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Twitter’s ‘Vox Populi’ Is a Lie
In the year 798, the noted scholar Alcuin of York penned a letter to Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Lombards, to (as was his wont) advise the mighty king on affairs of state. Writing in…
I Think My Face Was Deepfaked Into a Chinese Camping Stove Ad
Lynn, who remains active on social media, thinks lack of education is a big issue. “Some people don't even know that it's not legal to use other people's photos,” she said. “Most people say,…
Musk’s Twitter Will Not Be the Town Square the World Needs
In April, as he prepared to make his offer to buy Twitter, Elon Musk asked on the site if “a new platform is needed” for “the de facto public town square.” Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s…
Biden’s AI Bill of Rights Is Toothless Against Big Tech
Last year, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced that the US needed a bill of rights for the age of algorithms. Harms from artificial intelligence…
The Weak Argument Jeopardizing Tech Antitrust Legislation
Opponents of the antitrust push targeting Big Tech have lobbed all kinds of arguments to try to weaken support for new legislation. They may finally have found one that sticks.This week, a…
On China, US National Security Experts Fear the Wrong Thing
Last September, the Pentagon’s chief software officer, Nicolas Chaillan, resigned over what he described as the Department of Defense’s poor track record on technological adoption and…
Prince Harry Says He ‘Warned’ Jack Dorsey Before the Capitol Riots
Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, revealed at the RE:WIRED conference today that he had emailed Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey prior to the Capitol riots on January 6th to warn him that “his…
The Metaverse Is Simply Big Tech, but Bigger
Like religious prophets, Big Tech luminaries are preaching the coming of the next internet. According to their gospel—blog posts by tech companies and venture capitalists alike—tomorrow’s…
States Are Toughening Up on Genetic Privacy
If you’ve ever spit into a plastic tube or swabbed your cheek and mailed your saliva away to learn about your ancestry or health risks, you might have assumed that the company analyzing your…