Returning the gaze
Uighurs in exile are fighting back against China’s techno-authoritarianism to locate their relatives who have been disappeared.
Longreads
Opening dossiers — and old wounds
As troves of KGB documents become declassified, former Soviet nations are grappling with their not-so-distant pasts.
Gram by gram
Silk Road is dead. Meet the next generation of digital black markets for illegal drugs: fully decentralized, pay-by-crypto, and end-to-end encrypted bazaars.
Delivery wars
Local shops in Turkey have been transporting groceries for centuries. Getir promises to bring them to your doorstep in 13 minutes or less.
For domestic workers, apps provide solace — but not justice
Smartphone apps are vital, sometimes even life-saving tools. But for thousands of foreign workers, their impact only goes so far.
Gone phishing
Obinwanne Okeke was supposed to be a rags-to-riches Nigerian success story. Then the feds followed the money.
Tune in, drop out
In the face of social and professional pressure, many young South Koreans are simply opting out — and the economy is adapting to them.
Eyes in the sky
Indian authorities had to manage 250 million festivalgoers. So they built a high-tech surveillance ministate.
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उत्तरी भारतमा लाग्ने विश्वकै भिमकाय मेलामा २५ करोडसम्म मानिस जम्मा हुन्छन्। आयोजकहरुले यसलाई व्यवस्थित बनाउन अपनाएका उपाय यस्ता छन्।
Anatomy of an internet shutdown
How citizens, telecom employees, and activists in Sudan turned a battle for digital rights into a referendum on the government