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August 31, 2017
Navneet Alang
Turns Out Algorithms Are Racist
Artificial intelligence is becoming a greater part of our daily lives, but the technologies can contain dangerous biases and assumptions—and we're only beginning to understand the consequences.
August 21, 2017
Bob Moser
How YouTube Became the Worldwide Leader in White Supremacy
When Google promises to "curb" extremism on its lucrative video platform, it means nothing more than keeping advertisers happy.
August 17, 2017
Jacob Silverman
Can Tech Stand Against White Supremacy?
The alt-right relies on social media to spread hate, and Silicon Valley can stop them. Will they?
August 14, 2017
Brian Beutler
Did Mark Zuckerberg just lose the presidency to the CEO of GoDaddy?
August 9, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Why the Conservative Response to the Google Memo Is Hypocritical
It turns out the left and the right both want to protect workers—but only for entirely different reasons.
August 8, 2017
Ellen Ullman
Why I’m Not a Tech Utopian
A programmer looks back on her belief, early in her career, that a small machine could help her community.
August 7, 2017
Jeet Heer
Peter Thiel is showing Trump a thing or two about disloyalty.
August 3, 2017
Alex Shephard
Oh my god, Mark Zuckerberg is serious about this whole running for president thing.
July 10, 2017
Alex Shephard
Why Silicon Valley Is So Bad at Politics
A new initiative to revitalize the Democratic Party betrays the tech industry's blind spots.
July 7, 2017
Clio Chang
What Mark Zuckerberg Gets Wrong About UBI
Like other tech moguls dabbling in politics, the Facebook founder has shown little interest in actually shoring up the welfare state.
June 26, 2017
Graham Vyse
Can Journalists Live Without Twitter?
As the social-media platform's struggles continue, we asked reporters and editors to imagine a world free of 140-character limits. They responded with equal parts horror and wonderment.
June 6, 2017
Sarah Jones
Don’t let Silicon Valley near the kids.
May 29, 2017
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Rachel Riederer
Libertarians Seek a Home on the High Seas
The unlikely rise—and anti-democratic impulses—of seasteading.
May 3, 2017
Graham Vyse
Facebook is hiring for the worst job ever.
May 1, 2017
Clio Chang
Is Silicon Valley still part of the resistance?
April 19, 2017
Magazine
Kyle Chayka
The Troubling Contradictions of Dronestagrams
Drone technology has birthed a new way of seeing ourselves and the world—and enabled us to surveil anyone or anything, without any legal process.
April 3, 2017
Emily Atkin
The Corporations Defying Trump on Climate Change Are Not Your Heroes
March 28, 2017
Sukjong Hong
Uber’s first diversity report confirms what we already know: It’s bro heaven.
March 1, 2017
Clio Chang
Uber’s Travis Kalanick wants to be a big boy, but it might be too late.
January 31, 2017
Clio Chang
Silicon Valley’s Uneasy Muslim Ban Dance
The industry has come out in opposition to Donald Trump’s executive order. Kind of.
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