Lauren Smiley

The true crime story of a prolific Facebook "master post-er" - who for years shielded her family's problems from scrutiny via her posts until, investigators believe, she intentionally drove them off a California cliff.

A Silicon Valley idealist sets out to automate the fast food business he grew up in.

An overseas workers conversing with US seniors - via a puppy avatar.

The story on an Indian techie killed in a Kansas bar by a white man who screamed "Get out of my country!"

The cultural shift of an on-demand world: getting used to getting served.

My report on the near minimum wage workers in an Instagram factory.

In a Silicon Valley Hooverville next to the Stanford campus - people live in a line of Jaycos and Winnebagos.

The housemates who are taking on Twitter's bots - publically identifying them on the platform.

Hell is other parents' screen-time policies.

A profile on the on-demand company for Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies issue.

What it means when tech workers get off the Google bus and into the resistance.

The Trump resistance flocks to privacy apps popular in repressive regimes.

Hacking attempts are scary. Dinosaur voting tech is scarier.

The newest double standard: Men are biohacking; women are just neurotic.

When AI-fueled toys chat with kids.