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One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack – February 2021
In May 2019, WIRED joined the One Free Press Coalition, a united group of preeminent editors and publishers using their…
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The Recession Exposes the US’ Failures on Worker Retraining
Despite the soaring unemployment rate, many colleges and job training groups have yet to see a flood of displaced workers.…
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Facebook and Apple Are Beefing Over the Future of the Internet
Last July, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, along with the heads of Google, Amazon, and Apple, spent a long day fielding…
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A Vaccine Enrollment Mess of Epidemic Proportions
Featured Video CES HQ 2021: Covid Vaccines and Triumphs in Medicine Dr. Jennifer Doudna, the coinventor of CRISPR, and Dr.…
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Lawmakers Take Aim at Insidious Digital ‘Dark Patterns’
In 2010, British designer Harry Brignull coined a handy new term for an everyday annoyance: dark patterns, meaning digital interfaces…
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Facebook’s Oversight Board Has Spoken. But It Hasn’t Solved Much
The Facebook Oversight Board issued its first five decisions Thursday. The rulings are well thought out and show the board…
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Robinhood Restricts GameStop Trading—in a Bid to Save Itself
Many of Robinhood’s detractors accuse the company of acting in the interest of institutional short sellers rather than the individual…
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Miami’s Mayor Woos Techies. What Does He Need to Succeed?
Still, Mayor Suarez believes that recruiting the right people can change that. “We’ve been a city that, for many decades,…
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The Next Target for a Facial Recognition Ban? New York
Civil rights activists have successfully pushed for bans on police use of facial recognition in cities like Oakland, San Francisco,…
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Why Instacart Is Laying Off Workers As Deliveries Soar
Noelle Marian started working for Instacart in May 2019. She’s an in-store shopper, one of fewer than 10,000 part-time Instacart…
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