A look at Roundup, Montana, which has become a hub in Amazon's supply chain with prep centers that repackage sellers' goods according to Amazon's specifications
about double the number of people who actually live there. (Via @verge) https://www.theverge.com/... Maria Konnikova / @mkonnikova : “'If somebody actually thought about how many warehouses or how man...
Google admits one of its language reviewers leaked confidential Dutch audio data and says it is investigating the issue
one of them leaked recordings Michael Simon / PCWorld : Google defends ‘critical’ Assistant language experts who listen to and transcribe your recordings Adam Clark Estes / Gizmodo : Google Very Angry...
A look at the rise of the ambivalent conspiracy theorists, popular YouTubers using irony and nonchalance to refurbish old conspiracies for new audiences
Amanda Hess / New York Times : Tweets: @crackedscience , @mkonnikova , @notjessewalker , @nytimes , @skeptinquirer , @nytscience , and @robinhanson Tweets: Jonathan Jarry / @crackedscience : Very int...
Kids googling themselves for the first time face shock, frustration, and sometimes excitement at content parents had been posting about them since their birth
Googling yourself has become a rite of passage. — For several months, Cara has been working up the courage to approach her mom about what she saw on Instagram. Tweets: @theatlantic , @histoftech , @...
How a Quebec IT engineer got swept up in the crypto craze and started a multimillion ponzi scheme, defrauding dozens of people after his mining strategy failed
A Quebec IT worker was certain he'd developed a foolproof way to mine bitcoin. Instead, it led him and his investors to ruin. Tweets: @mkonnikova Tweets: Maria Konnikova / @mkonnikova : “If you go in...
A history of the quest to solve checkers, headlined by a 1994 matchup between a computer program and the best checkers player ever, Marion Tinsley
Marion Tinsley—math professor, minister, and the best checkers player in the world—sat across a game board from a computer, dying. Tweets: @alexismadrigal and @mkonnikova Tweets: Alexis C. Madrigal / ...