Data-driven personalized ads are the lifeblood of the internet. To a growing number of lawmakers, they’re also nefarious Earlier this month, the European Union Parliament passed...
A 2020 Markup investigation found the company pursuing similar goals in other states A pair of newly public documents filed with a California administrative law judge...
A new legal filing by New York’s attorney general this week accused former President Donald Trump’s company of misleading lenders about the financial health of its...
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Jan. 19, 2022, that he thinks Russia will invade Ukraine, and cautioned Russian president Vladimir Putin that he “will regret...
Governments increasingly use algorithms to do everything from assign benefits to dole out punishment—but attempts to regulate them have been unsuccessful In 2018, the New York...
“It makes you want to cherish the Earth and protect it, the more you see it from space,” says a French astronaut calling for global cooperation...
1. What changed in the CDC guidelines? The CDC currently recommends that you “wear the most protective mask you can that fits well and that you will wear...
“The U.S. is actually expanding fossil fuel infrastructure,” the 18-year-old Swedish climate activist said in a new interview. In an interview published in The Washington Post Magazine on Monday, Swedish activist...
Early in 2020, as the pandemic gripped the nation, JPMorgan Chase offered to help customers weather the crisis by taking a temporary pause on mortgage, auto...
From ‘metaverse’ to ‘NFT’ – here’s a wrap-up of the key buzzwords that shaped 2021 in the tech industry. These subjects were the talk of the...
“Wall Street’s toxic fossil fuel investments threaten the future of our planet and the stability of our financial system and put all of us, especially our...
What are the institutions—public and civic—that could roll back this fast-approaching U.S.-style fascism with the snarling visage of serial criminal and constitutional violator, Donald J. Trump?...
People everywhere are waking up to the realization that they must fight to organize the world in such a way that there is a sustainable future...
Here’s a tale of two Stephen Rosses. Real life Stephen Ross, who founded Related Companies, a global firm best known for developing the Time Warner Center...
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“There is no longer any question: These companies knew and lied about their product’s role in the climate crisis, they continue to deceive, and they must...
“There are steps we can take to prevent this dire outcome,” 58 advocacy groups write in an open letter, “but we must take swift action.” Citing...
CEO Mark Zuckerberg had repeatedly promised to stop recommending political groups to users to squelch the spread of misinformation Leaked internal Facebook documents show that a...
If we are failing to meet our commitments, it is because of a handful of the richest people on the planet refuse to pay their taxes....
Facebook insists that mainstream news sites perform the best on its platform. But by other measures, sensationalist, partisan content reigns In early November, Facebook published its...
“No,” said Sen Bernie Sanders. “Congress should not provide a $10 billion handout to Jeff Bezos for space exploration as part of the defense spending bill....
“We can either intensify the crisis to the point of no return, or lay the foundations for a just world where everyone’s needs are met.” As...