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Schools Turn to Surveillance Tech to Prevent Covid-19 Spread Jun 08, 2020

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Administrators hope tracking beacons will identify where students congregate and who should be isolated if someone contracts the coronavirus.

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Tech Companies Denounce Racism. Will Silicon Valley Change? Jun 05, 2020

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The killing of George Floyd elicited corporate outrage, and some donations. But well-intentioned rhetoric has not always been followed by meaningful action.

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Trump's Tweets Force Twitter Into a High-Wire Act Jun 04, 2020

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By hiding but not deleting the president's tweets, the platform has struck a difficult balance to approach a nearly impossible situation.

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Facebook Employees Take the Rare Step to Call Out Mark Zuckerberg Jun 03, 2020

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Some workers at the social media giant are publicly criticizing decisions not to remove or flag misleading posts by President Trump.

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Remote Work Has Its Perks, Until You Want a Promotion Jun 02, 2020

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Companies like Facebook and Twitter expect many employees to work far from headquarters after the pandemic. That calls for a change in corporate cultures.

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Everyone's Ordering Delivery, but Apps Aren't Making Money Jun 01, 2020

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With dining rooms closed, more people are using Uber Eats, Grubhub, and DoorDash. But the services face a challenge to satisfy both consumers and restaurants.Â

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It's Called Artificial Intelligence—but What Is Intelligence? May 29, 2020

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We’ve built machines that are capable of incredible feats, yet still they have nothing on a baby.

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Are AI-Powered Killer Robots Inevitable? May 28, 2020

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Military scholars warn of a “battlefield singularity,” a point at which humans can no longer keep up with the pace of conflict.

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As Machines Get Smarter, How Will We Relate to Them? May 27, 2020

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Millennia of evolution have left us ill prepared to crack open the black box of AI and peer inside.