Location Sharing, The Latest Neurosis Of The Gen-Z Dating World
TURIN — The hypersensitivity to control, a neurosis that COVID-19 initially relaxed and then intensified, is an intolerance full of inconsistencies. …
View ArticleGimme Shelter! Using Tech To Rethink How We Protect Endangered Species
In 2016, Ox Lennon was trying to peek in the crevices inside a pile of rocks. They considered everything from injecting builders’ foam into the tiny …
View ArticleTech-Savvy Sweden Leads Global Push To Ban Screens In Classrooms
Updated September 13, 2023 at 12:45 p.m.Sweden is suddenly putting the brakes on the progressive digitalization of education.Without going into …
View ArticleWhat Kim Wants From Putin: Hardware And Know-How For North Korea's Space Program
Much of the focus from Wednesday's highly anticipated Putin-Kim summit has been on the weapons that North Korea will be sending to Russia, which is …
View ArticleCrossing Europe, Sans Gas? My Summer Vacation 'Stress Test' For Electric Cars
BERLIN — "Do we really want to do that?" my wife asked. "Nearly 3,000 kilometers across Europe, in an electric car? We've already failed over much …
View ArticleStromboli, The Volcano Helping To Predict When Others May Erupt
Explosive volcanic eruptions can be so violent and sudden that they catch most monitoring networks by surprise. These phenomena pose not only a …
View ArticleIs There Any Way To Rein In The Power Of Big Tech?
This article was updated Sept. 14, 2023 at 12:20 p.mPARIS — Nothing Elon Musk does leaves us indifferent. The billionaire is often admired for his …
View ArticleEvery Step, Every Swipe: Inside China's System Of Total Surveillance Of Uyghurs
With the release of police files and internal documents from Xinjiang's re-education camps, as well as testimonies from exiles in Xinjiang, the world …
View ArticleThe AI Bug That Can't Be Fixed: Humans Can’t Trust It
There are alien minds among us. Not the little green men of science fiction, but the alien minds that power the facial recognition in your …
View ArticleRe;Memory — A New AI Program Makes Talking To The Dead Come Alive
TURIN — Generative artificial intelligence is said to be a threat to the jobs in a variety of creative professional fields. Are professional psychics …
View ArticleBeyond Musk: Is The Right-Wing Shift Of Tech Spreading Worldwide?
PARIS — For decades, the tech world acquired a reputation for open-mindedness and politically progressive values. Indeed, the origins of Silicon …
View ArticleLife On "Mars": With The Teams Simulating Space Missions Under A Dome
In November 2022, Tara Sweeney’s plane landed on Thwaites Glacier, a 74,000-square-mile mass of frozen water in West Antarctica. She arrived with an …
View ArticleWhat The China-Morocco Alliance Says About Our Geopolitical Future
PARIS — Amid the global reshuffling triggered by both the ecological and geopolitical upheaval, there is one country that seems to be coming out …
View ArticleLivestream Shopping Is Huge In China — Will It Fly Elsewhere?
SANTIAGO — TikTok, owned by Chinese tech firm ByteDance, has spent more than $500 million to break into online retailing. The app, best known for its …
View ArticleAvon Ladies 2.0: Women Entrepreneurs Revive An Old-School Brand For The...
SANTIAGO — María Obregón is 41 years old. She is married with three kids and lives in Arica in northern Chile. For 15 years she has been selling Avon …
View ArticleCollateral Tech Damage Of Hamas Attack: The Final Demise Of Twitter
No, Twitter didn't end on July 24, 2023 — that's when Elon Musk, seemingly out of the blue, decided it would be called X.Twitter, as we'd come to …
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence Shoots Up AXA's Insurance List Of Future Global Risks
PARIS — One month ahead of the UN COP28 in Dubai, climate change risks are more worrying than ever. Not only does the topic top, for the second …
View Article“Ghost Kitchens” Are Coming To Europe — Why They Might Not Last
PARIS — Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, online deliveries have drastically increased in recent years. Even as lockdowns have come to an end, the …
View ArticleAmazon Greenwashing: How The World's Largest Retailer Hides Its Carbon...
MADRID — Elías Bendodo, who was then Minister of the Presidency for the regional government of Andalusia, Spain, wore a reflective vest with the …
View ArticleInside Malaysia's Intel Factory, A Global Hub Of The Microchip Market
KULIM & PENANG — Today, microchips are even more important than oil. Although some say that data is the gold of the 21st century, the existence of …
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