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Two speakers at this year’s EmTech MIT conference addressed voting vulnerabilities. Read more »
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The state is on the verge of passing a rule requiring 100 percent of its electricity to come from carbon-free sources. Read more »
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The AI advances that brought you Alexa are teaching propaganda how to talk. Read more »
21st-century digital evangelists had a lot in common with early Christians and Russian revolutionaries. Read more »