Dealing With Bias in Artificial Intelligence
6 min read · 89 saves · 2019-11-19 · Craig S. Smith · Three women with extensive experience in A.I. spoke on the topic and how to confront it.
On the Internet, No One Knows You’re Not Rich. Except This Account.
4 min read · 46 saves · 2019-11-11 · Taylor Lorenz · It’s easy to look successful on Instagram. Now, getting caught out is easy too.
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…
Read Sacha Baron Cohen's scathing attack on Facebook in full: 'greatest propaganda machine in history'
~11 min read · 91 saves · 2019-11-22 · In a speech, the actor argued that Facebook would have run ads by Hitler. Here are his remarks in full
The black Americans suing to reclaim their Native American identity
9 min read · 2018-11-02 · Caleb Gayle · Their ancestors were black slaves owned by Native Americans. Now they’re suing the Creek nation to fully restore their citizenship
Emotional baggage: inside the toxic work environment at Away
20+ min read · 265 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…
Absolutely humongous data breach exposes more than a billion records
2 min read · 80 saves · 2019-11-22 · Marcus Gilmer · Billion, with a "B"
China – The First Artificial Intelligence Superpower
4 min read · 224 saves · Jan 14th · China combines a gigantic amount of data with talent, companies, research and capital to build the world's leading AI ecosystem.
The Weaponising of 'Woke'
3 min read · Jan 23rd · James Melville · James Melville argues that 'wokeness' is the latest concept to be hijacked by the right-wing to make a stand against…
Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Lost Notebook
3 min read · 384 saves · Feb 12th · In the early days of Facebook, Zuck kept his plans for world domination in handwritten journals. He destroyed them. But…
The Original Renegade
6 min read · 83 saves · Feb 13th · Taylor Lorenz · A 14-year-old in Atlanta created one of the biggest dances on the internet. But nobody really knows that.
Activate This ‘Bracelet of Silence,’ and Alexa Can’t Eavesdrop
5 min read · 175 saves · Feb 14th · Kashmir Hill · Microphones and cameras lurk everywhere. You may want to slip on some privacy armor.
The rise of facial recognition technology
1 min read · 145 saves · Feb 4th · With facial recognition technology getting more sophisticated each year, technology editor Alex Hern explores the issue of privacy. Also today:…