A Chicago city sensor project goes global
At a table in the Berghoff German restaurant in downtown Chicago in 2012, Charlie Catlett…
The fight for “Instagram face”
In October 2021, Facebook announced a massive pivot, changing its name to Meta and going…
Erik Prince wants to sell you a “secure” smartphone that’s too good to be true
Erik Prince’s pitch to investors was simple—but certainly ambitious: pay just €5 million and cure…
Ring’s new TV show is a brilliant but ominous viral marketing ploy
There’s a genre of video floating around TikTok, Facebook, Nextdoor, and countless other social apps…
The Download: an “unhackable” phone, and Ring’s TV show
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…