Technology
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Taxpayers for U.S. Chips
The United States has authorized $280 billion in taxpayer money to subsidize rich computer chip companies and invest in technology…
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Change These Default Settings and Be Happier With Your Tech
Many default settings buried deep inside our technology make us share superfluous amounts of data with tech companies. In my…
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Former Twitter Employee Convicted of Charges Related to Spying for Saudis
SAN FRANCISCO — A former Twitter employee was convicted on Tuesday by a jury in federal court of six charges…
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Travel the World in an App
In early 2020, Christine Dibble had recently retired from the federal government and was eager to travel more, but the…
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How Russian Propaganda Is Reaching Beyond English Speakers
The day after a missile struck a shopping mall in central Ukraine in June, killing at least 18 people, the…
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Snapchat Introduces Its First Parental Controls
SAN FRANCISCO — Snapchat, the ephemeral messaging app, introduced its first parental controls on Tuesday, as social media platforms face…
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Treasury Dept. blacklists crypto platform used in money laundering.
The Treasury Department on Monday prohibited Americans from using the cryptocurrency platform Tornado Cash, saying the service has helped ...
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A.I. Is Not Sentient. Why Do People Say It Is?
As the sun set over Maury Island, just south of Seattle, Ben Goertzel and his jazz fusion band had one…
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Classic Internet Censorship
I want us to consider the implications of this new reality: In three of the four most populous countries in…
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The Books Merger That’s About Amazon
Amazon isn’t on trial in a big books lawsuit. But its power is. The U.S. government is suing to stop…