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In a year full of elections, does Big Tech have democracy’s back?
Ellery Roberts Biddle
11 Jan
Technology
When deepfakes go nuclear
Sarah Scoles
28 Nov, 2023
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Will a new regulation on AI help tame the machine?
Ellery Roberts Biddle
3 Nov, 2023
Science & Health
Roe’s repeal has energized Africa’s anti-abortion movement
Erica Hellerstein
19 Sep, 2023
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The surveillance industrial complex is thriving at the border
Ellery Roberts Biddle
14 Sep, 2023
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How earthly notions of conquest — and Big Tech power moves — are playing out in the stars
Ellery Roberts Biddle
7 Sep, 2023
Technology
Advertising erectile dysfunction pills? No problem. Breast health? Try again
Erica Hellerstein
7 Sep, 2023
Science & Health
How space traffic in orbit could spell trouble on Earth
Sarah Scoles
29 Aug, 2023
Technology
Migrants take the US to court over its glitchy asylum app
Erica Hellerstein
9 Aug, 2023
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You want to tackle the fentanyl crisis? Print smaller bills
Oliver Bullough
3 Aug, 2023