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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
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Inside /r/Relationships, the unbearably human corner of Reddit social media Article 4678 words 10 votes
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Millions of the comments posted during public debates like the FCC's net neutrality repeal process have been faked by political operatives using false identities Article 4461 words 18 votes
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Four years in startups - Life in Silicon Valley during the dawn of the unicorns Article 7520 words 6 votes
The people who built Etsy dreamed of remaking commerce with their bare hands. Fifteen years later, its sellers are being asked to compete with Amazon. Article 7046 words 11 votes
In 2002, still reeling from the dot-com crash, Google realized they’d been harvesting a very valuable raw material — your behavior google privacy Article 6549 words 9 votes
Robots that can kill: Tomorrow’s wars will be faster, more high-tech, and less human than ever before. Welcome to a new era of machine-driven warfare Article 5651 words 6 votes
The extortion economy: How insurance companies are fueling a rise in ransomware attacks security.cyber Article 3888 words 12 votes
A conservative senator’s crusade against Big Tech: Josh Hawley’s skewering of Silicon Valley has earned praise from some Democrats, but is it truly a sign that right and left agree on something? Article 4635 words 5 votes
Inside America’s dysfunctional trillion-dollar fighter-jet program Article 4600 words, published Aug 21 2019 8 votes
Forty rebuttals to the media’s smears of Julian Assange – by someone who was actually there Article 6084 words 8 votes
Silicon Valley's crisis of conscience: the private retreat centers where Big Tech goes to ask deep questions Article 6795 words 5 votes
Wirecutter has selected TunnelBear and Mullvad as the best current VPN services, and written extensively about how they made this decision security Article 10 158 words 26 votes
The crowdfunded Dragonfly Futurefön scammed backers for over $725,000, but was only the last step in a decade-long multi-million dollar fraud Article 3976 words 13 votes
Interoperability and privacy: Squaring the circle privacy Article 3156 words, published Aug 13 2019 6 votes