The late political scientist James C. Scott endorsed what he called “anarchist calisthenics”—the regular practice of small acts of lawbreaking and disobedience. Jaywalk at an empty intersection. Have ...

There is a quiet failure mode that lives at the center of every AI-assisted coding workflow. You ask Claude Code, Cursor, or Windsurf to modify a function. The agent does it confidently, cleanly, and ...

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Artificial intelligence tools are making it faster than ever to reproduce creative work. Does copyright even matter anymore? By Meaghan Tobin Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Sigrid Jin was waiting to ...

The threat actor known as Harvester has been attributed to a new Linux version of its GoGra backdoor deployed as part of attacks likely targeting entities in South Asia. "The malware uses the ...

Last year, the journalist Jodi Kantor faced an unenviable assignment. She'd been invited to deliver the commencement address at Columbia University, her alma mater. So a huge honor. But recall that ...

I have zero coding skills, but I was able to quickly assemble camera feeds from around the world into a single view. Here's how I did it—and what it means for all of us. I'm the Executive Editor, ...