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The Atlantic

The Atlantic covers news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more, through its articles, podcasts, videos, and flagship magazine.

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theatlantic.com > culture > 2026 > 09 > sharks-maine-infestation > 688581

The Year Great-White Sharks Took Over Maine

9+ hour, 12+ min ago   (176+ words) More and more people have spotted them this season, but no one knows exactly why—or what to do. Read: The blockbuster that captured a growing American rift Read: Inside the dangerous, secretive world of extreme fishing When I asked…...

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theatlantic.com > health > 2026 > 09 > ai-virus-nature-pandemic > 688569

The AI Pandemic Isn’t On Its Way

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (146+ words) A clear check on AI-made viruses is the limit of existing knowledge about what makes viruses dangerous. Yet plenty of others might be, thanks to evolution. Last month, a team of scientists published a high-profile paper describing how they’d taught…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 09 > apple-folding-iphone > 688562

Okay, Sure, a Folding iPhone

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (15+ words) The Atlantic Apple needs to learn to take risks again....

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theatlantic.com > health > 2026 > 09 > artificial-intelligence-autonomous-doctor-medicine > 688543

Let the Robots Try Medicine

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (51+ words) The Atlantic It’s time for human doctors to get serious about AI. Today need not be any different. Doctors have been presented with a powerful tool that has the potential to improve care for millions of people. It’s their duty…...

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theatlantic.com > science > 2026 > 09 > zoo-animals-technology > 688416

Could High-Tech Toys Help Animals Act More Wild?

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (19+ words) The Atlantic Zookeepers are trying a new fix for animal “boredom.”...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 09 > xteink-e-reader-best-technology-years > 688539

This Tiny E-Reader Is the Single Best Piece of Technology in Years

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (96+ words) theatlantic.com The $70 Xteink X3 puts Silicon Valley to shame. No matter how you read it, The Power Broker is a serious undertaking. The paperback weighs as much as a brick; to avoid lugging around all 1,344 pages, people have cut it…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 09 > stop-calling-ai-companies-labs > 688528

Stop Calling AI Companies ‘Labs’

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (155+ words) Even so, Anthropic has a habit of landing on ambiguity about the fallout of its technology. In its education report, for instance, Anthropic, the entity best equipped to observe whether students are... The term lends an air of scientific rigor…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 09 > chatgpt-imessage-ai-texting > 688507

Am I Talking to You, or ChatGPT?

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (115+ words) It’s no longer strange to think that AI might be everywhere, edging out all forms of human interaction: bots talking to bots, all the way down. Every week we seem to take another step in that... The “Dead Internet” theory…...

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theatlantic.com > newsletters > 2026 > 09 > early-computers-1984-apple > 688515

How the Early Dreams of the Internet Changed

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (102+ words) The coming of the internet, with its invitation to universally accessible knowledge and the free exchange of ideas, seemed to affirm the promise: Our machines wouldn’t enslave us; they would liberate... Technology was once seen as countercultural. What happened? In…...

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theatlantic.com > science > 2026 > 09 > american-crayfish-netherlands-eating > 688430

The Netherlands Will Never Be Rid of Louisiana Crawfish

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (143+ words) Do you suck the head out?” I heard from the table next to me earlier this summer, at Two Chefs, a restaurant in Amsterdam that hosts a monthly crayfish boil. Yes is the answer: The best way to eat a... What…...