The New York Times
Dealing With Bias in Artificial Intelligence
6 min read · 90 saves · 2019-11-19 · Craig S. Smith · Three women with extensive experience in A.I. spoke on the topic and how to confront it.
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The New York Times
On the Internet, No One Knows You’re Not Rich. Except This Account.
4 min read · 47 saves · 2019-11-11 · Taylor Lorenz · It’s easy to look successful on Instagram. Now, getting caught out is easy too.
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Singularity Hub
Why Designing Our Own Biology Will Be the Next Big Thing in Medicine
4 min read · 33 saves · 2019-11-10 · Jason Dorrier · In a talk at Exponential Medicine, Jane Metcalfe said that tools like gene editing and synthetic biology could make design the next big thing in medicine.
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Guardian Tech
Read Sacha Baron Cohen's scathing attack on Facebook in full: 'greatest propaganda machine in history'
~11 min read · 90 saves · 2019-11-22 · In a speech, the actor argued that Facebook would have run ads by Hitler. Here are his remarks in full
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Guardian US
The black Americans suing to reclaim their Native American identity
10 min read · From 2018 · Caleb Gayle · Their ancestors were black slaves owned by Native Americans. Now they’re suing the Creek nation to fully restore their citizenship
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The Verge
Emotional baggage: inside the toxic work environment at Away
20+ min read · 269 saves · 2019-12-05 · Zoe Schiffer · Away promised a company culture of travel and inclusion, but former employees say CEO Steph Korey uses the company values to get people to work harder and longer.
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Mashable
Absolutely humongous data breach exposes more than a billion records
2 min read · 79 saves · 2019-11-22 · Marcus Gilmer · Billion, with a "B"
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Forbes
China – The First Artificial Intelligence Superpower
5 min read · 225 saves · 2020-01-14 · China combines a gigantic amount of data with talent, companies, research and capital to build the world's leading AI ecosystem.
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bylinetimes.com
The Weaponising of 'Woke'
3 min read · 2020-01-23 · James Melville · James Melville argues that 'wokeness' is the latest concept to be hijacked by the right-wing to make a stand against equality, democracy and justice.
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WIRED
Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Lost Notebook
4 min read · 407 saves · 2020-02-12 · In the early days of Facebook, Zuck kept his plans for world domination in handwritten journals. He destroyed them. But a few revealing pages survived.
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The New York Times
The Original Renegade
6 min read · 90 saves · 2020-02-13 · Taylor Lorenz · A 14-year-old in Atlanta created one of the biggest dances on the internet. But nobody really knows that.
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The New York Times
Activate This ‘Bracelet of Silence,’ and Alexa Can’t Eavesdrop
5 min read · 179 saves · 2020-02-14 · Kashmir Hill · Microphones and cameras lurk everywhere. You may want to slip on some privacy armor.
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Guardian Tech
The rise of facial recognition technology
2 min read · 146 saves · 2020-02-04 · With facial recognition technology getting more sophisticated each year, technology editor Alex Hern explores the issue of privacy. Also today: Jamie Grierson on Sunday’s terrorism attack in south…
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