An AI saw a cropped photo of AOC. It autocompleted her wearing a bikini.
Language-generation algorithms are known to embed racist and sexist ideas. They’re trained on the language…
What went wrong with America’s $44 million vaccine data system?
The first time Mary Ann Price logged into her employer’s system to schedule a vaccine,…
People are fed up with broken vaccine appointment tools — so they’re building their own
Across the US, people are clamoring to get the hottest ticket of the season: an…
Collaborative planning in an uncertain world
Corporate planning is difficult in the best of times, let alone in the middle of…
I jumped the queue to get an expiring vaccine. Did I do the right thing?
Around 10 p.m. last Thursday, I received a call from a friend. The two of…
We’re living in a golden age of sample return missions
Observing space rocks from afar is all very well, but sometimes you need to get…
So you got the vaccine. Can you still infect people? Pfizer is trying to find out.
Sebastián De Toma joined Pfizer’s clinical trial last year, getting his shots in August and…
Google says it’s too easy for hackers to find new security flaws
In December 2018, researchers at Google detected a group of hackers with their sights set…
The space tourism we were promised is finally here—sort of
SpaceX weathered through the onset of the covid-19 pandemic last year to become the first…
The high price of broadband is keeping people offline during the pandemic
Before his 190-square-foot apartment in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district was connected to the internet, Marvis…