At SXSW, Tech Reckons With the Problems It Helped Create
This year’s SXSW felt less like a celebration than it did a hangover. The post At SXSW, Tech Reckons With…
Blocked Immigration Ban Proves Trump’s Tweets Will Haunt His Presidency
The ban would have gone into effect Thursday at midnight. But Trump’s words got in the way. The post Blocked…
The Autonomous Future of Warfare Looks a Lot Like Pokémon Go
The head of the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office explains how apps can help show the future of war. The post…
An Ambitious New Program Wants To Support the Democrats’ Surge
Think of the Arena Fellows program as a sort of accelerator for the left. The post An Ambitious New Program…
A Portable Panic Button for Immigrants Swept Up in Raids
Your daily life doesn’t disappear just because ICE has detained you in a raid. A new app lets you get…
Hey, Coastal Elites: Don’t Dis ‘Flyover Country’—Fund It
Steve Case travels the US urging tech’s elite to look beyond their coastal enclaves. Now he wants to persuade POTUS…
I Tried Trump’s Media Diet. Now Nothing Surprises Me Anymore
Even presidents live in filter bubbles. See what the world looks like through Trump’s own reality distortion field. The post…
Trump’s Speech to Congress Was a Peter Thiel Fever Dream
Maybe the future—at least a populist, scant-on-details version—is finally rubbing off on the president. The post Trump’s Speech to Congress…
Is Trump Hate-Tweeting You? Find Out if It’s Really a Crisis
Big brands studiously seek to avoid politics, but few seem nimble enough to escape the presidential vortex. The post Is…
The Supreme Court Could Soon Decide if You Have a Right to Facebook
A registered sex offender argues that North Carolina’s law keeping him off Facebook and other sites violates his First Amendment…