Cloudflare's mission is to help build a better Internet. We're excited today to take another step toward that mission with the launch of 1.1.1.1 — the Internet's fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service. This post will talk a little about what that is and a lot about why we decided to do it. (If…

BEIRUT, Lebanon — As the dust settles from missile strikes launched by the United States and its allies against Syria over the weekend, very little has changed for most Syrians who have spent years suffering through their country’s civil war. In Damascus, hundreds demonstrated in support of…

Having a whole bunch of smart objects like lights, appliances, and thermometers can make life a little more convenient for businesses, but buying into the internet of things can also make those same businesses more vulnerable to hackers. Nicole Eagan, CEO of cybersecurity company Darktrace, revealed…

The raid on the offices of President Trump’s personal lawyer makes clear that Trump’s battle with the special counsel, Robert Mueller, is entering its final chapter. Photograph by Yana Paskova / Getty On May 1, 2003, the day President George W. Bush landed on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in front of…

There’s a premise built into the structure of the Olympics that pretty much every single Olympian, even those far down the standings, are elite athletes at the top of their game performing at a level most fans could only dream of. Freestyle skier Elizabeth Swaney is an affront to this notion, and…

In Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther,” the hero and his antagonist are essentially duelling responses to five centuries of African exploitation at the hands of the West. Photograph by Matt Kennedy / Marvel / Walt Disney Studios / Everett The Maison des Esclaves stands on the rocky shore of Gorée Island,…

Martin Schoeller GQ’s Zach Baron reports on the stupendous rise and surprising disappearance of the once ubiquitous movie star. Brendan Fraser wants me to meet his horse. “I got this horse because it's a big horse,” he says, standing in a barn in Bedford, New York. He removes a green bandanna from…

She believed her best chance to be heard was through sheer repetition, so Rachel Crooks took her seat at the dining table and prepared to tell the story again. She was used to difficult audiences, to skeptics and Internet trolls who flooded her Facebook page with threats, but this was a generous…

IMPEACHMENT A Citizen’s Guide By Cass R. Sunstein 199 pp. Harvard University. Paper, $7.95. CAN IT HAPPEN HERE? Authoritarianism in America Edited by Cass R. Sunstein 481 pp. Dey St./Morrow. Paper, $17.99. It’s really hard to impeach a president. The founders included the provision, from the very…

Alex Miller’s spare room had been on Craigslist for two weeks when, last March, she got the call she’d been waiting for. The man at the other end identified himself as Jed Creek. Creek was a lawyer from New York, but he had grown up just outside Philadelphia, only a few minutes’ drive from Miller’s…

Stephen Hawking in Errol Morris’ A Brief History of Time . Criterion Collection The late Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time is one of history’s least likely best-sellers. Yet the book was a pop-cultural phenomenon, selling more than 10 million copies and popularizing everything from advanced…

In response to the Senate passing H.R.1865, an anti-online sex trafficking bill that has the potential to seriously harm consenting, adult sex workers, Craigslist has shuttered its all of its personals sections. Even the platonic ones. Early Friday morning, Craigslist made a public pos t regarding…

March 18, 2018 Eric Dorsey, a 62-year-old engineer in Palo Alto, was watching TV Tuesday night when he started getting texts that Stephen Hawking had died. He turned on the news and saw clips of the famed physicist speaking in his iconic android voice — the voice that Dorsey had spent so much time…

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Kuvée, the startup that makes a Wi-Fi-connected wine bottle complete with touchscreen, has announced it is shutting down, as reported by Business Insider . The system, which The Verge tested (and called gloriously dumb ) in March 2016, is basically a…

There’s no denying that David Chang’s new Netflix docuseries, “Ugly Delicious”, is aesthetically gorgeous. The show’s underlying concept—”ugly” food like tacos, barbecue, and fried rice all have intrinsic values that surpass its creation born out of necessity and a lowly legacy—is a sui generis…

Share "...Yes. Father. I shall become a bat." Last week, Polygon's offices were sent a big pack of press materials about the 30th anniversary of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns . The accompanying information said that it looked forward the recipient's editorial coverage of the occasion, and…

Little did the skeptics know that, in blow-drying my chicken, I was standing on the shoulders of giants. Photograph by Helen Rosner Roast chicken is probably my favorite food, but here’s a confession:until a few years ago, I’d never made one myself. Every TV chef andentertaining expert, it seems,…

Joe Tombari: 'The best thing about the game is that it has kept us in touch over all these years.' Photograph: Patrick Kehoe for the Guardian A s teenagers, a group of friends and I spent every spare moment at school playing tag. The game developed into more than just chasing each other round the…

Peter Thiel It could be said that the first few years of this current tech boom were fueled by mostly harmless, relatively easy products — websites for sharing your photos, for looking up stuff, for connecting with old friends. And the people who made them were seen as mostly good people. Yet this…

