This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss Apple’s iCloud, Wikipedia is a miracle of humankind, and good soup.
JASON: After our relatively unhinged BTBs last week, many of you left extremely nice comments, reached out individually, or otherwise gave us encouragement. You all are the best, and it made us feel very good. Thank you!
This week, I wrote about what the Wikimedia Foundation is doing to prepare itself for attacks from well-funded people who have decided to wage a harassment and legal war on Wikipedia editors. I am not going to rehash why people want to attack Wikipedia because it’s done very well in this article by Molly White, but boils down essentially to: Wikipedia is not that easily manipulated, it does not shy away from the truth, and its distributed, global nature makes it quite resilient.
A generation who thought they were immune from being fooled by AI has been tricked…
By accident, journalist Jack Poulson discovered Google had completely de-listed two of his articles from…
The Sun powers almost all life on Earth, but chemosynthetic life is the fascinating exception.…
One of the big unanswered questions at last week’s grand opening of Hollywood’s Tesla Diner…
Spotify is requiring users in the UK to verify they’re over 18, following the enactment…
We start this week with Emanuel’s and Joseph’s coverage of Tea, a women’s dating safety…