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Hillary Clinton’s Imperious Brush-Off of Email Rules
Secretary Clinton faces an immense task in trying to improve her style.
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Software Used to Predict Criminality Is Biased Against Black People
Sade Jones, who had never been arrested before, was rated a medium risk.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: More Than 600,000 Miles of Arctic Sea Ice Have Disappeared, and More
Since 1979, more than 600,000 square miles of winter sea ice have disappeared — an area larger than twice the size of Texas.
Police Nationwide Are Secretly Exploiting Intrusive Technologies With the Feds’ Complicity
Increasing numbers of police departments are wielding technology to empower themselves rather than the communities they protect and serve.
Robert McChesney: Capitalism Is a Bad Fit for a Technological Revolution
Robert McChesney, author with John Nichols of “People Get Ready,” says technological advances don't always benefit workers.
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With Rule 41, Little-Known Committee Proposes to Grant New Hacking Powers to the Government
The proposal comes from the advisory committee on criminal rules for the Judicial Conference of the United States.
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In Cowboy Capitalism, High Technology Worsens Economic Inequities
How should technology best be deployed to serve human needs? Never has the need for such a debate been greater.
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Is the Digital Revolution Turning Education Into a Ponzi Scheme?
Technologists and venture capitalists ignore the consequences of replacing workers with machines at laborers' peril.
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Tweaked Email Privacy Act Headed Toward Committee Vote This Week
A loophole in an outdated law allows the government to read an individual's stored email if it is more than 180 days old, using only a subpoena.
What if Tomorrow Your Insurance Company Controlled Your Lifestyle?
Your internet presence provides data about your health and diet, allowing insurers to estimate risk and how much you should pay.