My Unlikely Existence – Longreads
Thoughtful stories for thoughtless times. Longreads has published hundreds of original stories—personal essays, reported features, reading lists, and…
How Is Kalshi Not Gambling?
No matter what mechanism, there’s still a bet made. Maybe you are offering a better deal. As far…
Tin Can Is a Dumb Phone for Kids. Can Someone Teach Them How to Use It?
Chet Kittleson, 38, is the cofounder of Tin Can and a father of three kids, 10, 8, and…
How China’s ‘Crystal Capital’ Cornered the Market on a Western Obsession
Villages looked for niches they could fill in the global market. The town of Xuchang, for instance, capitalized…
China’s Renewable Energy Revolution Is a Huge Mess That Might Save the World
Indeed, the greatest beneficiaries of China’s renewables revolution may, in fact, be consumers, both inside and outside of…
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
Amy Lindberg settled quickly into life at Lejeune. She played tennis and ran on her lunch breaks, flitting…
Want a Fortell Hearing Aid? Well, Who Do You Know?
“I’ve tried different brands of hearing aids, and they’re good, but they’re not this good,” says Martin in…
OpenAI’s Fidji Simo Plans to Make ChatGPT Way More Useful—and Have You Pay For It
In case OpenAI’s structure couldn’t get any weirder—a nonprofit in charge of a for-profit that’s become a public…
All of My Employees Are AI Agents, and So Are My Executives
Hearing all this, I started to wonder: Was the AI employee age upon us already? And even, could…
Why AI Breaks Bad | WIRED
Still, the models are improving much faster than the efforts to understand them. And the Anthropic team admits…
How the Pre-Teen Band X-Cetra Made an Album That Became a Cult Classic
T he year was 2000. Y2K came and went, and a group of four childhood best friends had…
The Quantum Apocalypse Is Coming. Be Very Afraid
One day soon, at a research lab near Santa Barbara or Seattle or a secret facility in the…