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Apr 20, 2021 • 11min
New Vaccine Conspiracy Theories Are Going Viral in Arabic
Facebook has been criticized for failing to curb misinformation in English. But little attention has been paid to the scale of the problem in Arabic.
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Apr 19, 2021 • 6min
This AI Could Help Wipe Out Colon Cancer
Medtronic's GI Genius, awaiting clearance from the FDA, will help doctors identify precancerous polyps.Â
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Apr 16, 2021 • 8min
Biden Announces His Broadband Plan—and ISPs Will Hate It
The $100 billion proposal will probably be met with fierce resistance by telecom companies, but there's a lot to like for internet users.
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Apr 15, 2021 • 7min
Serve Food in Far-Away Restaurants—Right From Your Couch
A growing number of robots are operated remotely, often by workers thousands of miles away. Could it be a job of the future?
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Apr 14, 2021 • 6min
US Sanctions Are Squeezing Huawei, but for How Long?
Growth slowed last year at the tech giant, as it had trouble securing the most advanced chips. China's government has a plan to change that.Â
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Apr 13, 2021 • 6min
Silicon Valley Revs Up for a ‘Hot Startup’ Summer
“Now is the time to start stepping on the gas,” as one prominent VC firm put it to founders.
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Apr 12, 2021 • 5min
Groups Call for Ethical Guidelines on Location-Tracking Tech
The Locus Charter asks companies to commit to 10 principles, including minimizing data collection and actively seeking consent from users.
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Apr 9, 2021 • 8min
Biden Wants You Out of Your Car and on the Train
The president's $2 trillion infrastructure proposal boosts funding for buses and rail. It even envisions actually tearing down some freeways.
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Apr 8, 2021 • 6min
The Foundations of AI Are Riddled With Errors
The labels attached to images used to train machine-vision systems are often wrong. That could mean bad decisions by self-driving cars and medical algorithms.
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Apr 7, 2021 • 7min
One Startup’s Solution for Zoom Fatigue? The Walk and Talk
Spot is a new platform dedicated entirely to walking meetings, launched by a longtime remote work evangelist.
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