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Would you pay with your palm?

In one late September video that I found particularly insightful, a person who appears to be a WeChat employee can be heard instructing people to put their hands in front of a... Read more »

This scientist is trying to create an accessible, unhackable voting machine

In addition, DEF CON attendees habitually criticize the machine vendors for keeping their code secret. Not only is Prime III open source, but Gilbert’s BMD, with its transparent casing and automatic reboot... Read more »

The Download: Vine revisited, and AI ethicist burnout

Melissa’s story is from The Algorithm, our new weekly newsletter covering all things AI. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Monday. The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find... Read more »

How to survive as an AI ethicist

It’s never been more important for companies to ensure that their AI systems function safely, especially as new laws to hold them accountable kick in. The responsible AI teams they set up to do... Read more »

Elon Musk’s plans to revive Vine face one big problem: the reason it closed originally

Hours later, Axios reported that Twitter’s engineers have been instructed to examine the code base behind Vine ahead of a planned relaunch later this year. (Twitter did not immediately respond to a... Read more »

The Download: befriending crows, and Twitter under Musk

By Jillian C. York, Director of International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. I made it big on Twitter. Now I don’t think I can stay. For a long time,... Read more »

How to befriend a crow

There are about 50 species of corvids around the world, and they behave differently from each other. They’re not the only intelligent birds around, but in general, corvids are smart in a... Read more »

Tips on how to Know If a Girl Likes You Through Text

A lot of times, it has the hard to see if your sweetheart likes you through asian mail order brides cost text since every woman is unique. However , there are a... Read more »

Elon Musk doesn’t know what it takes to make a digital town square

This, though, is just one possibility in the era of Musk, which is just beginning. Now that “the bird is freed,” as he wrote Thursday after officially taking over, many users are... Read more »

I made it big on Twitter. Now I don’t think I can stay.

Sure, just staying on Twitter is theoretically an option, but frankly, so is moving on to the next big platform. In terms of social media, Twitter is already aging out of relevance;... Read more »