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Nov 10, 2020 • 2min
Pfizer releases promising vaccine news, president-elect Biden announces his coronavirus task force, and a new mutation develops on Danish mink farms – Tech in Two
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Nov 9, 2020 • 4min
Pfizer's Promising Vaccine—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Very promising vaccine data from Pfizer! But there is a still a lot to learn, and a lot of science to do.
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Nov 9, 2020 • 3min
Cases rise as election results come in, vaccines and treatments advance, and the reach of screening and tracing technology grow — Tech in Two
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Nov 6, 2020 • 3min
Facebook and Twitter's Free Speech Fight—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
The impossible conflict over free speech, and safety, on Facebook and Twitter reaches a climax—and perhaps a new, much easier, stage. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/social-medias-dance-with-donald-trump-is-getting-clumsier/.
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Nov 6, 2020 • 2min
Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health – Tech in Two
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Nov 5, 2020 • 2min
US cases rise on Election Day, UK contact-tracing app fails thousands, and Covid-19 screening brings facial recognition into schools – Tech in Two
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Nov 4, 2020 • 3min
Tech's Take on Election Night—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
It was, all in all, a pretty good night for the tech industry. * No misinformation shitshow. * False Trump claims all fall within their plans * Preferred candidate likely to win. * But divided government mean less anti-trust and shorter odds of legislation to break up big tech. Who knows what will happen next, but the folks who run Silicon Valley are probably pretty pleased right now.
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Nov 4, 2020 • 3min
A nameless hiker and the case the internet can't crack – Tech in Two
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Nov 3, 2020 • 2min
The Senate race that could be pivotal for America and Wikipedia – Tech in Two
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Nov 2, 2020 • 4min
The Tale of "Mostly Harmless"—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
A man who worked in tech headed off on the Appalachian Trail in 2017, without a phone and without an ID. He walked from NY to Florida, but then was found dead in a tent in the summer of 2018. Since then Internet sleuths have dug deep into the mystery of who he was. And now a company that does genealogical DNA is trying to build out a family tree. But still no one knows his name. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/nameless-hiker-mostly-harmless-internet-mystery/.
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