The complete history of the IBM PC, part one: The deal of the century
A detailed look at the birth and early childhood of the personal computer. http://www.bit.ly/arstechnica-ibm
Will I Get A Ticket?
A very frank interview with Lucinda Chambers, the Fashion Director of British Vogue for over twenty-five years, until her recent dismissal from the role.
Reflecting On One Very, Very Strange Year At Uber
The author relays the shocking story of the treatment she received during her year working as an engineer at Uber.
The Trees That Sail to Sea
A look at the trees that escape the loggers’ attentions, the epic journeys they sometimes undertake, and their importance to numerous natural ecosystems.
Trump, Putin, and the New Cold War
Essential reading on those alleged connections between Messrs Trump and Putin and the latter’s world view in a triple byline article co-authored by The New Yorker’s Editor David Remnick.
This is What a Feminist Looks Like
President Barack Obama lays out his personal perspective on feminism.
ÔOur Saturn YearsÕ
A detailed look at the “insanely, wildly, beautifully successfulÓ Cassini-Huygens mission to explore Saturn, which ended this month after nearly 20 years when its satellite made a planned plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere and burned up.
Is Amazon getting too big?
A searching piece about Amazon and monopoly, published in a newspaper owned by Amazon’s CEO. If you have the time, it’s also worth dipping into the elegantly wrought 28,000 word ‘note’ in The Yale Law Journal that inspired the piece.
Thus spake Albert
A piece looking at the prevalence of Albert Einstein aphorisms in the public consciousness_Ñ_at an extraordinary level even for someone of his stellar reputation. The story examines his sayings and how they were in some cases applied in his own life and times.
The last Nazi hunters
A look at the work of Germany’s Central Office for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes.