Zynn built a social network that quickly boomed, defying all the rules that explain why building a new social network is so hard. How did they do it? Partly, they came up with a smart idea. And partly they cheated.

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There’s a strange fight brewing between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. And it involves social media, shitposting, the coronavirus, and the huge debate we’re having in this country about the power of the tech monopolies. And it may also go back to space exploration too.

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How do we collect, share, and interpret data about the health of our oceans? It’s a massive problem, but a crucial one for the health of our planet.

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Zoom doesn’t offer end-to-end encryption for its free customers. That’s terrible! Or, wait, maybe it’s not.

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The story of Minneapolis, where some citizens are protesting with every form of digital technology out in the open. And others are working to keep their city, and their businesses, safe through the most analog of forms.

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Internal dissent at Facebook! Employees are protesting the company's policies on Trump's posts. But really they're protesting what they think is their company's complicity in the mayhem that America finds itself in right now.

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