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Jul 23, 2020 • 5min
Engagement v. Reach v. Clicks on Facebook—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
A fight has broken out over whether Facebook’s news feed is spreading hyper partisan news content. If you look at he metric of engagement, it does! If you look at reach, that’s less so. So what’s the right thing to measure?
Jul 23, 2020 • 2min
The US records over 1,000 deaths in a day, Fauci warns Covid may never be eradicated, and Pfizer gets a giant vaccine contract- Tech in Two
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Jul 22, 2020 • 3min
A Self-Driving Car Bound for Mars—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
We’re sending another rover up to Mars soon. It’s an immensely complicated engineering challenge: from protecting the processors from radiation to making a self-driving system that doesn’t depend on lidar. Here’s how it works.
Jul 22, 2020 • 3min
The US charges alleged hackers, the EU delivers a novel stimulus package, and an expert calls for more transparency on vaccine side effects- Tech in Two
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Jul 21, 2020 • 2min
Scalefactor's AI Had People Behind It—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Scalefactor crashes and burns after raising $100m. It turns out they didn’t have a brilliant AI system for optimizing your back office needs. They had just hired a lot of human accountants to imitate being an AI.
Jul 21, 2020 • 2min
A vaccine trial gives hope, Florida continues to break records, and Trump's briefings return- Tech in Two
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Jul 20, 2020 • 3min
Will Trump Ban TikTok?—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Will Trump van TikTok? I hope not! And when you look on national security grounds alone, it’s hard to make the case that he should. But if you think about crass political calculations, maybe he will. After all:1) being tough on China is the rare issue where he polls better than Biden2) TikTok users get some of the blame for the debacle of his rally in Tulsa3) Banning TikTok would be a huge boost to Facebook and their TikTok competitor within Instagram. And Facebook has been the platform kindest to Trump.
Jul 20, 2020 • 4min
Introducing: Get WIRED
Get WIRED is a new podcast about how the future is realized. Each week, we burrow down new rabbit holes to investigate the ways technology is changing our lives—from culture to business, science to design. Through hard-hitting reporting, intimate storytelling, and audio you won’t hear anywhere else, Get WIRED is the must-listen-to tech podcast that sets the agenda for the week. Hosted by WIRED Senior Writer Lauren Goode. Listen and subscribe to Get WIRED at https://link.chtbl.com/gw-gl-trailer
Jul 17, 2020 • 4min
Twitter's Massive Hack—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
A terrible hack at Twitter exposes security weaknesses at that company. And it also reminds of one of the fundamental issue for tech: most platforms were built idealistically, with the assumption that most humans are good most of the time. And that’s partly why manipulative people can do so much harm.
Jul 17, 2020 • 2min
Russia goes after vaccine research, CDC data disappears, and experts spot possible cases of reinfection- Tech in 2
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