Unraveling the Disruption: Technology Under Attack

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A right-wing legal and political campaign has disrupted the work of government agencies meant to safeguard voting and subjected researchers studying online harms to harassment and death threats.

June 26, 2024 • The case is one element in a right-wing legal and political campaign that frames efforts to respond to false and misleading information as censorship.

June 25, 2024 • Investigating the relationship between our technology and our bodies — and how we can fix it.

Regulating Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace

June 22, 2024 • Other states are watching as the law is refined before taking effect in 2026 but it’s getting praise for at least being a first step in regulating AI

The sign is seen above the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow Monday, on Jan. 30, 2017.

June 21, 2024 • The Moscow-based company said in a statement that the U.S. Commerce Department’s decision would not affect its ability to sell and promote its cyber security products and training in the U.S.

The Future of Electronic Shelf Labels

June 19, 2024 • With electronic shelf labels, prices can change up to six times a minute. Grocers including Walmart, Whole Foods and Schnucks are adopting them.

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Ransomware Attack on Hospital Leads to Medical Errors

June 19, 2024 • Problems caused by the attack included delayed or lost lab results, medication errors, and an absence of routine safety checks to prevent potentially fatal mistakes, doctors and nurses told reporters.

The Scadutree towers over The Land of Shadow, a photonegative of the Erdtree in The Lands Between.

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The Impact of Automation on Job Market

June 18, 2024 • Machine translation of foreign languages has been good for a while. And yet human translators are still in demand. Why isn’t AI killing these jobs? And even if it isn’t, how is it reshaping them?

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WDC) in June. Many of the features Apple announced there will duplicate the services of 3rd-party apps, a practice known as "Sherlocking."

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