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2021Select features
CRYPTO AT A TURNING POINT
The dramatic leaps and dives of digital coin prices have turned crypto investing into a profitable gamble for millions and a spectator sport for everyone else.
MOVE FAST AND BANK THINGS: CRYPTO-BASED ‘DEFI’ TAKES ON WALL STREET
The tech rebels behind "decentralized finance" want to change the way the world borrows, lends, and saves. Can they pull it off?
CAN PELOTON OUTPACE THE PANDEMIC?
Peloton is about to face its most challenging incline yet.
AFTER SOLARWINDS: UNTANGLING AMERICA‘S CYBERSECURITY MESS
The SolarWinds hack exposed dozens—maybe hundreds—of U.S. companies to hackers' spying eyes. Here's what went wrong, and how business and government can fix it.
HOW THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SHOULD RESPOND TO SOLARWINDS HACK
Now that Joe Biden has taken office, he’s got to figure out how to dig the country out of a spectacular, smoldering crater.
2020 Select features
QUANTUM COMPUTING IS ENTERING A NEW DIMENSION
Companies serious about developing quantum computers are reaching an important new phase: Customers are lining up and paying to use their machines.
INSIDE CHINA’S DRIVE FOR DIGITAL CURRENCY DOMINANCE
China is sprinting ahead in a race that few others realize they’re running.
A KIND OF ‘MAGIC’: ONE NERD’S QUEST TO SHAKE UP VIDEO GAMES AND CREATE A $1 BILLION MARKET
With “Emergents,” Zvi Mowshowitz aims to bring collectible card games into the 21st century—and in doing so, upend the worst tendencies of the multibillion-dollar video game industry.
HONEYWELL LASERS IN ON TECH
The venerable industrial giant has placed transformative bets on software and sci-fi computers. Will the global pandemic put its evolution on hold?
DID ‘TECHLASH’ KILL OFF ALPHABET’S CITY OF THE FUTURE?
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs had a vision of an eco-friendly, tech-heavy tomorrow-land on Toronto's waterfront, but it's been drastically scaled back.
2019 select features
WHY FACEBOOK’S LIBRA HANGS IN LIMBO—AND WHAT’S NEXT IN THE DIGITAL CURRENCY RACE
Lessons from the fall and possible rise of a pioneering "stablecoin."
BUSINESS BETS ON A QUANTUM LEAP
Quantum computing could help companies address problems as huge as supply chains and climate change. Here's how IBM, Google, Microsoft, and others are racing to bring the tech from theory to practice.
2018 Select Features
FROM CRIMEFIGHTER TO ‘CRYPTO’: MEET THE WOMAN IN CHARGE OF VENTURE CAPITAL’S BIGGEST GAMBLE
Kathryn Haun was the Justice Department's go-to prosecutor for Bitcoin-related felonies. Now she's one of cryptocurrency's most important investors. Here's why her career change is a watershed moment.
HOW JPMORGAN CHASE LEARNED TO LOVE THE BLOCKCHAIN
America’s biggest bank is figuring out how to collaborate with cryptocurrency hacker types like Amber Baldet and Patrick Mylund Nielsen—and the cultural collision could soon pay off.
HOW HIGH WILL BITCOIN GO?
From the tulip mania of the 17th century to the modern dotcom bubble, investors have followed irrational exuberance into despair more times than we can count. But we've NEVER seen anything like Bitcoin. What's driving the crypto craze—and how long can it last? January 1, 2018
2017 Select Features
MEET ZOOKO WILCOX, THE MAN BUILDING A BETTER BITCOIN
Two years ago, Bryce "Zooko" Wilcox was running a struggling startup and sleeping in his car. Today he's collaborating with JPMorgan Chase on the privacy tech that could give Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies a run for their money. Here's how he got from A to Z. December 15, 2017
HOW BLOCKCHAIN TECH IS REVOLUTIONIZING BUSINESS
Even if the craze for Bitcoin and Ethereum abates, the power of the "blockchain" tech behind those currencies is very real. Here's how businesses are trying to harness it—and why they can't afford to ignore it. September 1, 2017
GOOGLE'S ELITE HACKER SWAT TEAM VS. EVERYONE
Brash. Controversial. A guard against rising digital threats around the globe. Google's Project Zero is securing the Internet on its own terms. Is that a problem? July 1, 2017
Uber's CEO Comes from What May Be World's Most Techie Family
December 1, 2017
Why Kik's ICO Is Digital Currency's Biggest Test Yet
August 1, 2017
Meet the Myth Master Reinventing Marvel Comics
March 1, 2017
The Key to Halting Hackers in Their Tracks
May 1, 2017
Cryptojacking Is the Next Big Cybersecurity Threat
November 1, 2017
If Silicon Valley Went to Washington
February 1, 2017
Alphabet's Moonshot Projects Are Starting to Crater
March 15, 2017
Why a Global Cyber Crisis Stalled This Time
May 29, 2017
The Latest Victim of Uber's Disruption May Be Itself
March 20, 2017
Psst, Your Company Is Spying on You
March 15, 2017
2016 and earlier Select Features
CAN ETHEREUM-CREATOR VITALIK BUTERIN OUT-BITCOIN BITCOIN?
Russian-born wunderkind Vitalik Buterin is the creator of Ethereum, a fast-growing new cryptocurrency network. His audacious goal? To unleash the power of the technology behind his creation and spur radical change in finance, social networks, and even government. October 1, 2016
How Long It Takes to Break a Passcode
March 15, 2016
MEET THE FATHER OF DIGITAL LIFE
This maverick forerunner of artificial life and animation remains largely unknown. Fall 2014
Select Digital Features
"Inside America's Newest Digital Crime Lab" | November 15, 2016
"My Journey to the Center of the Internet" | April 30, 2016
"What Everybody Misunderstands About Privacy Pioneer David Chaum's Controversial Crypto Plan" | January 14, 2016
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