When less is more for healthy conversations

If you're asking yourself "how does Mastodon work?" this post will help. By Kev Quirk.

In indigenous communities like Nuyoó, where almost every family has members who have migrated for work, low-cost phone calls are seen as an essential service. By Nina Lakhani. (Aug. 15, 2016)

In indigenous communities like Nuyoó [Oaxaca], where almost every family has members who have migrated for work, low-cost phone calls are seen as an essential service. By Nina Lakhani.

The story of the moment lacks a lead actor from the top rank of the journalism establishment. Is that a sign of things to come? By Nicholas Lemann.

Open sharing of data that are collected with smart devices would empower citizens and create jobs, say Dirk Helbing and Evangelos Pournaras.

OpenBazaar Project Lead Brian Hoffman has announced a release date for the Open Source marketplace platform, together with the first “value added” business built on top of it, OB1. The announcement was made during the San Diego Bitcoin Meetup, streamed live on July 16, and both projects are slated for release by late November.

The radio dial here in “upstate” Manhattan and the Bronx is packed with pirate radio signals. Many are smack next to New York’s licensed landmarks...

It took a lot of fossil fuels to forge our industrial world. Now they're almost gone. Could we do it again without them?

Thanks to Galaxy Zoo, crowdpower has revolutionized galaxy classification. But now the machines are taking over.

This is the last article in a six-part series, The Coming Swarm, on military robotics and automation...