The Download: the impact of video games, and healthy brains
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
We may never fully know how video games affect our well-being
For decades, lawmakers, researchers, journalists, and parents have worried that video games are bad for…
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…
Tiny caps can measure activity in lab-grown minibrains
Minuscule lab-grown models of human brains can be fitted with caps that measure their activity,…
How the idea of a “transgender contagion” went viral—and caused untold harm
When Jay told his mom he was bisexual at 14, she was supportive. But when…
Inside the software that will become the next battle front in US-China chip war
The US has moved to restrict export of EDA software. What is it, and how…