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Why You Should Care About Your Right to Repair Gadgets
New legislation could simplify tech maintenance and make buying a new smartphone or computer the last resort.
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The Assault on Our Privacy Is Being Conducted in Private
The rise of social media, Google, and online shopping and banking has made us far more exposed than back in the Internet’s infancy.
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We Need Remote Work for Everyone
The ability to work online shouldn't be a nice-to-have for a select few, but an option for all.
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The Trumpian Roots of the Chip Crisis
Blame the pandemic for the chip shortage, but the Trump administration's trade policy made the situation much worse.
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Are We Waiting for Everyone to Get Hacked?
Leon Panetta is one of the few American government officials who can look around at the nation's rolling cyberdisasters and justifiably say, “I told you so.”
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Does AI Have an Alignment Problem?
The problems and the possibilities of AI are, in a very deep way, the problems and possibilities of humanity.
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Shoshana Zuboff: Why You Should Care About Privacy
The author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism talks about why people should pay attention to how big tech companies are using their information.
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Should Alexa Read Our Moods?
Companies should be barred from analyzing what people say and how they sound to recommend products or personalize advertising messages.
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AI May Have a Lot to Learn From Children
Exploratory learning, the kind that is exhibited by children, might better inform AI development than the habitual learning processes employed by adults, according...
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Why Was SolarWinds So Vulnerable to a Hack?
The federal government should set minimum security standards for software and software development.
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I Talked to the Cassandra of the Internet Age
The Internet rewired our brains. Michael Goldhaber predicted it would.
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When Algorithms Give Real Students Imaginary Grades
In-person final exams were canceled for thousands of students this spring, so computers stepped in — to disastrous effect.
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The Brain Implants That Could Change Humanity
Brains are talking to computers, and computers to brains. Are our daydreams safe?
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College Courses Online Are Disappointing. Here's How to Fix Them
Colleges and universities should embrace the classic tutorial system and adapt it for the online world.
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For Online Learning, Business Has Never Been Better
Demand for Chegg roughly doubled when schools shut down, but its chief executive, Dan Rosensweig, now needs to figure out how the company will adapt.
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For Online Learning, Business Has Never Been Better
Demand for Chegg roughly doubled when schools shut down, but its chief executive, Dan Rosensweig, now needs to figure out how the company will adapt.
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A Case for Banning Facial Recognition
A Google research scientist explains why she thinks the police shouldn't use facial recognition software.
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A Case for Banning Facial Recognition
A Google research scientist explains why she thinks the police shouldn't use facial recognition software.
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