The Secret History of Facial Recognition
Wired
Sixty years ago, a sharecropper’s son invented a technology to identify faces. Then the record of his role all but vanished. Who was Woody Bledsoe, and who was he working for?
Deadly force behind the wheel
The Washington Post
A police driving maneuver used to end chases has killed 30 people since 2016. Many departments refuse to use the tactic because of the risks.
The Man Who Explained Everything
Wired
Karl Friston's free energy principle might be the most all-encompassing idea since Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. Some believe it's the missing link to true artificial intelligence. But to understand it, you need to peer inside the mind of Friston himself.
The Hateful Life And Spiteful Death Of The Man Who Was Vigo The Carpathian
Deadspin
The story of Norbert Grupe—a Nazi soldier’s son, boxer, professional wrestler, failed actor, criminal, and miserable human being
The Killers of Swaziland
The Big Roundtable
Fifteen years ago in this African kingdom, two serial killers were hard at work. Just one of them was human.
Cashgate
Latterly
How a scandal started with a poor housemaid and ended up taking down the most powerful woman in Africa
The Ghosts of My Lai
Smithsonian
In the hamlet where U.S. troops killed hundreds of men, women and children, survivors are ready to forgive the most infamous American soldier of the war.
The Lost, True Story Of The CIA’s Greatest Basketball Coach
BuzzFeed
How did a 1972 exhibition basketball game between Russia and Uganda become a crucible for Cold War tensions at the dawn of Idi Amin's brutal regime?