This week, our guest Nick Thompson talks about Facebook, fake news, Russian propaganda, politics, and journalism.
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Lees meerThe "Protect" menu item in Facebook's mobile apps refers users to the company's Onavo Protect VPN, but the tool falls short of basic privacy standards.
Lees meerFounder of the X Prize is turning his attention to fighting the onset of old age, one stem cell at a time.
Lees meerRivalry among established Chinese companies and US startups has intensified into a trash-talking land grab involving electric scooters and electric bikes.
Lees meerAugmented-reality workspaces will transform the way you do your job, and you won’t look weird doing it. At all.
Lees meerQuinn Norton was hired by the paper of record to write about “the power, culture and consequences of technology.” Then those consequences kicked in.
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Lees meerIn a Senate hearing Tuesday, the heads of the three-letter intelligence agencies detailed their greatest concerns.
Lees meerFiguring out the Mississippi’s hydrodynamics matters so much that Louisiana has dropped $18 million on a 10,800-square-foot model of Big Muddy’s sinuous meanders.
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Lees meerWhile NASA and space enthusiasts have been talking about privatizing the ISS for years, Monday’s announcement is the first time the idea has been officially endorsed by the White House.
Lees meerOnce confined to browsers, hijacking computers to mine cryptocurrency has branched out to dangerous places.
Lees meerResearchers at Cisco Talos detail a new piece of disruptive, highly infectious malware with a clear target: the Pyeongchang Olympics IT infrastructure.
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