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China’s ‘People’s Courts’ Resolve Online Disputes at Tech Firms
Colin Rule, who set up eBay’s system, says the company experimented with a community court in India about a decade…
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Gig Workers Were Promised a Better Deal. Then They Were Outsourced
Another subcontractor in Liverpool, who declined to give his name because he was worried about losing his job, has also…
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Inside the Student-Led Covid Walkouts
When Ayleen Serrano returned to school after the recent winter break, the 15-year-old came back to nearly empty hallways, absent…
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When It Comes to Health Care, AI Has a Long Way to Go
That’s because health data such as medical imaging, vital signs, and data from wearable devices can vary for reasons unrelated…
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Google’s Alleged Scheme to Corner the Online Ad Market
In 2010, a Google product manager named Scott Spencer gave an interview explaining Google’s use of “second-price” auctions to place…
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Put In a Dollar, Get $100 Back: A True Bitcoin Story
Plus: Early digital cash, the Corbevax vaccine, and adventures in Cryptoland. Source link
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Cities Want Ebikes to Stay in Their Lane—but Which One?
It’s hard to find anything that unites Nashville, Tennessee; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Moab, Utah; and New York City. But all…
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Who Do Young Entrepreneurs Look Up To? Elon Musk
In middle school, Kenan Saleh saw the movie The Social Network, the dramatized account of the early days of Facebook.…
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The Antitrust Case Against Facebook Draws Blood
On Tuesday, federal judge James E. Boasberg ruled that the Federal Trade Commission’s effort to break up Facebook could move…
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As Kazakhstan Descends into Chaos, Crypto Miners Are at a Loss
When Denis Rusinovich set up cryptocurrency mining company Maveric Group in Kazakhstan in 2017, he thought he had hit the…
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