Monzo wanted to conquer America, then along came coronavirus
The story of Monzo’s attempts to crack the US market, and it’s market position in the era of covid-19.
The Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the Hacker Who Saved the Internet
The compelling story of a hacker who stopped a massive cyber-attack, only to be arrested.
The Secret History of a Cold War Mastermind
A great story about a master player in the “murky intersection of spycraft, politics, and war” during the Cold War, and whether his biggest operation was a “monkey wrench or a major event?”
Wikipedia Is the Last Best Place on the Internet
A look at the utopian vision of Wikipedia, the only not for profit in the top ten most visited sites on the web, and a journey through some of the tricky challenges inherent in creating any encyclopaedia, let alone an online one that is crowdsourced. Wikipedia is now so integrated into the web that its data arm powers all sorts of other services; a sign of its maturity to be sure, though also occasionally resulting in blips, such as when Apple’s Siri voice assistant “briefly thought Bulgaria’s national anthem was “Despacito”.
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Lost Notebook
An author writing a book on Facebook (‘Facebook: The Inside Story’) gets access to a 17-page section of Mark Zuckerberg’s early notebooks, entitled “Book of Change.”
Going the Distance (and Beyond) to Catch Marathon Cheaters
A man who made it his mission to catch marathon cheats encountered a case that was to have unforeseen, and tragic, consequences.
The Secret History of Facial Recognition
A look at the ingenious, secretive, technical research undertaken in the 1960s on what now seem ludicrously underpowered machines, that formed some of the earliest steps in what would eventually become the field of facial recognition software.
The Gospel of Wealth According to Marc Benioff
A look at the Salesforce founder Marc Benioff’s efforts at philanthropy – the story refers to a description of him as a “clarifying agent” of our times – in that he demonstrates both the impact and the limits of what the “good billionaire” can do.