demystify all manner of gustatory conundrums and culinary puzzles. If you have a food-related... | Continue reading
Defamation lawsuits rarely reveal the truth. They can't stop disinformation either. | Continue reading
Indoor air pollution is of particular concern during this pandemic. | Continue reading
It is a frankly ludicrous amount of stolen cartoon apes. | Continue reading
The best way to avoid and mitigate flight delays. | Continue reading
Texas Republicans just barely lost their bid to repeal social media companies’ First Amendment rights. | Continue reading
The end of an experiment in old-fashioned urbanism. | Continue reading
At a charging station. In the middle of nowhere. Surrounded by cows. | Continue reading
At a charging station. In the middle of nowhere. Surrounded by cows. | Continue reading
Few medical remedies have a more sterling reputation than that assortment of foods, pills, and general life maneuvers known collectively as... | Continue reading
The Justice Department has announced important new policy changes around charging people under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. | Continue reading
The conservative supermajority's rampage continues. | Continue reading