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Fake News Gets More Engagement on Facebook—But Only If It’s Right-Wing
It’s not exactly a secret that extreme, less-than-accurate content finds a big audience on Facebook. In the months before last…
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As China Rises, the US Builds Toward a Bigger Role in AI
For decades, the US government has let the private sector and the free market do their thing, betting this is…
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Instagram Live Now Hosts More People With ‘Rooms’
Everything may be happening on screens these days, but people haven’t let that box them in. Musicians have made music…
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One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack – March 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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Why a YouTube Chat About Chess Got Flagged for Hate Speech
Last June, Antonio Radić, the host of a YouTube chess channel with more than a million subscribers, was live-streaming an…
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How Google’s Grand Plan to Make Stadia Games Fell Apart
Eventually, Stadia Games and Entertainment teams got the software and people it needed to gain momentum prototyping Stadia games. The…
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The Rumored Apple Car Is Bad News for Elon
Could Apple succeed with a car? Well, the company’s recent Macintosh was distinguished not only by speedy chips but unprecedented…
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Clubhouse Is Booming. So Is the Ecosystem Around It
On Clubhouse, it’s no different. People have been working within the constraints of the app to make it work for…
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Help! Everyone Is Judging My Messy Bedroom
Dear OOO: Is everyone judging my background on Zoom? All of my coworkers have these lovely setups with stark white…
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Gig Workers Gather Their Own Data to Check the Algorithm’s Math
Armin Samii had been biking for UberEats for a few weeks last July when he accepted a delivery he estimated…
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