Readings

The 26-year-old Israeli novelist—and former weapons instructor—debuted last year with The People of Forever Are Not Afraid, inspired by her experience in the IDF. She is serious and blunt, but liable to giggle at Youtube videos.

Daft Punk—the two French musicians in futuristic helmets responsible for the feel-good anthem of the summer—owe much to Brian De Palma's classic 1974 cult film Phantom of the Paradise.

Data mining works for preventing credit card fraud; less so for foiling terror plots. How the NSA’s surveillance strategy might be less effective than that of the neighbourhood gossip.