Adrienne LaFrance is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic, where she oversees the Technology Channel. Previously she worked as an investigative reporter for Honolulu Civil Beat, Nieman Journalism Lab, and WBUR. More
A proxy for your iPhone and maybe the most personalized personal computer ever
How incomplete government data encourages a pervasive pot myth
Many major cities don't keep comprehensive data about assaults against passengers—and even FBI-led background checks have limitations.
The future of the Internet is far from decided.
The rise of pronouns like "I" and "we" reflects broader representation in an age of democratized publishing, not just narcissism.
A landmark study finds eating peanuts in infancy "significantly decreased" a child's likelihood of developing an allergy.
What does a multibillion-dollar price tag even mean? For starters, it says more about the global marketplace than the company being assessed.
Mega-quakes trigger massive temblors for years after they first hit.
Dreeps was designed for people who don't have the time for gaming.
Now that the video platform is 10 years old, it's clear that video tutorials are among its most valuable—if sometimes mundane—contributions.
The tech giant is worth $700 billion and is issuing bonds in Switzerland.
The U.S. government doubled its requests for Twitter user information in late 2014 compared with the year before. Most of the time, the publishing platform gave officials what they wanted.
The Navy's new robot firefighter can see through smoke and carry a hose on its own.
A century ago, people worried that color would ruin motion pictures; instead, it changed visual narratives forever.
Bill Gates says he's concerned about the decisions machines of the near future will make once they outsmart humans.
The founder of the Internet Archive once put 26,000 pounds of the web into a shipping container. Today it is much, much heavier.
One of the most infectious viruses on the planet is making a comeback in the United States, and many doctors have never even seen it.
According to the Doomsday Clock, calamity is two "minutes" closer. We were farthest from disaster in 1991.
New York's long-heralded swipe-free subway payment system may not arrive until 2022.
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