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hbr.org

How Green Is Your Software?

Data centers will consume 8% of the world’s energy by the end of the decade.
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Posted by Phil Kennedy in Factr Blogging & Social
wired.com

One Data Scientist’s Quest to Quash Misinformation

Sara-Jayne Terp uses the tools of cybersecurity to track false claims like they’re malware. Her goal: Stop dangerous lies from…
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TechCrunch

Amnesty calls for human rights controls on EU digital surveillance…

In a new report, Amnesty International says it’s found evidence of EU companies selling digital surveillance technologies to…
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Tech Insider

2 US senators just demanded Amazon stop spying on its workers via…

The "magnitude of this surveillance" is "extremely disturbing," Senators Ron Wyden and Sherrod Brown wrote in a letter to Amazon…
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WIRED

Companies Can Track Your Phone’s Movements to Target Ads

Brands are seeking new ways to customize messages. A startup that gathers data on when you pick up your phone, or when you go out…
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The Verge - Tech Posts

Mozilla wants your help to fix terrible YouTube recommendations

Mozilla is introducing a new browser extension, RegretsReporter, that aims to crowdsource information research about users’…
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Columbia Journalism Review

How can we fight surveillance capitalism?

Over the past decade, we’ve seen the rise of a new kind of corporate power, one built on an almost unprecedented level of digital…
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Poynter

Conspiracy theories are causing people to fear the harmless and…

This is the September 17, 2020 edition of Factually, a newsletter written by the International Fact-Checking Network and the…
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Digital Trends

The most influential Hispanics in technology

As part of our ongoing coverage of , Digital Trends compiles a list every year of the most influential Hispanics in the…
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Slate Articles

Fake Data Could Help Solve Machine Learning’s Bias Problem—if We Let…

Without human intervention, data sets generated by A.I. for A.I. to learn from only amplify bias.
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wired.com

Hate Social Media? You’ll Love This Documentary

The Social Dilemma argues that humanity’s greatest existential threat is not climate change, but Facebook.
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