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Oct 9, 2020 • 2min
Early Amazon Prime Day deals and tips- Tech in Two
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Oct 8, 2020 • 4min
Facebook's Plan to Suspend Political Ads—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Facebook is going to ban political ads after the election. Why? The reasons are more complicated and interesting than you might think. It’s not about money, at least not in a direct way since political ads are a miniscule portion of FB’s business. Ultimately, I think it’s a good decision, but a small one. Because political ads are such a tiny part of Facebook.
Oct 8, 2020 • 2min
President Trump halts stimulus talks, the FDA releases vaccine approval guidelines, and doctors investigate the link between Covid-19 and diabetes- Tech in Two
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Oct 7, 2020 • 4min
The Brutal New Antitrust Report—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
The House has released a brutal new report on anti-trust. It takes the big tech companies to task and lays out, with damning new documents and brutal evidence, the dangers to American capitalism of having so much market power accumulate in so few companies. And one of the biggest ideas in there: consumer harm shouldn’t be measured just by how much we pay for things. But also whether monopolies force us to give up other things of value, like our privacy, in return for using their products.
Oct 7, 2020 • 2min
A dangerous year in America enters its most dangerous month- Tech in Two
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Oct 6, 2020 • 3min
Facebook Bans QAnon—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Facebook has just banned Qanon. This is an escalation in the company’s efforts to combat the spread of the conspiracy theory. But it won’t be easy to carry out because Qanon means so many different things.
Oct 6, 2020 • 3min
Tracing Covid's path to the president presents challenges, infection rates rise across the US, and an Excel glitch in England causes massive underreporting - Tech in Two
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Oct 5, 2020 • 3min
Uncle Sam Turns to Twitch—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
The US military’s recruiting on Twitch has become deeply controversial. But honestly, I’m totally fine with it: unless we’re going to abolish the military, or change from a volunteer force, it makes sense to let there be recruitment where young, smart, engaged people are. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/military-gamer-recruitment-twitch/.
Oct 5, 2020 • 3min
Coronavirus Update: President Trump tests positive, new contact tracing developments -Tech in Two
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Oct 2, 2020 • 3min
How Hospitals and AI Can Work Together—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Sometimes the most important thing in AI isn’t how well a technology system works—it’s how well it is integrated with existing systems and how easy it is to understand. Here’s a fascinating story about that phenomenon, a hospital, and a program to determine who might be going into sepsis: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-help-patients-doctors-understand/.
