Is the opening up of privacy necessarily a bad thing? Definitely not when the State or a corporation holds the keys to the ...

Today privacy is not secrecy but selfhood. It remains an ethical space between what we owe others and what we owe ourselves.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has escalated his warnings regarding the technical direction of the Web3 ecosystem, ...

Is rejecting the devices and technologies they control the only effective way to fight back?Consider four events that vividly capture the spirit of our times. In late August 2025, in the port city of ...

Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, a tense political thriller hinging on the threat of nuclear annihilation, is the most compelling film of her career. She discusses her commitment to authenticity ...

Hayley Chivers accompanies architects from Peter Barber and Holland Harvey as they assess homeless support spaces they ...

The massive development projects the Iraqi government has planned for the city seem designed to wipe it clean of its past memories.

It’s the most wonderful time of year, and we at Defector are proud to bring back our series discussing some of the most, uh, ...

Abstract: The provocative cover of Jeremy Weissman’s debut monograph captures well the new visibility we are all subject to. Reminiscent of the times we live in, is the idea of the “photoborg” [1].

Tesla ( TSLA) CEO Elon Musk announced that Neuralink, his brain implant company, will start high-volume production of ...

On Thursday, officials in the UK pledged to roll out a country-wide facial recognition system to help police track down criminals. The country’s ministers have launched a 10-week consultation to ...

Gilligan made good on his promise to himself. The resulting show, Pluribus, really is a wholly unique take on the sci-fi ...