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Imagining an internet without TikTok after Biden signs potential ban

The potential TikTok ban is law. What happens now?

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Populism, AI, and nationalism — progress and backlash

Fareed Zakaria on the age of revolution.

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A near-miss hack of Linux shows the vulnerability of the internet

The internet is far less secure than it should be.

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Are smartphones, social media destroying teen mental health? The debate, explained.

In The Anxious Generation, psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues that social media is ruining teens’ mental health. But some experts say he’s overstating the evidence and fueling a moral panic.

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Hualien, Taiwan earthquake: Toll on Taiwan’s chip industry

From Taiwan to South Korea to Silicon Valley, some of the most important nodes in the global tech economy are in disaster-prone places.

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From DoorDash to UberEats, why is food delivery so expensive?

As delivery discourse rages, don’t forget the middlemen: apps like UberEats, DoorDash, and Grubhub.

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TruthSocial made Trump billions. Will its skyrocketing stock price solve his financial woes?

Trump’s social network has made him one of the richest people in the world — at least on paper.

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Can Congress actually ban TikTok?

The House is trying to pass a TikTok ban as part of a broader aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. But it’s not over yet.

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Colorado brain data bill: How a new law will protect the privacy of our thoughts

What are neurorights? Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are building tech to read our minds. Lawyers are trying to protect our mental privacy from Silicon Valley through neurorights.

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What artificial intelligence is, and how it’s changing our world

Understand how generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, and DALL-E, are already shaping everything — from text and image generation to how we live and work.