Anti-surveillance makeup could be the future of beauty
With facial recognition technology on the rise, Document presents a fashion story exploring makeup for the panopticon.
The secret world of images not meant for human eyes
In a new exhibition at Fondazione Prada, Trevor Paglen and Kate Crawford investigate AI’s political underpinnings.
Dior’s Kim Jones and Apple’s Jony Ive predict what our future will look like
The pair dissect the enduring design needs of the tech and the tactile for Document’s S/S 2019 issue.
Iddris Sandu, the tech wunderkind bringing AI to the people
The 21 year-old who has already created work for giants such as Instagram and Uber speaks on exposing the youth to new technology, and why...
Tabitha Soren sees America’s collective anxiety in our fingerprint-stained screens
In her new project ‘Surface Tension,’ Tabitha Soren suggests our digital-era anxiety can actually bring us closer together.
Autonomous cars are set to change how we have sex
As the development of self-driving cars continues to build, drivers will suddenly have a lot more down-time. Will sex be there to fill the void?
Consent-based brothel wants to fix problem of bad robot sex
Sex dolls can be made to do anything the user desires—both in and outside the realms of morality.
Technology is tracing your every move
Devices are measuring your every move, and with all our usage, they can paint a picture of our daily lives.
Swipecast founders Peter Fitzpatrick and Matthias Wickenburg on how the app is disrupting the fashion industry
Swipecast allows models to book jobs, producers to coordinate shoots and castings, and more—in an efficient, cost-effective, and timely manner.
Rising entrepreneurial star in China turns out to be social media catfish
A middle school student is behind the identity of Shi Runlong, an alleged entrepreneur whose Weibo account was full of photos of global dignitaries.
Russian scientists speed up the internet
A group of Russian scientists, in partnership with an American university, created an algorithm that can increase internet speeds by one-and-a-half times.
France wants to end snobbery, democratize culture, through multimillion-dollar app
The $496-million-a-year plan will target 10,000 18-year-olds, giving them €500 ($577) in credit to spend in the app.
The complexities of getting off in the age of technological pleasure
Access to sexual pleasure has never been greater than in the present—but has that increased satisfaction?
Information overload: When everything is everywhere, how do we understand what’s important?
Political scientist Brendan Nyhan explores where the democratization of information and freedom of choice turn sour for Document's Spring/Summer 2017 issue.
In the laboratory where the future of flight is being born
One photographer's close look at Imperial College London's Aerial Robotics department where the future of drone flight is being hatched.
Global broadband inequality is making it impossible for some nations to log on
The internet is getting faster for a select global few, leaving developing nations at an extreme disadvantage.
Dockless bikes, the latest tech disruption, are ending up in volcanoes and trees
One was found at the bottom of New Zealand’s Mt. Eden volcano this past week.
After dropping ‘don’t be evil,’ Google looks for new words to justify its military projects
As reports of the company's participation in a military drone project set off an internal and public image scandal, Google is hoping that new ethical...
Europe’s new data protection laws are a confusing mess that might change the world for better
The European Union's new data privacy rule, which went into effect last week, is the reason your inbox has been a mess for the last...
Making sense of YouTube’s creepy relationship with kids
The platform is increasingly targeting pre-teens with a total disregard for privacy.
“What is an artist’s responsibility?” Introducing Document S/S 2018
With the release of Document No. 12, our Editor-in-Chief & Creative Director Nick Vogelson looks at how the changing of the artist's role in culture...
The existential paranoia fueling Elon Musk’s fear of AI
The scaremongering by Musk and other 'tech-bros' says more about the exploitative business model of Silicon Valley than Artificial Intelligence's capacity to do actual harm.
How Grindr and Facebook are networking shame
The dangers of innocuous data have never been more visible until now.
Aggregators of anxiety
Artist Jon Rafman captures the anxiety unleashed by the aggregations of Russian trolls and Cambridge Analytica.
The Uber fatality highlights the plight of the American pedestrian
The tragedy in Arizona took place at the intersection of economic inequality and urban planning's long-standing apathy for pedestrians.
Imagining the end of Facebook, for the first time
As the Cambridge Analytica revelations widen, the company's demise no longer seems like a fantastical possibility.
The cryptocurrency revolution begins to fray
Is one of the most-hyped advancements in technology beginning to wreak havoc?
Algorithms could aid in the successful integration of refugees
Researchers have produced an algorithm that processes multiple factors to formalize the perfect match between a migrant and a location
The latest health trend for affluent Americans is tracking sleep
And no one can say why they're doing it
South Korea Wants to Ban Bitcoin Trading Because It’s a Lot Like Gambling
The regulatory move would be among the first of its kind
Job Automation Might Cut Wages For a Lot of New Yorkers
A report estimates that $92 billion could be cut
