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By freezing the president’s accounts, social media platforms finally drew a line. It only took a violent insurrection in the Capitol to get them there. Powered by WPeMatico

Jason Furman, a top economic adviser to President Obama, says good ideas come from everywhere—but Trump has dissuaded tech workers from coming to the US. Powered by WPeMatico

This month’s focus is on Zhang Zhan, who had been posting reports from Wuhan since early February. She was arrested in May. Powered by WPeMatico

About 200 million women in the country are illiterate. But voice memo and image-sharing apps make it easier to connect, communicate, and run businesses. Powered by WPeMatico

After a year of protests against racial inequality and industry vows to do better, Black founders are still getting left out of Silicon Valley’s financial engine. Powered by WPeMatico

Phone calls. Web searches. Location tracks. Smart speaker requests. They’ve become crucial tools for law enforcement, while users often are unaware. Powered by WPeMatico

The pandemic and the election forced social media platforms to police false information like never before—but we have no clue if that solved anything. Powered by WPeMatico

The hottest app of early 2010 faded quickly when it was flooded with unwanted nudity. Smarter content moderation is helping to revive it. Powered by WPeMatico

Total traffic deaths fell during pandemic lockdowns. But fatalities per mile traveled rose, due to faster driving, fewer cops, and more drug use. Powered by WPeMatico

David Silver of DeepMind, who helped create the program that defeated a Go champion, thinks rewards are central to how machines—and humans—acquire knowledge. Powered by WPeMatico