The Practical is a daily newspaper about technology and security, published every morning and built to be read in one sitting. A front page for what changed, sections by beat, and the two things other outlets leave out: the story we looked at and left, and the corrections we owe you.
Every issue is assembled the same morning it goes out. The reporting is AI-assisted and human-edited, and the paper says so inside its own pages. Three stories in, you know what happened, why it matters, and whether it is your problem. It is written for the person who has to decide something on Monday, not for the person who collects headlines.
Each issue is published three ways: a PDF, an EPUB for e-readers, and a reader-friendly web page. All three carry the same paper.
What every issue carries
The paper keeps a fixed shape, so you always know where to look. Current issues run these sections:
- Front page - the day's top technology and security stories, plus follow-ups on the ones still moving.
- Tech - the technology news that matters, without the hype cycle around it.
- Security - advisories, actively exploited flaws, and the patches that are late.
- Business - what vendors and buyers did, and what it costs a budget.
- Open source - the projects, licenses, and maintainer fights that reach the enterprise.
- Devices - end-user and enterprise hardware, and the flaws that come attached.
- World - the policy, regulation, and nation-state moves behind the headlines.
- Denver - local Colorado technology, weather, and the week ahead.
- Gaming - the industry, not the reviews.
- Entertainment and sports - the business of both.
Then the columns that give the paper its character:
- 101 - one explainer in plain language, the way a colleague would walk you through it.
- Agentic Corner - AI agents: what they actually do, and where they break.
- AI feature - a longer piece on one AI question, tied to the day.
- From Phronia - the essays on our writing page connected to stories in the issue.
- Reader mail - questions from readers, answered in the paper.
- What we chose to ignore - the story we looked at and left, and why.
- Corrections and errata - what we got wrong, stated plainly.
The archive
The Practical has run every day since it launched on October 14, 2026. Every issue is numbered and dated. Twenty-one issues, newest first:
- #20Tuesday, November 3, 2026
- #19Monday, November 2, 2026
- #18Sunday, November 1, 2026
- #17Saturday, October 31, 2026
- #16Friday, October 30, 2026
- #15Thursday, October 29, 2026
- #14Wednesday, October 28, 2026
- #13Tuesday, October 27, 2026
- #12Monday, October 26, 2026
- #11Sunday, October 25, 2026
- #10Saturday, October 24, 2026
- #9Friday, October 23, 2026
- #8Thursday, October 22, 2026
- #7Wednesday, October 21, 2026
- #6Tuesday, October 20, 2026
- #5Monday, October 19, 2026
- #4Sunday, October 18, 2026
- #3Saturday, October 17, 2026
- #2Friday, October 16, 2026
- #1Thursday, October 15, 2026
- #0Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Back issues are not posted here for public download. They are available on request - the same way you get the paper going forward.
How to get it
The Practical does not have a public subscription page yet. If you want the paper - going forward, a specific back issue, or both - write to howard@phronia.co and ask. Say which you want and we will get it to you. Questions about the paper, and tips for it, go to the same address.
If you already read it and want to pass it to your team, ask us that too. We would rather answer than have you guess.