In 2018, the state reimposed net neutrality, established a privacy regime, and set bot rules. Will the moves splinter the net, or will others follow? Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreIs This Photo Real? AI Gets Better at Faking Images
Progress on AI-generated visuals offers clues on how images, video, and art could power new forms of entertainment and disinformation. Powered by WPeMatico
Read More2018 Was a Rough Year for Truth Online
The internet has been awash with misinformation for years, but researchers are finally realizing it’s hard to quantify the scope of its impact. Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreThe Year Tech Workers Realized They Were Workers
Low-paid workers at Marriott hotels, in part, protested encroaching automation—finding unexpected common cause with some well-paid engineers across tech. Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreWhy 2018 Was a Breakout Year for Open Source Deals
Microsoft bought GitHub. IBM bought Red Hat. Those and other deals show how central open source software has become to companies big and small. Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreWhy Are We So Surprised by Facebook’s Data Scandals?
Facebook’s business model has always been to monetize user data. So why are we so shocked to learn how they did it? Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreWhy It’s Hard to Escape Amazon’s Long Reach
The ecommerce company is also a cloud computing provider, TV producer, fashion designer, wind-farm backer, and organizer of crowdsourced micro-labor tasks. Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreThe Most-Read WIRED Business Stories of 2018
Scandals of all stripes dominated the news, from Facebook’s data leaks to Google’s diversity war. Powered by WPeMatico
Read More2018 Was the Year That Tech Put Limits on AI
As employees and researchers push back, companies including Google and Microsoft are pledging not to use powerful AI technology in certain ways. Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreThe 21 (and Counting) Biggest Facebook Scandals of 2018
Bet you already forgot half of Facebook’s crises this year. Powered by WPeMatico
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