Curious Loop

In The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley, Marietje Schaake, a Stanford HAI Policy Fellow, reveals how tech companies are encroaching on governmental roles, posing a threat to the democratic rule of law.

How geopolitics can alter digital infrastructure

The decline of the news industry is sapping journalism of a crucial tool.

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For almost two decades, hackers with Snake have been forcing their way into government networks. Who they work for, though, has always been a matter of pure speculation. But reporters with the German public broadcasters BR and WDR have discovered some clues, and they lead to Russia.

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The highly transmissible new variant is playing havoc with China’s Covid Zero policies.

The FTC’s very young new boss thinks corporations such as Facebook are abusing their power. To fight them, she’s consolidating some clout of her own.