Will America's Nuclear Weapons Always Be Safe From Hackers?

The future arsenal will be networked, presenting unique security challenges for the U.S. Air Force.

• Patrick Tucker
• Dec 30, 2016

Has the Internet Killed Curly Quotes?

Web publications tend to favor straight quotation marks, a pragmatic approach to typography that old-school stylists can’t stand.

• Glenn Fleishman
• Dec 28, 2016

Obama Just Made It Harder for Trump to Create a Muslim Registry

The government is dismantling a dormant program that was used to track people from Muslim-majority countries.

• Kaveh Waddell
• Dec 22, 2016

Holiday-Travel Twitter Is the Best Form of Social Media

The play-by-plays from airports and bus rides offer the random, unpolished personal moments that the web has largely lost.

• Helena Fitzgerald
• Dec 22, 2016

How Much Do Businesses Pay for Stolen Data?

A lot, according to a new report

• Kaveh Waddell
• Dec 22, 2016

Second Helpings: 2016's Underappreciated Science, Tech, and Health Stories

Staff picks from the past year of coverage at The Atlantic

• The Editors
• Dec 22, 2016

The Social Advantage of Pockets

Who can use a pocket, and what it can carry, has historically depended on the person doing the pocketing. An Object Lesson.

• Clare Mullaney
• Dec 21, 2016

A Brief Economic History of Time

Capitalism changed how humans perceive the passage of hours, days, and weeks. This made people more productive, but did it make them any happier?

• Derek Thompson
• Dec 21, 2016

'Fuck You, 2016'

On blaming a year for the things that happen in it

• Julie Beck
• Dec 21, 2016

How One Reporter Turned to His Readers to Investigate Donald Trump

The Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold opened up to his audience, using crowdsourcing to explore the president-elect’s charitable activities.

• Dan Gillmor
• Dec 21, 2016

Virtual Reality Can Leave You With an Existential Hangover

After exploring a virtual world, some people can’t shake the sense that the actual world isn’t real, either.

• Rebecca Searles
• Dec 21, 2016

Nintendo’s Sad Struggle for Survival

Facing an uncertain future, the company keeps trying to mine its storied past.

• Ian Bogost
• Dec 20, 2016

Will Obama Order American Hackers to Dox Putin?

Cyberwar is so new that it's hard to know what a proportional response looks like.

• Kaveh Waddell
• Dec 16, 2016

The First Reply to a Trump Tweet Is Prime Media Space

Among the competitors: humans attempting to fact-check the president-elect and bots selling mugs full of liberal tears

• Adrienne LaFrance
• Dec 16, 2016

Will Populism Kill Your Jetpack?

What Trump and Brexit mean for self-driving cars, renewable energy, and future breakthroughs

• Scott Smith and Georgina Voss
• Dec 16, 2016

Will Facebook's Fake News Warning Become a Badge of Honor?

Some users might see the site’s alerts as evidence that a news source is more trustworthy.

• Kaveh Waddell
• Dec 16, 2016

How to Fix the Internet

Anonymity has poisoned online life.

• Walter Isaacson
• Dec 15, 2016

How Search Engines Are Killing Clever URLs

Is there any need for “.pizza” when everyone just Googles stuff?

• Lindsay Gellman
• Dec 15, 2016

Does Russia’s Election Hacking Signal a New Era in Espionage?

Yes and no.

• Kaveh Waddell
• Dec 15, 2016

Drink From Home: The Rise of the Remote-Work Holiday Party

Off-site employees like eggnog too.

• Joe Pinsker
• Dec 15, 2016