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The Future of Tech Work—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 14, 2020

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Every city is going to change as people realize that they can work from home just as easily as in the office. But Silicon Valley might change the most: tech workers largely have flexible jobs, and tech companies have been very open to employees working remotely. Combine that with the crazy rents in Silicon Valley and you have the recipe for major change, even when we’re all able to come back from quarantine.

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An inside look at the first vaccine trials, a new stimulus package in the works, and an update for Twitter employees Tech in Two May 14, 2020

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Catch up on the most important news today in 2 minutes or less. Get even more news you can use with the Tech in Two newsletter. Sign up here: https://www.wired.com/tt

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What Happened to Marcus Hutchins—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 13, 2020

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Marcus Hutchins saved the Internet and then the FBI arrested him. Here’s his riveting life story, with lessons for all of us and a big moral question. Can good deeds in the present absolve us from the sins of the past?

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Health officials testify, South Korea confronts reinfection, and scientists face some hard questions- Tech in Two May 13, 2020

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Catch up on the most important news today in 2 minutes or less. Get even more news you can use with the Tech in Two newsletter. Sign up here: https://www.wired.com/tt

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Should Facebook Be Paying for News?—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 12, 2020

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Many of my peers, and some legislators, are now arguing that the tech platforms should pay publishers directly. that’s an argument that i understand, but that also makes me uneasy.

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White House officials isolate, Germany's infection rate rises, and California becomes a vote-by-mail state- Tech in Two May 12, 2020

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Catch up on the most important news today in 2 minutes or less. Get even more news you can use with the Tech in Two newsletter. Sign up here: https://www.wired.com/tt

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Human Vaccine Trials Begin—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 11, 2020

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Moderna has moved into phase II clinical trials. This is fast! We’re making genuine progress toward a vaccine for Covid-19, which means it’s a good to step back and look at all the different efforts now underway.

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Who's Staying Productive At Home?—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 08, 2020

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Companies are using more and more surveillance software to monitor what their employees do on their machines. You can see why! With everyone working from home, it’s harder to tell who’s being productive. But it’s also creepy and could easily be misused.

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Outbreaks in meatpacking plants, another rise in unemployment, and good news for a vaccine candidate- Tech in Two May 08, 2020

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Facebook's New Oversight Board—Most Interesting Thing in Tech May 07, 2020

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Facebook announces the members of its new oversight board. It's an impressive group! The key questions, to me at least, are how far the purview of the group eventually stretches and how much their decisions really matter. After all, whether content stays up or goes down, is a fairly small matter with Facebook. The bigger question is what the algorithm shows to a huge number of people and what it shows to very few.

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