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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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These Doctors Are Using AI to Screen for Breast Cancer
When Covid came to Massachusetts, it forced Constance Lehman to change how Massachusetts General Hospital screens women for breast cancer.…
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This AI Could Go From ‘Art’ to Steering a Self-Driving Car
You’ve probably never wondered what a knight made of spaghetti would look like, but here’s the answer anyway—courtesy of a…
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New Algorithms Could Reduce Racial Disparities in Health Care
Researchers trying to improve healthcare with artificial intelligence usually subject their algorithms to a form of machine med school. Software…
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A Fight Over GameStop’s Soaring Stock Turns Ugly
On Friday, Left set up a second Citron Research Twitter handle, claiming that several people had attempted to hack the…
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