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Unsung heroes: Moderators on the front lines of internet safety

What, one might ask, does a content moderator do, exactly? To answer that question, let’s start at the beginning. What is content moderation? Although the term moderation is often misconstrued, its central... Read more »

Identity protection is key to metaverse innovation

Even in today’s 2D version of the internet, digital identity is a complicated affair. Phishing has become so sophisticated that an email from your bank, a call from your auto insurer, or... Read more »

Embracing CX in the metaverse

This scenario outlines a very near future omnichannel customer experience (CX), seamlessly integrating several different physical and digital retail modes. Today, customer interactions happen via mobile, desktop, email, artificially intelligent chatbots, social... Read more »

The Download: frozen egg transportation, and Roblox’s expressive avatars

Like me, my eggs were flying economy class, writes Anna Louie Sussman. My dog Stewie and I were in seat 8D, while 12 of my cryopreserved oocytes, four straws of three eggs... Read more »

I took an international trip with my frozen eggs to learn about the fertility industry

Depending on what’s being carried and how much they can pay, the patient or patients involved will choose either a hand-carry service, a commercial carrier such as DHL or FedEx, or something... Read more »

Roblox’s avatars are about to get more expressive

Roblox, an online game platform on which people can either play games or create them, has 52.2 million users per day. The company’s initial demographic was minors, but in recent years it... Read more »

The Download: conservative book bans, and restricting crypto

1 The White House is considering a policy push to restrict cryptoA series of new reports are warning of its financial risks, especially those posed by stablecoins. (WP $)+ It wants to... Read more »

A new X-ray technique for detecting explosives could also identify tumors

While the most obvious application would be to scan for bombs and other dangerous items and substances at airports, the findings, described in Nature Communications today, could also help to detect cracks... Read more »

How conservative Facebook groups are changing what books children read in school

Conservative activists are becoming increasingly powerful in determining what books are on school shelves. Districts in Texas have begun to require parent approval for books; in Utah, parents not only have the... Read more »

The Download: inhaled covid vaccines, and fighting malaria

The covid-19 pandemic is still not over. And while injected vaccines provide good protection from severe disease, they don’t stop us from catching the virus or spreading it to others. Vaccines that... Read more »