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EDITOR’S ESSAY • Apple’s autonomous driving project has crashed—but it reveals something about this tech’s direction of travel

DATA HIVE • Under threat from murder hornets, climate change, habitat loss and more, UK honeybees are getting a helping hand from AI-enabled apiculturists tracking everything from foraging patterns to foreign invaders

IN THE GRIP OF AN IDENTITY CRISIS • We ought to be free from the tyranny of passwords by now. Instead, they’ve proliferated—and are holding us hostage

THE MYTH OF METAL • How I became a Python programmer—and learned to love our abstract world

BASKING IN INDOOR SUNSHINE • Need to brighten your mood? This LED lamp‘s makers want to blast you with its beneficial rays

GEN-Z IS SPINNING ITS TECH LAYOFFS INTO LIKES • Just lost your job? Then gain some followers! TikTok trauma posts are on the rise, despite the risks

THE EXTREME SPORT OF ICE CLIMBING IS AT RISK OF EXTINCTION • This specialized winter pursuit is becoming more treacherous as the world warms and icefalls become less and less stable

SO YOU WANT TO REWIRE BRAINS • Therapeutic mind-machine interfaces will become a key specialism for surgeons

CREATING DRUGS FAR FROM THE PULL OF GRAVITY • The next generation of cancer medicines will be made in space. Katie King is preparing for launch

FOR GIANT LIZARDS, PLEASE HOLD … • How the soothing sounds of Slack conceal a secret history

MEET THE DISNEY IMAGINEER BUILDING YOU A REAL-LIFE HOLODECK • From BB-8 to floating heads and extending lightsabers, Lanny Smoot mixes magic and tech

TALES FROM THE CRYPT(O) • By combining a century-old idea with blockchain-based technology, Sarcophagus aims to ensure we can pass on digital assets after death

Smarter. Faster. Easier. • From do-it-all multitaskers, to essentials that do just one thing to perfection, we’ve gathered all the most productive products to help you get more done with less effort—and look good while you’re at it

FEATURES

Smoke and Mirrors • How Sadiq Khan got sucked into the conspiracy machine.

11,196 YEARS IN PRISON • Faruk Özer made crypto seem like the solution to decades of economic dysfunction. Then he became Turkey’s most wanted—and hated—man.

WOMEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD • They go to Antarctica with dreams of studying the unknown. What they discover there is the stuff of nightmares. by David Kushner with additional reporting by Meghan Herbst

RUSSIAN, GO HOME • WHEN MY COUNTRY WENT TO WAR, I FACED A CHOICE: Flee to a world where the truth might kill me—or seek peace in censored oblivion.

THE NERD-KING VIBES OF JENSEN HUANG • The Nvidia CEO turned a graphics-card company into a trillion-dollar AI behemoth. Now he wants to transform the rest of the world—healthcare, robotics, autonomous driving, the works.

The Fateful Eight • THE STORY BEHIND THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL TECHNOLOGICAL PAPER IN RECENT HISTORY.

HOLOGRAM FLICKERS. HE WAS NEVER ABOARD. • THE ASSIGNMENT: IN SIX WORDS, WRITE A MYSTERY SET IN A SPACE HOTEL.