Backchannel
It's a trap
Inside the Biggest FBI Sting Operation in History
When a drug kingpin named Microsoft tried to seize control of an encrypted phone company for criminals, he was playing right into its real owners’ hands.
Joseph Cox
The Death of Truth
You Think You Know How Misinformation Spreads? Welcome to the Hellhole of Programmatic Advertising
Steven Brill
The Big Interview
Don’t Think Breakdancing Is a ‘Real’ Olympic Sport? The World Champ Agrees (Kinda)
Dexter Thomas
Latest
Ballot Bots
Indian Voters Are Being Bombarded With Millions of Deepfakes. Political Candidates Approve
Nilesh Christopher and Varsha Bansal
Parasocial Studies
I Went Undercover as a Secret OnlyFans Chatter. It Wasn’t Pretty
Brendan I. Koerner
The Big Interview
Meet the Woman Who Showed President Biden ChatGPT—and Helped Set the Course for AI
Steven Levy
Book Excerpt
They Experimented on Themselves in Secret. What They Discovered Helped Win a War
Rachel Lance
Tip of the Iceberg
These Women Came to Antarctica for Science. Then the Predators Emerged
David Kushner
Backchannel
He Emptied an Entire Crypto Exchange Onto a Thumb Drive. Then He Disappeared
Jenna Scatena
Big Interview
Javier Bardem Is Menacing and Thrilling in Dune: Part Two—and a Soulful Teddy Bear IRL
Hemal Jhaveri
Change Your Settings
How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find Its Targets—and Vladimir Putin
Byron Tau
Ship It
The World’s Most Important Industry Has a New Captain—and She’s Piloting It Into the 21st Century
Virginia Heffernan