The beautiful complexity of the US radio spectrum
Somewhere above you right now, a plane is broadcasting its coordinates on 1090 megahertz. A…
How culture drives foul play on the internet, and how new “upcode” can protect us
The world of online misdeeds is an eerie biome, crawling with Bored Apes, Fancy Bears,…
Job titles of the future: Chief heat officer
In Miami, extreme heat is a deadly concern. Rising temperatures now kill more people than…
A cell that does it all
From “The Troubled Hunt for the Ultimate Cell” (1998), by Antonio Regalado: “If awards were…
The fascinating evolution of typing Chinese characters
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in…
The Download: introducing the Ethics issue
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
How ubiquitous keyboard software puts hundreds of millions of Chinese users at risk
For millions of Chinese people, the first software they download on a new laptop or…
Why salt marshes could help save Venice
Venice, Italy, is suffering from a combination of subsidence—the city’s foundations slowly sinking into the…
Why we should all be rooting for boring AI
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories…
The Download: spying keyboard software, and why boring AI is best
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…