The 8th Wonder of the World
The empty promises and empty buildings of Foxconn’s Wisconsin debacle.
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Beyond the Pain Matrix
Inside an IRL cult built on Facebook memes and semen-drinking.
Inside eBay’s Cockroach Cult
How eBay’s Global Security and Resiliency team ran a rogue campaign to terrorize a blogger couple with insects, pornography and pizza.
When SimCity Got Serious: The Story of Maxis Business Simulations
After the massive success of SimCity, the company behind the game began building private simulations for corporations.
The Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the Hacker Who Saved the Internet
At 22, he single-handedly put a stop to the worst cyberattack the world had ever seen. Then he was arrested by the FBI.
