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The Week - Technology

How social media is limiting political content - The Explainer - Critics say Meta's 'extraordinary move' to have less politics in users' feeds could be 'actively muzzling civic action' The Explainer

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TikTok: an agent of Chinese propaganda? -- Why everyone's talking about -- US Senate to deliberate on bill that would ban the app or force its Chinese parent company to divest -- By The Week UK -- Published

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Justice Department bites Apple with iPhone suit -- Speed Read -- The lawsuit alleges that the tech company monopolized the smartphone industry -- By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US -- Published

6 days ago

Why the undersea cables connecting the world are under threat -- The Explainer -- The global network is a technological marvel - but is also very vulnerable -- By The Week UK -- Last updated

6 days ago

The complex environmental toll of artificial intelligence -- The explainer -- AI is very much mostly not green technology -- By Devika Rao, The Week US -- Published

6 days ago

House votes to force TikTok to sell or face US ban -- speed read -- The House passed a bill to ban TikTok on national security grounds unless it sells to a non-Chinese company -- By Peter Weber, The Week US -- Published

8 days ago

Hydrogen cars are trying to be the next big sustainable vehicle -- Under the Radar -- But questions remain as to whether they can overtake battery-powered electric cars -- By Justin Klawans, The Week US -- Published

14 days ago

How Gaza war is setting up Israeli and Lebanese dating app users -- Under the Radar -- Military GPS jamming is causing geolocation mismatches and having a 'surprising' side effect -- By Austin Chen, The Week UK -- Published

17 days ago

Data breaches increased in 2023 and with them, internet security concerns -- The Explainer -- One report found a 78% year-to-year increase in breaches from 2022 to 2023 -- By Justin Klawans, The Week US -- Published

18 days ago

Artificial history -- Opinion -- Google's AI tailored the past to fit modern mores, but only succeeded in erasing real historical crimes -- By Theunis Bates -- Published

22 days ago

Apple kills its secret electric car project -- Speed Read -- Many of the people from Project Titan are being reassigned to work on generative AI -- By Peter Weber, The Week US -- Published

24 days ago

AI is recreating the voices of mass shooting victims -- The Explainer -- The parents of these victims are using the AI to try and lobby Congress for gun control -- By Justin Klawans, The Week US -- Published

1 month ago

The murky world of AI training -- Under the Radar -- Despite public interest in artificial intelligence models themselves, few consider how those models are trained -- By Austin Chen, The Week UK -- Published

1 month ago

Inside the dark web: could it be shut down? -- The Explainer -- The 'shrouded alleyway of the internet' is a haven for activists as well as for illicit activity -- By The Week Staff -- Last updated

1 month ago

Is Google's new AI bot 'woke'? -- Talking Points -- Gemini produced images of female popes and Black Vikings. Now the company has stepped back. -- By Joel Mathis, The Week US -- Published

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