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Can We Slow Down Aging? • Twinn Health uses MRI scanning and AI to gain personalised insights into a patient’s health and detect preventable disease early

Readers rhapsodize, philosophize, reminisce, and reassess.

REMOTE WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE • Zoom did not set us free. But a bit of solidarity can help remote work live up to its promise.

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THE GREAT COMPRESSION • Before my father passed away, I promised him I would digitally archive his papers. It became a meditation on loss—and lossiness.

SAVE THE METAVERSE! • The internet is already ruined, but there’s still a chance for the virtual universe to follow a different path.

SHOOT THE MOON • Andrew McCarthy produces images worthy of the James Webb Telescope from his backyard—with gear that doesn’t require a NASA-grade budget.

FLIPPING COINS • Hackers working for the North Korean regime are laundering stolen crypto through mining services to throw tracers off their trail.

CHATGPT, UNLEASHED • OpenAI is now allowing its bot to interact with the live internet. This will make it more useful—and more problematic.

Dear Cloud Support: “There’s been a lot of speculation recently about the possibility of AI consciousness or self-awareness. But I wonder: Does AI have a subconscious?”—Psychobabble

THE OUTSIDERS • When you’re enjoying some leisure time with the family this season—in the wild or at the park—bring these essentials to keep everyone fueled, relaxed, and entertained.

RABBIT HOLE: Sack Sprays • A new breed of self-care companies has a salve for fragile masculinity: lavenderand tapioca-scented deodorants and moisturizers for the scrotum.

FEATURES

THE ENERGY TO SURVIVE

REALITY TV SAVED ME

INSIDE, EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME • The hackers were in thousands of corporate and government networks. They might still be there now. Behind the scenes of the SolarWinds investigation, unraveling one of the most sophisticated supply-chain attacks ever.

BRANDON SANDERSON IS YOUR GOD • He’s the biggest fantasy writer in the world. He’s also very Mormon. These things are profoundly related.

COLOPHON

ONLY CHILDREN SLEEP. ADULTS KEEP WATCH. • THE ASSIGNMENT: IN SIX WORDS, WRITE A STORY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SLEEP.