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The administration could exert much greater control over the industry—but just how far would it go?
Atlantic writers help you wrap your mind around artificial intelligence and a new machine age.

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Because the U.S. data on coronavirus infections are so deeply flawed, the quantification of the outbreak obscures more than it illuminates.

Michael Bloomberg is here to meme. But his controversial approach seems to misunderstand internet culture.

Companies such as Uber and Instacart have transformed the urban experience, but would they hold up if the coronavirus spread across America?

Welcome to the dark, chaotic, utterly mesmerizing soul of modern celebrity.

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-re, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-mi … you get the picture.

Downdetector is a simple, ugly utility, which becomes a weird little life raft for displaced communities when their websites crash.

The old but newly popular notion that one’s love life can be analyzed like an economy is flawed—and it’s ruining romance.

What a website that generates infinite fake humans tells us about modern life

An unprecedented data set shows where the encyclopedia’s editors are, where they aren’t, and why.