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May 2, 2022 • 7min
Europe Has Traded Away Its Online Porn Law
The landmark Digital Services Act has a glaring omission: It ditches plans to tighten rules that could have protected survivors of revenge porn and other forms of sexual abuse.
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Apr 29, 2022 • 10min
Broken Charging Stations Could Be Stalling the EV Movement
Range anxiety is bad enough. But even when they find a station, drivers often have to deal with broken equipment.
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Apr 28, 2022 • 8min
How Elon Musk Won Twitter
His weeks-long pursuit of the company has resulted in a $44 billion deal. But how did it happen, and what the hell comes next?
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Apr 27, 2022 • 8min
Ukraine War Prompts Europe's New Emergency Rules for the Internet
The Digital Services Act has granted the European Commission unprecedented power over tech companies in times of war.
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Apr 26, 2022 • 8min
Shanghai’s Plan to Reboot the Tech Supply Chain Will Be Hard
The government wants to restart production and shipping to meet global demand, but some people may trade a lockdown at home to being locked inside factories.
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Apr 25, 2022 • 10min
The Future of the Web Is Marketing Copy Generated by Algorithms
The killer app for GPT-3 could help marketers lure clicks and game Google rankings.
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Apr 22, 2022 • 9min
A TikTok Army Is Coming for Union Busters
Online activists Gen-Z for Change targeted Starbucks and Kroger for anti-union firings. Now they plan to take aim at Amazon.
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Apr 21, 2022 • 8min
Hospital Robots Are Helping Combat a Wave of Nurse Burnout
Moxi and other delivery-focused assistants have become even more critical as the Covid-19 pandemic has pushed health care workers to their limits.
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Apr 20, 2022 • 6min
The Rise of Brand-New Secondhand EVs
The global chip shortage has triggered a surge in demand for prized, pricey used electric vehicles. It's only just beginning.
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Apr 19, 2022 • 5min
Elon Musk’s Truth
At TED, the Tesla CEO made his case for owning Twitter—and rewrote his own history.
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