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Games Features

How 'Genshin Impact' Content Creators Handle a Multi-Generational Audience

It's not just young players trying to keep up with the hit game, it's also their struggling parents and mentors.
Ty Schalter
7.26.21
algorithms

Police Are Telling ShotSpotter to Alter Evidence From Gunshot-Detecting AI

Prosecutors in Chicago are being forced to withdraw evidence generated by the technology, which led to the police killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo earlier this year.
Todd Feathers
7.26.21
Tech

This Website Changes Every Time You Blink

Artist Olesya Chernyavskaya is using new technologies to create strange art projects. Her medium is websites, her canvas is your screen.
Matthew Gault
7.26.21
qanon

I’m a Parkland Shooting Survivor. QAnon Convinced My Dad It Was All a Hoax.

“I don't know how to help someone that far gone.”
David Gilbert
7.26.21
china

Education Billionaires Wiped Out as China Curbs Tutoring to Cut Kids Some Slack

The government has accused tutoring companies of stressing out Chinese children.
Viola Zhou
7.26.21
Life

How To Bullshit Like a Pro, According to Experts Studying Bullshit

“Your goal should be to impress by using clichéd buzzwords like consciousness, actuality, space and time, and throwing them together with no concern for the truth.”
Shamani Joshi
7.26.21
Live, Laugh, Love Island

The 'Love Island' 2021 Power Ranking: Week Four

Finally, some good old-fashioned mess.
Lauren O'Neill
7.26.21
Censorship

We Spoke to the Men Who Went to Jail For Saying Cow Poop and Piss Can’t Cure COVID

“It broke me that my kids had to watch me getting assaulted by the cops.”
Pallavi Pundir
7.26.21
Recipe

Poule Nan Sos (Chicken in Sauce) Recipe

Chicken is marinated overnight in citrus, chilies, and aromatics, then slowly braised with sweet bell peppers in this comforting Haitian stew.
Gregory Gourdet
7.26.21
Space

From Yangtze to Mars: The Fiery History of China’s Space Program

Why do we reach for the stars—and who owns them, anyway?
Yangyang Cheng
7.26.21
Sports

Watch the Awkward Moment a Cyclist Prematurely Celebrates Her Olympic Win

It turns out another rider was (way) ahead.
Hanako Montgomery
7.26.21
Drugs

Got a Few Minutes? Take This Survey About Your Post-Lockdown Drug Use

The quick, confidential poll will help improve harm reduction advice for drug users in the UK.
Max Daly
7.26.21
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