Internet privacy: the apps that protect you from your apps

The long read: Every year, thousands of bikes are tossed into rivers, ponds, lakes and canals. What’s behind this mass drowning?

124,000 documents expose inner workings behind US tech firm’s rise as a global empire responsible for 19m journeys a day

«As Uber launched across India, Kalanick’s top executive in Asia urged managers to focus on driving growth, even when “fires start to burn”. “Know this is a normal part of Uber’s business,” he said. “Embrace the chaos. It means you’re doing something meaningful.”»

After more than a decade of writing life-changing advice, I know when to move on. Here’s what else I learned

After water, concrete is the most widely used substance on the planet. But its benefits mask enormous dangers to ecology, to health and to culture itself

We need to acknowledge both the politics and the physical impact that AI has on the planet, says scholar Kate Crawford in her new book.

«These are systems that produce profound and lasting geomorphic changes to our planet, as well as increase the forms of labor inequality that we already have in the world.»

Have you ever wondered how much of your personal information is available online? Here's your chance to find out.

Dozens of companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers and even hedge funds. They say it’s anonymous, but the data shows how personal it is.

Building a web analytics service without cookies poses a tricky problem: How do you distinguish unique visitors?

«ds on your page and leaves that same page without visiting another page on your site. We can distinguish unique visitors (an empty last-modified), but we can also leverage ou»

The long read: Bulgaria in the 1980s became known as the ‘virus factory’, where hundreds of malicious computer programs were unleashed to wreak havoc. But who was writing them, and why?