How I approach work when my ideas constantly change Photos courtesy of author W orking on your own is weird. You need to figure out what to do with your body while you work, where to put it, how to keep it safe and working properly. While you’re working, you need to keep your body out of situations…

Harvard is also bad. Paul Marotta/Getty Images Part of The Cambridge Analytica Facebook scandal Mark Zuckerberg is testifying before congress this week thanks to the company’s latest series of controversies, this time driven by accusations that the firm Cambridge Analytica abused Facebook data to…

Two years after Affleck denied its existence, his phoenix back tattoo returned to haunt the headlines, itself rising from the ashes of gossip rags past. Photograph by TID / BACKGRID In March of 2016, Jennifer Garner had recently separated from herhusband of ten years, the actor and director Ben…

Elliot Richardson and Rod Rosenstein. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Marion S Trikosko/PhotoQuest/Getty Images, Zach Gibson/Getty Images. Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is following the facts and bearing fruit. Meanwhile, speculation…

YOUNG AND USELESS: 1982-’84 Adam Yauch (a. k.a. MCA, Beastie Boy): I met this guy John Berry at Tier 3, a little teeny hole-in-the-wall punk club in Manhattan. One day he brought Mike [Diamond] with him. They had this band called the Young Aborigines‚ Mike D played drums, John played guitar, Kate…

HBO There’s a moment during the second half of Judd Apatow’s documentary about Garry Shandling when the purpose of the movie becomes clear. Apatow has spent more than four hours chronicling the life and career of his mentor and friend, and after all this time piecing together home videos and…

For Garry Shandling, this life was both a near-worthless joke and, at the same time, something almost too meaningful, its every single moment bursting with potential for growth and self-realization. Photograph by Bonnie Schiffman / HBO Fans of “Freaks and Geeks,” the high-school dramedy about…

People in the U.S. who want to keep their activity hidden are turning to virtual private networks — but VPNs are often insecure. Stuart Kinlough/Ikon Images/Getty Images Worried about Internet companies snooping on your online browsing? You might turn to something called a virtual private network to…

Kirk and Jason play some Spy Party Photo: Chris Hecker In most multiplayer video games, you’re on equal footing with your opponents. You’re on the same map, with the same moves and tools, and the more skilled player will theoretically win. That’s not the case with Spy Party , a two-player game where…

Share this “It’s like housewives of Copenhagen up in here,” jokes Maya Arulpragasam – better known as rapper M.I.A – as she false struts around a plush hotel suite, picking at kale crisps and nodding to the fact she’s wearing a sky blue trouser suit, coupled with sparkly boots. She’s at CPH:DOX to…

Mosul, 2017. Paperwork littered the remains of ISIS’ bombed-out Ministry of Agriculture. Ivor Prickett for The New York Times The ISIS Files We unearthed thousands of internal documents that help explain how the Islamic State stayed in power so long. On five trips to battle-scarred Iraq, journalists…

RIO DE JANEIRO — A new Netflix series about a sprawling corruption investigation has muscled its way into Brazil’s heated politics, outraging supporters of a leftist former president who is trying to make a comeback and stirring debate about how closely a docudrama should adhere to the facts. The…

Not just anywhere … the Markthal in Rotterdam.Photograph: Ping Shung Chen/Getty Images I f Unilever plc’s recent announcement about moving its corporate HQ out of London rang with the dread air of Brexodus, it was drowned out by the buzz already emanating from the company’s new home : Rotterdam. The…

I’m not sure it’s possible to justify my liaisons with married men, but what I learned from having them warrants discussion. Not between the wives and me, though I would be interested to hear their side. No, this discussion should happen between wives and husbands, annually, the way we inspect the…

Working smarter, not harder, is the key to better results W hen I was 17 years old, I used to work and study for about 20 hours a day. I went to school, did my homework during breaks and managed a not-for-profit organization at night. At that time, working long hours landed me countless national…

You can easily improve your productivity and your happiness by taking intentional breaks during your workday. We don’t know how to stop. “It is about the commas and full stops. On their own, they are not at all sexy. Yet, it is the commas and full stops, the pause and the breath, that transforms…

WEYMOUTH, Mass. — Kyle Corkum imagines a “smart city” with futuristic amenities like driverless shuttle services, heated sidewalks and a super-resilient energy grid that keeps humming through the harshest of storms. As chief executive of LStar Ventures, a developer of planned communities, he has a…

Major League Baseball warned the New York Yankees on Tuesday that a plan to display images of Aaron Judge , Giancarlo Stanton and other players imprinted in beer sold at Yankee Stadium would violate league policy, Newsday reported . A media tasting event at Yankee Stadium on Monday showcased some of…