Mark Zuckerberg still won’t address the root cause of Facebook’s misinformation problem
In a congressional hearing about disinformation on Thursday, Representative Debbie Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, asked…
Google’s top security teams unilaterally shut down a counterterrorism operation
Google runs some of the most venerated cybersecurity operations on the planet: its Project Zero…
Andrew Ng: Forget about building an AI-first business. Start with a mission.
Andrew Ng has worn many hats in his life. You may know him as the…
No one can find the animal that gave people covid-19
A wild-animal trader who caught a strange new virus from a frozen pangolin. A lab…
This is how (almost) anyone can train to be an astronaut
In his 1979 book of the same name, Tom Wolfe described astronauts as needing the…
This new image shows off magnetic fields swirling around a black hole
Astronomers have released a brand-new image of the supermassive black hole at the center of…
Some artists found a lifeline selling NFTs. Others worry it’s a trap.
Anna Podedworna first heard about NFTs a month or so ago, when a fellow artist…
Inside Netflix’s Indian Gambit
One afternoon before the pandemic, I went to a decommissioned hospital in West London to…
Democratizing data for a fair digital economy
The digital revolution is here, but not everyone is benefiting equitably from it. And as…
The US is about to reach a surprise milestone: too many vaccines, not enough takers
The US has administered more than 118 million doses of covid-19 vaccines so far, and…