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Can an Online Course Help Big Tech Find Its Soul?
The new course is meant, in part, to answer that question, speaking directly to rehabilitated techies like Read. It contains…
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Clubhouse’s Fall From Grace | WIRED
Steven Levy covers the gamut of tech subjects for WIRED, in print and online, and has been contributing to the…
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On Depop, Sellers Are Pushing Shady Secondhand Pills
Six syringes, a pot of cod liver oil, and seven glass vials have been neatly arranged on a blanket and…
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Activists Are Reaching Russians Behind Putin’s Propaganda Wall
René has nothing to do with the invasion of Ukraine. The 34-year-old lives more than 1,000 km away in Nuremberg,…
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How a New Digital Dollar Could Shake the US Financial System
The Federal Reserve says it hasn’t decided whether to pursue a digital currency but notes that a CBDC “could provide…
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Online Sleuths Are Using Face Recognition to ID Russian Soldiers
On March 1, Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov posted a short video on Telegram, in which a cheery bearded soldier stood…
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This App Can Diagnose Rare Diseases From a Child’s Face
In 2012, Moti Shniberg sold his face recognition startup to Facebook and started looking for a new challenge. “We wanted…
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‘I’m the Operator’: The Aftermath of a Self-Driving Tragedy
The media descended on the story the next day. Right away, experts were quoted lambasting Arizona’s lax regulatory environment, calling…
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The Great Tech Hub Exodus Didn’t Quite Happen
Last October a local couple from the small midwestern city of Greensburg, Indiana offered to be people’s grandparents on demand.…
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The Hidden Role of Facial Recognition Tech in Many Arrests
Quinn says the spread of facial recognition technology has led investigators to believe there will be suitable digital evidence in…
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