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Building the “Big Lie”: Inside the creation of Trump’s stolen election myth

Doug Bock Clark, Alexandra Berzon, Kirsten Berg
Internal documents show Trumpworld conspiracy theorists knew their claims were disproven, disputed or dubious

Why data is the new oil: What we mean when we talk about “deep learning”

Terrence J. Sejnowski
With the advent of machine learning, computers can think — sort of. Here’s what that means for the future

The naked truth about nude art modeling

Robin Eileen Bernstein
"Have you ever been intrigued by what it’s like to be a nude art model?" the email from my school asked

Who’s afraid of the A.I. wolf?

Crystal Ponti
Some futurists look at artificial intelligence and see the end times. Those immersed in the field say it's unlikely

“I feel like I was set up to fail”: Inside a for-profit college nightmare

Adam Rust
Some schools feast on federal aid and don't care if the student can repay it. Here's one woman's tragic story

Shall we play a game?: The rise of the military-entertainment complex

Corey Mead
The Army wants you to play video games: For decades, the military has been financing, inventing and perfecting them

They’re both wrong

Salon Staff
Readers disagree with Megan McArdle's "Netscape's Folly" and J.J. Gifford's "Microsoft Should Be Punished"

The joy of Perl

Andrew Leonard
How Larry Wall invented a messy programming language -- and changed the face of the Web.

sliced off by the cutting edge

Ellen Ullman
A software engineer despairs at keeping up with every new techno-trend. Second excerpt from Ullman's 'Close to the Machine.'