State of Surveillance 2022

Tech

San Francisco Police Can Now Kill People With Robots

11.30.22

By Aaron Gordon
Tech

San Francisco Police Want to Be Allowed to Kill People With Robots

11.29.22

By Aaron Gordon
Tech

SF Mayor ‘Wallpapered Over’ Privacy Concerns About Police Access to Live Surveillance Cameras, Docs Show

11.15.22

By Aaron Gordon
Tech

Police Use DNA Phenotyping to Limit Pool of Suspects to 15,000

11.10.22

By Chloe Xiang
Tech

JP Morgan Wants to Make Tenant Data Available to Every Landlord

11.04.22

By Chloe Xiang
Tech

Big Meat Companies Want to Use Smartwatches to Track Workers’ Every Move

11.02.22

By Tatyana Woodall
Tech

Ring Cameras Are Being Used to Control and Surveil Overworked Delivery Workers

10.19.22

By Edward Ongweso Jr
Tech

After Uvalde, Texas Public Schools Send Home DNA Kits For Kids

10.19.22

By Claire Woodcock
Tech

Companies in the UK Are Mining Users’ Personal Data to Place Billboard Ads

10.13.22

By Tatyana Woodall
Tech

‘Consumers Get Screwed’: Airbnb’s and Uber’s Background-Check Company Keeps Getting Sued

10.11.22

By Samantha Cole
Tech

When School Superintendents Market Surveillance Cameras

10.04.22

By Aaron Gordon
Tech

Banished for an Unleashed Dog: Airbnb Bans Bewilder Guests and Hosts

10.03.22

By Maxwell Strachan and Samantha Cole

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Life

An Unusually Clever Bear Is Currently Winning a Battle Against Humans in Japan

This sounds like the plot of a low-budget horror movie.

2 minutes ago

By Luis Prada
Photo: Veronika Oliinyk / Getty Images

Horoscopes

What’s Your Spirit Animal? Here’s What Your Birth Month Reveals.

32 minutes ago

By Ashley Fike
Illustration by Reesa.

Horoscopes

Daily Horoscope: June 9, 2026

Venus conjuncts Jupiter today, making this one of the warmer, more generous days of the month. Let yourself actually feel it for once.

2 hours ago

By Ashley Fike
Photo by Elizabeth Miranda

Music

Father’s Day Vinyl: 5 Albums Dad Probably Doesn’t Have (But Definitely Wants)

Father’s Day is coming up, and if you need an idea on what to get dear ol’ dad, you may consider the new Foo Fighters album on vinyl.

8 hours ago

By Stephen Andrew Galiher
Photo: mapodile / Getty Images

Life

Gen Z Is Dating People They’re Not Attracted to On Purpose. Psychologists Have Thoughts.

It’s at least better than staying home and doomscrolling alone.

9 hours ago

By Ashley Fike