The underdogs that are top dogs, the upstarts who are establishment — these people refused to admit they had any power, even if they had all of it. | Continue reading
Pakistani players seemingly came out of nowhere to dominate the classic fighting game this year. | Continue reading
Far from being a utilitarian afterthought, an astonishing number of design choices go into pagination. | Continue reading
Once upon a time, not all cars had to look like folded-up Optimus Prime. | Continue reading
It seemed like we had defeated electronic junk mail. Then the spammers rose from the dead. | Continue reading
This Italian astronaut is still searching for peace and quiet. | Continue reading
Audio software is ugly and confusing. It doesn’t have to be this way. | Continue reading
Why your weather app can’t seem to get it right. | Continue reading
Companies love to get press for disability tech projects, but they often aren’t all that interested in actually putting real money behind them. | Continue reading
You shouldn’t trust them with your spine or any other part of your body. | Continue reading
It also won’t make you gain weight or cause depression. | Continue reading
Who is Alexa, and why is Amazon obsessed with her? | Continue reading
Sardinia’s casu marzu teems with maggots, and might eat through your stomach. Why can’t people stop eating it? | Continue reading
As we remain at home due to coronavirus, we’re all in desperate need of distraction — a new movie or video game would help. | Continue reading
The social media giant’s contracted content moderators are only now being sent home. | Continue reading
The nearsighted population has increased by 14 percent in the U.S. and almost 15 percent in western Europe. Is society on the verge of going blind? | Continue reading
Efforts to reduce the amount of food in landfills produce a lot of pretty infographics but very little change to a deeply flawed food system. | Continue reading
What Americans think of as their friendly neighbor to the north, if they think of it at all, is a scam. | Continue reading
An entire world exists beyond ‘Dungeons & Dragons’, the only role-playing game to achieve any sort of mainstream consciousness. | Continue reading
An entire world exists beyond ‘Dungeons & Dragons’, the only role-playing game to achieve any sort of mainstream consciousness. | Continue reading
The Astor Place Opera House Riot of 1849 combined two of 19th-century America’s favorite pastimes: going to the theater and rioting. | Continue reading
It’s the font we deserve, but is it the one we need right now? | Continue reading
San Francisco’s lone open-air urinal is architectural masochism at its boldest. | Continue reading
The desire for humanity to go extinct seems crazy, but it may also be the dominant ideology of our time. | Continue reading
Computer People for Peace were ahead of their time. | Continue reading
Computer People for Peace were ahead of their time. | Continue reading
We probably shouldn’t be telling children that who they are determines what they do. | Continue reading
Stephen Joyce was notoriously protective of his family’s legacy, much to the consternation of Joyce scholars. But the days of one person holding all of a dead writer’s communications are probably over. | Continue reading
The best defense against charges of hypocrisy is to simply not be hypocritical in the first place. | Continue reading
Stephen Joyce was notoriously protective of his family’s legacy, much to the consternation of Joyce scholars. But the days of one person holding all of a dead writer’s communications are probably over. | Continue reading
Business tax incentives are one of the great policy failures of our time. | Continue reading
The new movies don’t feel the same, and it’s not just because they aren’t as good. | Continue reading
I have been using the open source Twitter competitor for almost a year, and I love it. | Continue reading
A new drug meant to stimulate a woman’s libido might not be for everyone, but if a woman thinks it might help, she deserves a chance to give it a shot. | Continue reading
Baking is not a fucking game. | Continue reading
Once a joke, in the ’10s the company became the biggest pizza chain in the world. | Continue reading
A 50-inch TV for $300 comes with some trade-offs. | Continue reading
The Swedish dairy lobby is fighting alternative milks, like Oatly, as if they’re an existential threat. | Continue reading
The gig economy has given us multi-hyphenates: people who’ve made a lifestyle out of working more than one job. | Continue reading
The Volkswagen SPACE VIZZION is just the latest example of car companies betting it all on touch technology. | Continue reading
What once brought startups together is now tearing them apart. | Continue reading
The Volkswagen SPACE VIZZION is just the latest example of car companies betting it all on touch technology. | Continue reading
The Instagram account @sighswoon, run by the artist Gabi Abrão, shows that performance art can be created within the bounds of the algorithm. | Continue reading
The streaming service is happy to pretend it's a moral force bringing the power of documentary filmmaking to new markets. Until that becomes inconvenient. | Continue reading
The streaming service is happy to pretend it's a moral force bringing the power of documentary filmmaking to new markets. Until that becomes inconvenient. | Continue reading
Is this really what being an adult is like? | Continue reading
There is freedom in a lack of choice. | Continue reading