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TikTok Was Designed for War
TikTok’s algorithm feeds people videos it believes they are hungry to see. And there’s plenty of appetite for videos about…
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Russia’s War in Ukraine Could Spur Another Global Chip Shortage
When Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, the world’s chipmakers were even more dependent on Ukraine because the country supplied around…
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The Original Hybrid Workers Can Teach Us How to Do It Right
On July 17, 1963, Jack Nilles sat for hours in the corridors of the Pentagon, drinking cup after cup of…
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Australia’s Standoff Against Google and Facebook Worked—Sort Of
Over Zoom, Australia’s communications minister, Paul Fletcher, has the air of a man in the middle of a victory speech.…
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Europe Is Scrambling to Turn Its Back on Russian Oil and Gas
When the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 project was announced in 2015, it promised a brave new energy future for…
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The Governor of Colorado Is High on Blockchain
Crypto enthusiasts and government officials are not natural allies, at least outside Miami. And yet Colorado governor Jared Polis received…
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How US Sanctions Will Crimp Russia’s Tech Sector
Last November, the tech giant Yandex unveiled Chervonenkis, Russia’s most powerful supercomputer and the 19th most powerful commercial computer on…
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The Podcast Frenzy Gets Freaky
Plus: The influence of the iPod, ageism in Silicon Valley, and a meteorological roller coaster. Source link
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YouTube’s Captions Insert Explicit Language in Kids’ Videos
Nearly 400,000 people subscribe to the YouTube account Rob the Robot – Learning Videos For Children. In one 2020 video,…
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Energy Firms Are Going ‘Green’ by Offloading Dirty Coal Plants
Energy companies’ sell-off of fossil fuel assets is “obviously a big problem,” says Pieter de Pous, a senior policy advisor…
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