This article narrates how teams of computer scientists used machine learning to identify the individuals behind the viral QAnon conspiracy theory. The article describes how researchers used software that broke …
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Top 20 Data Science Blogs And Websites For Data Scientists | by Exastax | Medium
The field of Data Science is constantly growing, enabling businesses to become more data-driven with better insights and knowledge. Whether you’re a professional working in the field of data science …
A Network of Fake Test Answer Sites Is Trying to Incriminate Students – The Markup
This article highlights how virtual student proctoring services trespass on students’ privacy and create conditions that encourage students to cheat. It focuses on the Honorlock corporation, whose product “promises to …
Everywhere in Blockchains | Patrick McGinty
This fascinating article provides a window into the cryptocurrency technology. It explains the intersection between the blockchain technology and the operation of the finance industry. The article addresses the potential …
Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported – IEEE Spectrum
This article looks at the failure of the Second Sight corporation, a bionic eye company whose bankruptcy stopped support for its product and left hundreds of its customers stuck with …
Spouse Surveillance
In an unnerving article, “I Used Apple AirTags, Tiles and a GPS Tracker to Watch My Husband’s Every Move,” Kashmir Hill describes the advanced, and affordable, technology available to individuals …
A Fight Over the Right to Repair Cars Turns Ugly
In this fascinating article from Wired, Aarian Marshall explains how the complexity of computer systems in cars has now resulted in thorny legal issues about intellectual property–the rights of car …
It Could Happen (T)here: Transnational Advocacy Strategies Around Social Media
In this timely article, Amanda Besar, Jennifer Li, and Valentina Vera Quiroz–writing for the Institute for Rebooting Social Media–re-cap the discussions from workshops dedicated to analyzing the interactions between social …
Who Benefits from Health Misinformation?
The insightful blog post from Data & Society: Points draws attention towards the harmful effects of health misinformation that circulates on social media and the internet. The author explores how …
Remember When You Could See Inside a Gaming Console?
The thought-provoking article from Wired discusses the translucent design of older video game consoles to provide an insight into gaming culture. Translucency allowed intrepid gamers to look inside their consoles, …