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Sep 11, 2020 • 2min
Global deaths top 900,000, LA adopts Citizen’s contact-tracing app, and schools’ 44-square-foot rule comes into question- Tech in Two
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Sep 10, 2020 • 3min
New Drone Brings More AI to Warfare—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
A new surveillance drone from Palmer Luckey and Anduril should make us think about the future of AI in warfare. To what degree are we willing to let machines be involved in military conflict? There are ethical reasons to go closely and to be carefuly—and other reasons why a military has to go fast. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/anduril-new-drone-inject-ai-warfare/
Sep 10, 2020 • 2min
AstraZeneca halts Phase III trials, UK bans gatherings of more than six, and Chinese internet users archive the pandemic on GitHub- Tech in Two
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Sep 9, 2020 • 4min
GOP Senators Take Aim at Section 230—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
GOP senators are proposing to modify section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the foundational law that protects tech platforms from liability for content posted on them and that also allows them to moderate content. I’m all in favor of updating old laws governing new companies and new tech! But this seems like a manifestly bad way to fix a problem that doesn’t exist---and that may make a real and existing problem worse.
Sep 9, 2020 • 2min
Coronavirus stimulus bill vote may happen this week, contact tracing apps fall short in the US, and drug developers commit to making a vaccine safely- Tech in Two
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Sep 8, 2020 • 3min
Your Phone Can Tell Whether You're Drunk—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Our phones can now determine whether we’re intoxicate or not. There are many reasons why this could be a very good thing! But as so also is true in tech these days, there reasons to worry it could be a creepy thing too. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/your-smartphone-can-tell-if-youre-drunk-walking/
Sep 7, 2020 • 3min
US vaccine development leader tries to assuage concerns over politicization, Russia publishes data from its vaccine trial, and America braces for the impact of Labor Day weekend- Tech in Two
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Sep 4, 2020 • 4min
Facebook Attempts to Protect Elections—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Facebook is making a whole series of changes to help keep the election safe. I applaud them all. But I fear they won’t be enough and that they are coming too late---ten years too late in fact.
Sep 4, 2020 • 2min
The CDC tells states to prepare for vaccine distribution, countries sign on to WHO's vaccine allocation program, and startups provide workers with remote perks- Tech in Two
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Sep 3, 2020 • 4min
The US Government Plows Ahead With Google Antitrust Investigation—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
A new report suggests that AG William Barr is rushing the DOJ to formally bring forward its anti-trust case against Google before the end of September. The career lawyers working there think this is a terrible idea. And if it’s politically motivated, I do too. I have long worried the US government would make a hash of an anti-trust investigation against Google. And this only deepens this fear.
