The Markup's Year in Illustration: 2023

Some of our most compelling illustrations that we published this year

Year in Review

The Stories that Made Us Jealous in 2023

A look at 10 articles we wish we had published this year

Hello World

Meet the People Taking The Markup Reporting Off the Page and Into Real Life

Covering technology is really about covering people, the choices they make, and the choices being made for them

Neighborhood Watch

In My LA Neighborhood, Doorbell Cameras Are More Reliable Than Cops

‘You never know what you’re going to get when you call the police to our neighborhood’

Machine Learning

We’re Not Living a “Predicted” Life: Student Perspectives on Wisconsin’s Dropout Algorithm 

Wisconsin took down its dropout predictions after a Markup investigation. Here’s what two students we featured have to say

Hello World

How Elon Musk Is Trying To Make Web Scraping Dangerous Again

A massive civil suit from Musk’s X Corp. threatens to make web scraping legally perilous again. The ACLU’s Esha Bhandari explains what’s going on.

Languages of Misinformation

Second-Generation Americans: What to Do When Loved Ones Are Sharing Misinformation

Don’t get into a political argument. Talk about misinformation instead

LevelUp

Without a Trace: How to Keep Your Phone Off the Grid

We answer the questions readers asked in response to our guide to anonymizing your phone

Privacy

Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching

Here’s how to turn off “automated content recognition,” the Shazam-like software on smart TVs that tracks what you’re watching

Hello World

It Isn’t News, It’s Just Sand

Welcome to the era of news mirages