Google admits one of its language reviewers leaked confidential Dutch audio data and says it is investigating the issue
one of them leaked recordings Michael Simon / PCWorld : Google defends ‘critical’ Assistant language experts who listen to and transcribe your recordings Adam Clark Estes / Gizmodo : Google Very Angry...
A look at the rise of the ambivalent conspiracy theorists, popular YouTubers using irony and nonchalance to refurbish old conspiracies for new audiences
Amanda Hess / New York Times : Tweets: @crackedscience , @mkonnikova , @notjessewalker , @nytimes , @skeptinquirer , @nytscience , and @robinhanson Tweets: Jonathan Jarry / @crackedscience : Very int...
Kids googling themselves for the first time face shock, frustration, and sometimes excitement at content parents had been posting about them since their birth
Googling yourself has become a rite of passage. — For several months, Cara has been working up the courage to approach her mom about what she saw on Instagram. Tweets: @theatlantic , @histoftech , @...
How a Quebec IT engineer got swept up in the crypto craze and started a multimillion ponzi scheme, defrauding dozens of people after his mining strategy failed
A Quebec IT worker was certain he'd developed a foolproof way to mine bitcoin. Instead, it led him and his investors to ruin. Tweets: @mkonnikova Tweets: Maria Konnikova / @mkonnikova : “If you go in...
A history of the quest to solve checkers, headlined by a 1994 matchup between a computer program and the best checkers player ever, Marion Tinsley
Marion Tinsley—math professor, minister, and the best checkers player in the world—sat across a game board from a computer, dying. Tweets: @alexismadrigal and @mkonnikova Tweets: Alexis C. Madrigal / ...