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The far-right helped create the world’s most powerful facial recognition technology Article 7387 words 11 votes
Why don't we just ban targeted advertising? privacy internet social media Article 3625 words 27 votes
The high-tech iBackpack received almost $800,000 from crowdfunding, but backers never received their bags. Now the creator is being sued by the FTC and state of Texas Article 5523 words 13 votes
Censored contagion - How information on the coronavirus is managed on Chinese social media social media Article 4605 words 9 votes
To rein in traffic-snarling new mobility modes, LA needed digital savvy. Then came a privacy uproar, a murky cast of consultants, and a legal crusade by Uber. privacy Article 3 votes
The messy, secretive reality behind OpenAI’s bid to save the world microsoft Article 5935 words 9 votes
Students say the Lambda School coding bootcamp isn't delivering on its promises, with concerns about poor instruction and prospects while being bound by income-sharing agreements Article 3866 words 16 votes
Security researchers partner with Chrome to take down over 500 browser extensions in a fraud network affecting 1.7 million users privacy security google browsers Article 6799 words 12 votes
The CIA secretly bought a company that sold encryption devices across the world. Then its spies sat back and listened Article 8451 words 20 votes
The deal of the century (or, the alliance of losers) apple Article 7962 words, published Feb 7 2020 6 votes
Clearview AI claims its facial recognition software identified a terrorism suspect in New York City last year, but the NYPD says they played no role in the case Article 4078 words 10 votes
Emotional baggage—Away’s founders sold a vision of travel and inclusion, but former employees say it masked a toxic work environment Article 4625 words 12 votes
Fifty countries ranked by how they’re collecting biometric data and what they’re doing with it privacy Article 3350 words, published Dec 4 2019 11 votes
Colleges are turning students’ phones into surveillance machines, tracking the locations of hundreds of thousands privacy Article 3179 words 35 votes
One nation, tracked : An investigation into the smartphone tracking industry privacy Article 4390 words 15 votes
Ponzi schemes, private yachts, and a missing $250 million in crypto: The strange tale of Quadriga and its founder's mysterious death Article 8102 words 8 votes
The terror queue - Google and YouTube moderators speak out on the work that's giving them PTSD social media google Article 6184 words 13 votes
Prime leverage: How Amazon wields power in the technology world amazon.web services Article 3013 words 5 votes
Showdown in Wisconn Valley: Why won’t Foxconn tell Wisconsin what it’s building? Article 3342 words 13 votes
The age of Instagram face - How social media, FaceTune, and plastic surgery created a single, cyborgian look social media Article 3949 words 11 votes
An investigation into the theft and sale of over $50 million worth of African IP address blocks by an insider internet Article 3994 words 8 votes
Ads Inc. spent over $50M placing ads on Facebook with fake celebrity news and "subscription traps", scamming people out of millions facebook social media Article 5950 words 11 votes
Inside the hate factory: how Facebook fuels far-right profit facebook social media Article 3580 words 12 votes
There’s no fire alarm for artificial general intelligence Article 7652 words, published Oct 14 2017 11 votes
Match Group, which owns most major online dating services, screens for sexual predators on Match.com — but not on Tinder, OkCupid or PlentyofFish Article 7554 words 10 votes
Behind the one-way mirror: A deep dive into the technology of corporate surveillance privacy Article 13 070 words 9 votes
In a major ethical leap for the tech world, Chinese start-ups have built algorithms that the government uses to track [Uighurs] members of a largely Muslim minority group Article 5665 words, published Apr 14 2019 13 votes
Behind the Smiles - Amazon’s internal injury records expose the true toll of its relentless drive for speed amazon Article 5730 words 8 votes
The strange life and mysterious death of Jerrold Haas, co-founder of the educational-blockchain startup Tessr Article 7850 words 7 votes