The Download: police misinformation in Minnesota, and borderless digital repression
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The secret police: A private security group regularly sent Minnesota police misinformation about protestors
When US marshals shot and killed a 32-year-old Black man named Winston Boogie Smith Jr.…
Digital repression across borders is on the rise
Khatab Alrawhani, a Yemen-born journalist and activist, thought he could escape the persecution that journalists…
The Download: Tweaking AI for energy efficiency, and China’s leaked data
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Why business is booming for military AI startups
Exactly two weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Alexander Karp, the CEO of data…
The Download: a military AI boom, and China’s industrial espionage
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The Download: India’s deadly heatwaves, and the need for carbon removal
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These simple changes can make AI research much more energy efficient
Deep learning is behind machine learning’s most high-profile successes, such as advanced image recognition, the…
No power, no fans, no AC: The villagers fighting to survive India’s deadly heatwaves
Suman Shakya wants me to touch the concrete wall of her bedroom, where her one-year-old…
We need to draw down carbon—not just stop emitting it
The UN’s climate panel warns that the world may need to remove billions of tons…