WASHINGTON (AP) — The animated video begins with a photo of the black flags of jihad. Seconds later, it flashes highlights of a year of social media posts: plaques of anti-Semitic verses, talk of...

More than 3x as many women have died from domestic violence than soldiers have died in combat. And the most dangerous place for women is their own homes. In a new book, No Visible Bruises, myths of…

‎Show Should This Exist?, Ep Woebot: A virtual therapist powered by AI - Feb 26, 2019

Last week, for a second time I headed to The Believer Festival in Las Vegas, a literary festival spun out from the Believer Magazine, founded by Vendela Vida and Heidi Julavits. One of the best par…

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It's the question of our times: How is technology impacting our humanity? "Should This Exist?" invites the creators of radical new technologies to set aside their business plan, and think through the…

Humans have been sculpting nature to our tastes on a small scale for thousands of years. Now, however, we’re contemplating change on a much bigger scale, thanks to a growing understanding of…

Andrew Ridker’s “The Altruists” charts how expectations clash when a widower’s two adult children return to the family home in St. Louis.

Should This Exist with Caterina Fake discusses 3DR, open source drones.

Sri Lanka’s ban on social media forces a question nobody wants to ask: What if a global media network is impossible?

A seemingly endless number of startups has attracted funding in recent years to make life easier for people with money to spend. They’re sold sell nice clothes, chic shoes, cool office space, on…

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Donald Trump has been promoting disharmony at the US-Mexico border. Over the weekend, Yo-Yo Ma tried to do the opposite by playing excerpts of the Bach cello suites on both sides of the Rio Grande.His…

‎Show Should This Exist?, Ep Halo: A headset that makes you learn faster - Feb 20, 2019

Shares of eBay fell 4% on Thursday, after Jeff Bezos snubbed the rival e-commerce giant in his annual letter to shareholders.

Waking up in Venice is unlike waking up in any other place. The day begins quietly. Only a stray shout here and there may break the calm, or the sound of a shutter being raised, or the wing-beat of…

Even for busy New York City, Times Square is a dizzying place. There are massive print and video advertisements stacked atop one another on all the very tall buildings crowding out the sky, street…

Unlike at social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, the people who respond to reports of harassment are largely unpaid volunteers.

Masters of Scale is an original podcast in which LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman sets out to describe and prove theories that explain how legendary leaders take their companies…

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A coalition of activists, linguists, ad makers, and sound engineers has created what it claims is the first genderless AI voice for virtual assistants, and is asking for the public to help get the…

From the director of Winter’s Bone, and a favorite from Sundance 2018, I finally saw Leave No Trace–and it is a stunner. With almost no dialogue, it tells the story of a war veteran suffering…