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An upcoming experiment will test how well the nation can function on its internal internet.
News doesn’t sell. That’s lethal to journalism – and democracy.
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U.S. laws regulating online speech offer broad protections for private companies, but experts worry free expression may be threatened by “better safe than sorry” voluntary censorship.
The famed science fiction author coined the term “cyberspace” before it existed.
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Where is your data now? Follow the money.
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Algorithms and propagandists exploit the human instinct to connect to play us.
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When he first became a multi-millionaire, Elon Musk shared how his vision led to success.
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A growing middle-class is set to drive the sharing economy in the near future.
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, explains his plan for success.
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A new report says there’s not as much evidence of physical harm as you might think.
The country’s paperless system serves as a model to other nations.
They’re fun, so why not? Well, maybe because they’re often inscrutable.
An exhaustive report from The New York Times shows the alarming extents to which Facebook has been sharing user data.
The most powerful editors in the world? Algorithms.
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Cryptocurrencies have had their time in the spotlight. Now it’s time to focus on solving bigger problems.
It was “one of the most complex and intricate endeavors” SpaceX has ever undertaken.
Opinion ruined journalism and Facebook killed truth—but there’s a way to make it right.
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The companies launching satellites aboard the SpaceX rocket hope to revolutionize the Internet of Things.
Project Dragonfly aims to help the Chinese government build a censored search engine that would “blacklist” information that officials don’t like.
Learn how to enter into the mindset of a successful inventor.
Americans say we value free speech, but recent surveys suggest we love the ideal more than practice, a division that will harm more than it protects.
Journalism got a big wake up call in 2016. Can we be optimistic about the future of media?
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Can algorithms use collective knowledge to make us all internet explorers?
As voting becomes digital, we should consider rewarding voters for taking part in the process.
Emotion has an impact on the decision-making process.
In Life After Google, George Gilder writes that we’re paying a heavy cost for “free.”
Build up, tear down—new technology stirs up a cycle of progress and cynicism we’ve seen all throughout history.
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Her support of Democratic candidates has the alt-right furious.
Easter eggs have been hidden in video games since Atari’s Adventure; now Google search has hidden an entire adventure game.
You are leaking data, and absorbing it, says Yale historian Timothy Snyder. But for whose benefit?
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