Dara Kerr
Stories
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Business
Instagram fails to protect female politicians from violent, racist, sexist comments
A new report that shows a deluge of misogynistic, racist and violent comments targeting Kamala Harris and female politicians on Instagram. Meta recently slimmed down its content moderation teams.
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Politics
Meta shutters tool used to fight disinformation, despite outcry
The social media company discontinues its CrowdTangle tool, which researchers have used to track misinformation. Amid fears of election interference, lawmakers have urged Meta to keep it running.
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Politics
There's a presidential campaign donor battle going on in Silicon Valley
Hundreds of Silicon Valley venture capitalists from across the political spectrum have pledged support for Harris. But a vocal group of billionaires said they'll do what's needed to get Trump elected.
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Technology
Google has lost a major antitrust lawsuit. What's next for the search giant?
A federal judge rules that Google illegally abused its monopoly power to maintain its control over the search engine business. Google says it’s appealing.
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Politics
It’s taken 2 years to get the Kids Online Safety Act to this point
The Kids Online Safety Act is set to pass the Senate, but some groups oppose it. It’s a rare bipartisan bill with broad support.
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Technology
The Crowdstrike outage showed the vulnerability of the cloud
Experts say the services companies like Crowdstrike supply are in the hands of too few providers that are themselves too interconnected.
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Environment
AI brings soaring emissions for Google and Microsoft, a major contributor to climate change
The tech giants both report surges in greenhouse gas emissions as they double-down on adding artificial intelligence to all of their products.
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Technology
Artificial intelligence's thirst for electricity
Artificial intelligence is an electricity hog. Google says its total greenhouse gas emissions climbed nearly 50% over five years, mostly due to electricity that powers AI data centers.
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Politics
Uber and Lyft are fighting minimum wage laws. But in this state, the drivers won
Internal emails, interviews and in-app messages show Uber and Lyft deployed a powerful lobbying playbook to stop minimum wage laws in Minnesota. But drivers had a playbook of their own.
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Business
Apple doubles down on artificial intelligence, announcing partnership with OpenAI
Apple has announced a much-anticipated partnership with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. The deal to bring AI features to iPhones and other devices is a major move for Apple, which has been slower than some competitors to jump on the AI bandwagon.
