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The Promise of Duolingo
The language-learning app won’t make you fluent, but maybe that’s not the point.
AI Won’t Protect Endangered Languages
Combinations of characters on a screen mean nothing without agency and intention.
The Rainforest Speaks
Scientists are recording the sounds of the Amazon in a bid to better protect it.
Are Data Centers Compromising Our Collective Memory?
A conversation with Jessica Traynor, whose reporting on Ireland’s data centers was published in our Order issue.
The Last ATM
Spain’s aging population is struggling with the digitalization of the financial system — and the far right is seizing the moment.
England’s New Surveillance Regime Over Reproductive Rights
In Britain, phone data is being used to prosecute women who seek abortions.
‘Peace Means I Will Lose My Job’
How the northern German village of Unterlüß became dependent on the arms manufacturer Rheinmetall.
How to Deepfake an Election
In Slovakia, a digitally altered video swung a recent national election.
The Dark World of Deepfaked Debt
India’s online loan sharks are blackmailing borrowers with fake images.
“Suddenly the Air Starts to Sparkle”
As South Korean and Chinese battery makers break ground in Hungary, locals face the environmental costs.
