How Teen ‘After-Prom’ Kings in LA Monetized the High School Rager

The West Coast house-party scene has long been iconic. For these young, tech-savvy entrepreneurs, it was also inspiration for MyPlots, a party-promotion empire.

The Cop Who Took On Flock

After Noel Pichardo called out his city’s embrace of Flock surveillance cameras, he was subjected to five internal affairs investigations in less than two years.

Her Brain Was Broken. It Was Fixed With Sound—Not a Scalpel

One woman’s meth addiction was so bad, the only option left might have been brain surgery. Then a single session of noninvasive, focused ultrasound seemed to do what years of treatment could not.

5 Weird Tricks for Having a Brain

From the multibrained octopus to the bitty brain organoid, we’re all just inference engines making flawed bets on the future. Here are the five insights your brain will need to survive.

In a Heat Wave, Schizophrenia Is So Much Deadlier Than Any Other Medical Condition

People with schizophrenia face a perfect storm of dangers on a hotter planet.

Big Tech Wants to Harvest Your Thoughts

Silicon Valley companies are already working on neurotechnology products that track your brain activity. The next privacy frontier might be the things you only think.

Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and the Misreading of Science Fiction

Beyond Elon Musk’s interpretation of The Odyssey, Silicon Valley leaders have often misunderstood classic books like Foundation and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It’s evident in their tech.

AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive

Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks.

Why Each Octopus Arm Has a Mind of Its Own

Two-thirds of an octopus’s neurons are in its arms—each operating independently—including the one it uses to have sex.

How Data Centers Broke American Politics

What the Unabomber, Steve Bannon’s tech guy, and Bernie Sanders taught me about the great data center backlash of 2026.