The story of how engineers spent years trying to build software for Stephen Hawking that would preserve his distinctive robotic voice — based off of technology from 1986.
Technology
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Science & Nature, Story
Welcome to the Center of the Universe
For the men and women who use the Deep Space Network to talk to the heavens, failure is not an option.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Science & Nature
Welcome to the Center of the Universe
For the men and women who use the Deep Space Network to talk to the heavens, failure is not an option.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
Translation is Messy, Which is Why Google Translate Will Never Be Very Good at It
The popular online tool is great at rapid decoding. Extracting meaning? Not so much.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Uncategorized
Art in the Age of Blockchain
Why a rare Pepe meme is now easier to authenticate than a Leonardo.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Quotes
Money For Nothing in the Bitcoin Bubble
The cryptocurrency gold rush has made millionaires out of those obsessed with changing the world order.
Posted inStory
The Encyclopedia of the Missing
She keeps watch over one of the largest databases of missing persons in the country. For Meaghan Good, the disappeared are still out here, you just have to know where to look.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Digital Age Won’t Kill Paper
Just like handwriting survived long after the introduction of print, paper is still very much part of our internet-era economy.
Posted inReading List
Longreads Best of 2017: Science, Technology, and Business Writing
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in business, tech, and science writing.
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The Fight to Escape “A World of Anonymous Abuse”
Online harassment is as serious as offline harassment, and it rarely stays “only” online.