silicon valley Krazam: startup life satirized by Shiva Kilaru and Benjamin Burke Rob Beschizza

linguistics What is "garbage language" and why is it so hard to avoid using? Thom Dunn

butter Butter made from carbon dioxide instead of animal fat Allan Rose Hill

florida Florida lawmakers criminalize the production, sale, and distribution of lab-grown meat Carolyn Townsend

ev See an electric 'flying water taxi' skim the San Francisco Bay Rusty Blazenhoff

Food Collectives and non-profits feed the hungry. Some people want to make it illegal. Elías Villoro

Science Mammoth meatballs grown from ancient genetic information Rob Beschizza

science fiction Flux is a dizzying, dazzling debut novel about trauma, time travel, and 80s cop shows Thom Dunn

law Theranos fraud Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11 years in prison Rob Beschizza

recycling Chopsticks are a massive waste problem. This company recycles them. Jennifer Sandlin

meat A startup wants to make lab-grown steak out of captured carbon emissions Thom Dunn

scams Social media is being overwhelmed with ads for scammy mail-order ADHD startups Thom Dunn

Games Roblox is a $45bn platform built largely by children working for scrip Rob Beschizza

no room in the drug culture for amateurs Tech CEO who screwed up micro-dosing before a big meeting attributes his firing to other things Jason Weisberger

mistakes Basecamp, company that banned political discussion, had internal list of funny names to laugh at Rob Beschizza

Food First lab-grown chicken nuggets on restaurant menu David Pescovitz

funerals You can now legally compost dead bodies in Washington state Thom Dunn

dupe Verkada surveillance company used cameras to sexually surveil its own woman employees Mark Frauenfelder

tech Women harassed at surveillance camera startup Rob Beschizza