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Is Pretend Empathy Enough?

Sherry Turkle

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The Tensions Behind Wikipedia’s New Code of Conduct

Stephen Harrison

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Telehealth Has Been Good in the Pandemic. It Could Be Great Long Term.

Kasra Zarei

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Too Often, Journalists Think Analytics Can Tell Them Everything About Their Audiences

Jacob L. Nelson

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Future Tense Newsletter: The Streaming World Is Looking an Awful Lot Like the Old Hollywood System

Andrés Martinez

Feb 27, 2021 10:00 AM

The Conundrum of Information Scarcity in a Time of Information Overload

Andrea Thomer

Feb 27, 2021 9:01 AM

Read a New Short Story About Learning to Solve an Art Mystery

Leigh Alexander

Feb 27, 2021 9:00 AM

E-Bikes for Everyone!

David Zipper

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The Mexican Elites Who Are Traveling to the U.S. to Get Vaccinated

Lorena Rios

Feb 25, 2021 5:45 AM

Report: A Software Flaw in Arizona Is Keeping People Behind Bars

Elena DeBré

Feb 24, 2021 4:05 PM

Digital Technology Helps Governments Target Critics Across Borders

Isabel Linzer

Feb 24, 2021 11:19 AM

Australia’s Wondrous Time Without News on Facebook Is About to End

Rachel Withers

Feb 23, 2021 10:15 AM

The U.S. Is Making It Harder for the Rest of the World to Get COVID Vaccines

Jane C. Hu

Feb 22, 2021 5:50 AM

Why Does a U.S. Senator Have Laser Eyes on Twitter Now?

Aaron Mak

Feb 19, 2021 6:06 PM

The U.S. Has Released the Most Comprehensive Catalog of North Korean Cybercrimes Ever Made Public

Josephine Wolff

Feb 19, 2021 1:59 PM

The Texas Crisis Shows (Again) There’s No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster

Malka Older

Feb 19, 2021 11:34 AM

In Australia, Facebook Blocks News (and Everything Remotely Newsworthy)

Elena DeBré

Feb 18, 2021 7:01 PM

Why Are COVID-19 Cases Really Falling?

Jennifer Beam Dowd

Feb 18, 2021 3:42 PM

France Has a Plan to Make Your Smartphone Last Way Longer

Maddie Stone

Feb 18, 2021 2:13 PM

Parler Is Back and So Are Users Who Cheered on the Capitol Insurrection

Aaron Mak

Feb 18, 2021 1:02 PM

Is Pretend Empathy Enough?

The Tensions Behind Wikipedia’s New Code of Conduct

Telehealth Has Been Good in the Pandemic. It Could Be Great Long Term.

Too Often, Journalists Think Analytics Can Tell Them Everything About Their Audiences

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