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Guns & Ammo, Not Just Another Tech Magazine
A selection of Glock pistols at the Pony Express Firearms shop in Parker, Colorado, in 2015 Rick Wilking / ReutersLet’s get one thing straight: Guns & Ammo is not not a political magazine....
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The Surprising Importance of a Facebook Comedian
A still from “Whine About It” BuzzFeedMatt Bellassai is leaving BuzzFeed.Whether this means anything to you may depend on how many Facebook videos you’ve watched. Bellassai is the form’s breakout star:...
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January’s Must-Reads in Science, Technology, and Health
A lithograph of the 1883 Krakatoa eruption Public Domain ReviewHere’s our collection of engrossing, original, troubling, and all-around extraordinary stories from around the web in the month of...
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Silicon Valley’s High-Tech Super Bowl Stadium Could Be a Target for Hackers
The San Francisco 49ers play a home game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Tony Avelar / APAs many as a million fans in Denver orange and Carolina blue are expected to descend on the Bay...
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The Strange and Terrifying Case of Ted Cruz's Two Watches
Dave Kaup / ReutersI first saw the rumor in a tweet from Kenny Keil, awriter at Mad Magazine:Of all the things to be creeped out about with Ted Cruz, I'm finding the 2 watches thing to be the most...
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Moving the Cloud to the Bottom of the Ocean
MicrosoftFor all the ethereal imagery, the cloud is a highly physical, earthbound thing.More From Our PartnersThe Economic Impact of College Graduates on Local EconomiesThe Case for Branding More...
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The Government Might Subpoena Your Toaster
digiart2001 / FlickrTo hear FBI Director Jim Comey tell it, his agency is going blind: Shielded by software that uses encryption to secure text or voice communications, criminals and terrorists are...
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How Do Americans Weigh Privacy Versus National Security?
Denis Balibouse / ReutersThree years ago, Edward Snowden leaked troves of previously classified information that laid bare the American government’s widespread surveillance of its citizens. The...
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How Generations Get Their Names
A reveler in Times Square waits for the new year on Dec. 31, 1999. Brad Rickerby / ReutersIt seems weirdly appropriate that, for a long time, talking about anything “millennial” was a way of hinting at...
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How to See a Famine Before It Starts
An animal carcass rots in the drought-affected Siti region of Ethiopia. Abiy Getahun / OxfamThanks to El Niño, some parts of Ethiopia are currently facing the worst drought in 30 years. More than 10...
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The Former Federal Employee Who Tried to Launch a Cyberattack on Nuclear...
Employees at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico received suspicious emails from a former coworker. larry1732 / FlickrA nuclear scientist formerly employed by the federal government...
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Reading Between the Lines of Slack’s New Diversity Numbers
Slack headquarters in San Francisco SlackThere are many reasons to be cynical about the way the tech industry talks about its commitment to improving diversity. A lot of what’s said is lip service, and...
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Like Baseball Cards, but for Funerals
Flowers and prayer cards are pinned to a tree with a scar that residents claim looks like Our Lady of Guadalupe, a Mexican representation of the Virgin Mary. Keith Bedford / ReutersIn a used bookstore...
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Not Doomed Yet: Why Low Oil Prices Can Be Good for the Climate
A truck sits idle outside an apartment in Dickinson, North Dakota. Some local oil rigs have had to shut down as oil's price has plunged. Andrew Cullen / ReutersThis is ‘Not Doomed Yet,’ The Atlantic’s...
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Swipe Right for Friendship
Brendan McDermid / ReutersIn 2009, Olivia Poole moved to San Francisco to work in the tech industry. She joined OkCupid, but nothing set off fireworks. “I could have great conversations, if not...
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A Surprise Twist in the Mystery of the Lost Telegrams
Dog with telegram, 1923 Library of CongressThere’s a famous story people like to tell about an alleged exchange, by telegram, between Victor Hugo and his publisher in 1862. Hugo apparently wanted to...
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The Super Bowl Ads That Aren't on TV
TwitterSuper Bowl 50—the game, this year, has reverted back to Arabic numerals to avoid the assorted awkwardnesses of the name “Super Bowl L”—will likely bring many of the things you’d expect from it....
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Will a Cable-Box-Free Future Be Worse for Minority Americans?
Eric Gaillard / ReutersThe tyranny of the cable box may soon see its end. Those expensive boxes have long been the only means through which people can watch TV if they want anything aside from basic....
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Twitter's New ISIS Policy
Evan Vucci / APTwitter says that since the middle of last year it has suspended 125,000 accounts “for threatening or promoting terrorist acts, primarily related to ISIS.”Much has been written about...
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Want to Pay Reparations in Your Own Life? There's an App for That
Cultivated WitFor the past 18 months, Ta-Nehisi has made the case that the United States will never live up to its ideals until it implements reparations for black Americans.Recently, he urged Bernie...
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