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Jun 2, 2020 • 4min
Facebook Employees Speak Up to Zuckerberg—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Internal dissent at Facebook! Employees are protesting the company's policies on Trump's posts. But really they're protesting what they think is their company's complicity in the mayhem that America finds itself in right now.
Jun 2, 2020 • 3min
An Italian doctor sends good news, poorer countries spike with infections, and scientists analyze the enzyme at the center of Covid-19- Tech in Two
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Jun 1, 2020 • 4min
Trump's Twitter Battle Continues—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
The MiTT: the fight between the president and Twitter has gotten even stranger and even more consequential. And it doesn’t look like it’s heading to a good end.
May 29, 2020 • 4min
The Fate of Section 230—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
The president wants to overhaul section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, one of the foundational laws of the modern Internet. Why? Well, it seems just because he is mad at Twitter right now. He probably doesn’t have the legal authority to succeed, but, if he does, he’ll be opening Pandora’s Box.
May 29, 2020 • 3min
A race to understand outdoor transmission, a new set of guidelines for reopening offices, and difficult decisions for IVF patients- Tech in Two
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May 28, 2020 • 4min
Twitter Fact-Checks Trump—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Twitter's fact checkers just cracked down on Donald Trump. But they did it for interesting reasons and in an imperfect way. They're going to get a lot of blowback, even if trying to limit false statements about elections is an important thing to do.
May 28, 2020 • 3min
Contact tracing faces security issues, infection rates are rising, and Google is rolling out new features to help- Tech in Two
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May 27, 2020 • 3min
Japan ends its state of emergency, New Zealand floats a four-day workweek, and the US approaches 100,000 deaths- Tech in Two
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May 26, 2020 • 4min
How Facebook Allowed Mass Partisanship—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
New reporting from the WSJ about an internal effort at the company to limit the ways the platform pushes people into filter bubbles and enables partisanship. And, unfortunately, details about how the platform mostly quashed the proposed changes. You can read the story here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-it-encourages-division-top-executives-nixed-solutions-11590507499
May 23, 2020 • 3min
Business is Booming in the Cloud—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Companies that make infrastructure for the cloud are booming. Nvidia is now worth more than Disney. But can this growth last through a real split with China? And if it does, will there be a backlash against on the wealth in tech six months down the road?
