Why paper maps still matter in the digital age
If you want to really learn your way around a new place, paper maps still trump digital options.
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What is Section 230? An expert on internet law and regulation explains the legislation that paved the way for Facebook, Google and Twitter
A terse piece of legislation from 1996 has been credited with creating the internet as we know it – and blamed for the flood of misinformation and other ills that have come with it.
The tricky ethics of Google’s Project Nightingale, an effort to learn from millions of health records
A project involving tens of millions of patient records poses ethical issues, even though patients could ultimately gain. Here’s why privacy concerns are a hurdle.
Most Americans don’t realize what companies can predict from their data
Every device that you use, every company you do business with, every online account you create – they all collect data about you and analyze it to figure out minute details of your life.
Google memo completely misses how implicit biases harm women
Even after years of federal and state laws making discrimination illegal, implicit bias still leads to actual economic harm for women.
Tech companies spend big money on bias training – but it hasn’t improved diversity numbers
The tech industry is known for having a notably non-diverse workforce. But bias training – when not validated by research that shows it works – isn’t going to solve the problem.
Social media companies should ditch clickbait, and compete over trustworthiness
Social media companies arose from libertarian, free-market origins but must embrace social benefits and democracy to survive.
AI chatbots refuse to produce ‘controversial’ output − why that’s a free speech problem
AI chatbot makers’ restrictive use policies hinder people’s access to information.
Big tech surveillance could damage democracy
Big tech companies compete over who can gather the most intelligence on their users. Countries like Russia and China turn this information against their citizens.
Will Silicon Valley’s new company towns end up as failed utopias?
Facebook will build a village with housing and amenities in Silicon Valley, a new version of old, unsuccessful ideas of company towns and utopian communities. Will Facebook’s town face the same fate?
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