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I am a writer and video producer with an interest in technology, geography, design and the environment. I have written for Time, Domus, the New York Observer, Foreign Policy, Treehugger, Architectural Record, The Guardian, New York Magazine, Slate and others. I am the founding editor of and producer for the VICE future culture website Motherboard.

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The Home of Olive Oil and Mozzarella Is Still the Mafia's Toxic Waste Land

The Home of Olive Oil and Mozzarella Is Still the Mafia's Toxic Waste Land

"See Naples and die," Goethe once wrote, referring to the stunning beauty of the Mediterranean city during it…

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What We Want Most in the Era of Surveillance

What We Want Most in the Era of Surveillance

Since Edward Snowden's disclosures about widespread NSA surveillance, Americans and people everywhere have be…

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The US is building a bioweapons lab in Kazakhstan

The US is building a bioweapons lab in Kazakhstan

In 1992, Dr. Kanatjan Alibekov, a biologist from the Soviet Union, boarded a flight in Almaty, then Kazakhsta…

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The Other Shooter: The Saddest and Most Expensive 26 Seconds of Amateur Film Ever Made

The Other Shooter: The Saddest and Most Expensive 26 Seconds of Amateur Film Ever Made

Because the President's limousine passed almost exactly in front of Dallas clothing manufacturer Abraham Zapr…

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How to Live in the Future and Be More Productive: A Video Interview With Miranda July

How to Live in the Future and Be More Productive: A Video Interview With Miranda July

In the future, Miranda July, who is a filmmaker, performance artist, musician, and writer, Aquarius, webmaste…

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Meet Errol Morris

Meet Errol Morris

There are plenty of things that make Tabloid newsworthy - sex, Mormons, kidnapping, cloning - but it was by t…

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Inside the $9 billion Texas startup building a drone armada for the U.S. Navy

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It was September 2022, and Dino Mavrookas was trying to build the future of U.S. naval power atop an $800 dinghy. A former member of SEAL Team Six turned tech investor, Mavrookas had recently launched the startup Saronic Technologies with a vision for shoring up America’s defenses: cheap, fast autonomous boats that could be commanded in swarms, armed with sensors and weapons, and manufactured at factory scale. But first, he and his team, veterans of SpaceX and Anduril, needed a prototype.
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Inside the $9 billion Texas startup building a drone armada for the U.S. Navy

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The T-Mobile we used to love is dead — and it’s likely never coming back What remains is just another big carrier. Follow us on Google DiscoverAdd us as preferred source After years of slowly marching away from its Un-carrier image, T-Mobile started sprinting hard over the last year or so. Not only have we seen the death of all-inclusive taxes and fees, but the entire way …
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Cameron Stanley is pushing the Pentagon to become AI-first

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Cameron Stanley, a Pentagon veteran who returned to government after a stint at Amazon Web Services, is pushing to make the Defense Department an “AI-first organization,” from back-office logistics to the battlefield. Speed is the edge: “The right decision, the fastest” wins, he says.
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