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Iranian dissident hunters | The Verge
On a balmy night in October 2019, the defector rode his bike home. He’d just finished a long shift helping ...

How Knox Morris went from TikToker to rock star
Knox Morris stands onstage, stares out into the depths of the famed 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, and raises his ...

How dupes turned online shopping upside down
CasseyCassey Ho was getting her roots dyed when she started receiving hundreds of ecstatic messages. In a video clip promoting ...

Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part — what happens when doctors don’t notice?
Scenario: A radiologist is looking at your brain scan and flags an abnormality in the basal ganglia. It’s an area ...

Palestine was the problem with TikTok
In the last month, the war in Gaza has become an inescapable facet of the public consciousness as a new ...

The Vineyard Wind blade break and the future of wind power
A charter boat fisherman was among the first to discover the wreckage — a “mess,” he called it, deep off ...

How Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks
WhenWhen armies invade, hurricanes form, or governments fall, a Wikipedia editor will typically update the relevant articles seconds after the ...