Chris Amico

Journalism can no longer chase Silicon Valley's tail in hopes of salvation. We need a self-determined vision for what journalism on the web is, who it is for, and how we build it. More →

Founded in 2003, Appin has been described as a cybersecurity company and an educational consulting firm. Appin was also, according to Reuters reporting and extensive marketing materials, a prolific "hacking for hire" service, stealing information from... More →

Back in December, we wrote about Appin. We were not writing about the reports (of which there have been many) that the organization that started as a sort of cybersecurity training school, but morp… More →

The news startup, The Messenger, announced today that it is closing, effective... More →

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Its new owner, Sinclair executive chairman David D. Smith, has pushed local TV news hard to the right. Will he do the same with newspapers — a medium he's called “so left wing as to be meaningless dribble...so devoid of reality and serving no real purpose"? More →

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A new musical recently debuted on Broadway that puts the stories of seven autistic young adults front and center as they face the challenges of leading independent lives. Jeffrey Brown talks to the creators behind "How to Dance in Ohio" and some of... More →

2023 was the breakthrough year for Large Language Models (LLMs). I think it’s OK to call these AI—they’re the latest and (currently) most interesting development in the academic field of … More →

Data continues on its upwards trajectory and with it comes the importance of visualization. Many charts were made in 2023. These are my ten favorites from the year. More →

The internet seems ripe for change, and millions of people seem poised to connect in new ways, as they reconsider their relationship to technology. More →

A fee is charged for about 16% of U.S. public-records requests, according to a MuckRock analysis of our data. The rising costs of records limits government accountability at the state-level but requestors have found ways to lower costs. More →

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A New York woman who sued America's Test Kitchen over Facebook-based "tracking" code on its Web site has agreed to settle the case without damages after the concern agreed to remove the code from its Web pages. Read more. More →

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There have been a ton of rumors about why Jo and I are leaving our show. Like, that I’m the Lindberg baby, and that is why my hair is long. Or that... More →

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We asked a group of writers to consider the forces that have shaped our lives in 2017. Here, science fiction writer Ted Chiang looks at capitalism, Silicon Valley, and its fear of superintelligent AI. More →

The title should really be Gi vs Nogi Jiu Jitsu, Why I Train Both and How I've Had My Mind Changed While Writing This Article! More →

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