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It Ain't Hard to Tell
Nas’ Illmatic Was the Beginning of the End of the Album
Nas’ critically revered Illmatic hit record store shelves 30 years ago today. The digital age has ensured that there will never be another album like it.
Book Excerpt
They Experimented on Themselves in Secret. What They Discovered Helped Win a War
The untold, top-secret story of the British researchers who found the key to keeping humans alive underwater—and helped make D-Day a success.
Tip of the Iceberg
These Women Came to Antarctica for Science. Then the Predators Emerged
Big Interview
‘$5,000 to Save a Life Is a Bargain’
Immoral calculus
The Deaths of Effective Altruism
Reviews and Buying Guides
Product Review
Audien’s Sub-$100 Hearing Aids Are Way Too Basic
These sub-$100 over-the-counter hearing aids are quite blunt, but they offer a taste of what’s possible in this burgeoning category.
Buying Guide
The Best Handheld Gaming Consoles
Product Review
The Radster Road Is a Fresh Start for Rad Power Bikes
Burring Guide
The Best Coffee Grinders to Amp Up Your Morning Brew
Business
Microsoft in the age of Satya Nadella
Originally published February 2015: More than five years before Microsoft invested its first $1 billion in OpenAI, its engineers were hard at work on something that they believed would transform consumer computing, and it wasn’t artificial intelligence.
The Book of Woe
Inside the Battle to Define Mental Illness
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Security
Hackers Linked to Russia’s Military Claim Credit for Sabotaging US Water Utilities
Cyber Army of Russia Reborn, a group with ties to the Kremlin’s Sandworm unit, is crossing lines even that notorious cyberwarfare unit wouldn’t dare to.
Security
The Real-Time Deepfake Romance Scams Have Arrived
Watch how smooth-talking scammers known as “Yahoo Boys” use widely available face-swapping tech to carry out elaborate romance scams.
Business
Google Fires 28 Workers for Protesting Cloud Deal With Israel
The fired workers included nine Google employees who were removed by police after occupying Google offices on Tuesday.
Science
The Rise of the Carbon Farmer
Farmers around the world are reigniting the less intensive agricultural practices of yesteryear—to improve soil health, raise yields, and trap carbon in the atmosphere back down in the soil.
