A Nameless Hiker and the Case the Internet Can’t Crack
A friendly and charming hiker was known on the trail as “Mostly Harmless.” After his body was discovered in a tent in Florida, no one could figure out who he was.
To Run My Best Marathon at Age 44, I Had to Outrun My Past
“After 20 years of long-distance competition, I ran my fastest. All it took was tech, training, and a new understanding of my life.”
Our Minds Have Been Hijacked by Our Phones. Tristan Harris Wants to Rescue Them.
A former Google design ethicist insists that our minds have been hijacked in an arms race for our attention. He also insists that, with the help of a Hippocratic Oath for software designers, we can win.
Instagram’s Kevin Systrom Wants to Clean Up the Internet
The photo sharing service has built tools and algorithms to remove offensive comments for its 700 million users with the hope that it will reduce the amount of toxicity they experience online.
Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine
And Data for All: Why Obama’s Geeky New CIO Wants to Put All Gov’t Info Online
The Obama administration’s most radical idea may also be its geekiest: Make nearly every hidden government spreadsheet and buried statistic available online, all in one place. For anyone to see. On Vivek Kundra and Data.gov
