Data, Science & Tech

The regulations would have far-reaching implications for tech firms like Amazon, Google, Facebook and Microsoft, which have poured resources into developing the technology.

QAnon adherents and other far-right influencers are making thousands of dollars broadcasting election and vaccine conspiracy theories on the streaming site.

California Democrat Christy Smith, who's running to win one of the nation's most competitive seats, made $55,000 earlier this year from renting supporters' personal information.

Researchers say hundreds of preinstalled apps can access a log found on Android devices where sensitive contact tracing information is stored

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Startup valuations soar as pandemic boosts online services

Everything from your fridge to your tractor can change without your permission.

Florida is on track to be the first state in the nation to punish social media companies that ban politicians like former President Donald Trump.

Signal tried to buy "multi-variant targeted" ads on Instagram to show what parent company Facebook knows about its users.

This week, Neurable announced its first product, 10 years in the making: headphones that analyze the brain’s EEG signals

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The app’s hits seem to emerge organically, but the success of artists like Megan Thee Stallion reveals a highly managed curation process.

Ana Brandusescu  (McGill University) Michael Canares (StepUp Consulting) Silvana Fumega (ILDA)   In June 2020, we had the opportunity to join a discussion on open contracting and inclusion organised by ...

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The stakes are high when it comes to using machine learning in government. Building these three key considerations into your work should help you prevent your project from causing unintended harm.

For over a decade, the image of a young girl smirking in the foreground as a home in the background is engulfed in flames has circulated as fodder for countless memes. The picture, known simply as…

The game touted its use of the GPT-3 text generator. Then the algorithm started to generate disturbing stories, including sex scenes involving children.

Factories start at $15 billion—and cost is the easy part.

It’s a trickier question than you might think.

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It’s been three years since the Apple Design Team moved into its new premises. Take a glimpse at the new awe-inspiring circular campus.

Casual computer users have probably never heard of this logging software, but it's used across the entire internet.

The mission is expected to launch in 2023 and could kick off a series of launches that could help reveal whether Earth's "evil twin" once hosted— or still hosts— life.

Facebook parent identified and cracked down on six cyber mercenary companies that spied on as many as 50,000 users in 100 countries.

Former NASA engineer released the fourth iteration of his signature Glitter Bomb revenge against porch pirates.

Australian miners found a millipede with 1,306 legs, making it a "true" millipede. The typical millipede has 750 legs.

Austin is the top beneficiary of tech-related migration in the past 12 months, according to data from Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn profiles. Nashville and Charlotte also saw noteworthy migration rates.

Silicon Valley may be the world’s prominent tech hub. These global cities show why its grip on superiority is gradually slipping away.

PlantPaper's unbleached, toxin-free, brown-hued toilet paper is reckoning with cultural attitudes about the color white.