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When Facebook’s ad targeting algorithms were used by racists to target fellow haters,  Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg explained, “We never intended or anticipated this functionality being used this [...]

We are living through the first era after time. History has been defined in large part by the interaction of people, places, and ideas that were previously isolated. Wars were fought between [...]

I’m struggling to decide whether or not Bitcoin (and cryptocurrency in general) is a capitalist tool, or a conspiracy to exploit it. It doesn’t help that nobody can explain it plainly. [...]

Nicholas Carr wrote a great essay in the New York Times, in which he points out that we didn’t get the robots we were promised. It’s worth chewing on for a bit. He argues that the humanoid robots [...]

There’s a backlash against the Silicon Valley brand of capitalism, according to the Guardian newspaper. It’s deserved, and it isn’t enough. Evgeny Morzov’s thoughtful essay noted that the world’s [...]

I eat at McDonald’s now and then, and I like it. But last week’s news that it’s working on tech for “the restaurant of the future” tells me it’s doomed. [...]

Thousands of Houstonians stranded by Harvey’s flooding have been rescued by private citizens. It could be a glimpse of the future of communities. Think crowd, not department. The Cajun Navy was [...]

Apple’s CEO thinks businesses have a moral responsibility to help grow the economy. It’s a traditional capitalist idea that others should copy. He expanded on that idea, according to a recent [...]

OkCupid isn’t going to let Nazis use its site anymore, and other social platforms are asking users to report hate speech. It’s the wrong answer to a real problem. Before your head explodes, [...]

If Uber were a foreign company selling underpriced goods or services in order to gain market share, it would be considered dumping, and duly punished. Instead, it’s the world’s most valuable tech [...]