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Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg defended the social networks software algorithms, the programs that determine what content users see and dont see, saying the system seeks to do more than simply show people posts they already agree with ideolo…

FacebookCEOMark Zuckerberg testifies on Capitol Hill Wednesday, where he is expected to face questioning about the company’s cryptocurrency Libra, among other issues. Zuckerberg has faced scrutiny before, including for Facebook’s role in the 2016 U.S. preside…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testifying Wednesday on Capitol Hill as his companys actions face escalating criticism. The focus of todays House Financial Services Committee hearing is on Facebooks plan to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra that would resh…

Share to facebookShare to twitterShare to linkedin We fear death. In part, it's because we don't know what awaits us in the "great beyond," and though the many faiths of the world have many different ideas and beliefs on t…

What happened to the internet over the past decade? As online activity became centered on just a handful of websites, opportunistic extremists, hucksters, and misanthropes took advantage of lax oversight to move once-unthinkable ideas into the mainstream. At …

Getty Being in a long-distance relationship is always hard but if you have to take a plane every time you want to see your loved one it can be even harder. First off, you have to show up at the airport two hours in advance. To kill those couple of…

By Jeroen van Baar & Oriel FeldmanHall Political polarization dominates the global news today. Take the debate on climate change. 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg recently held an emotional speech at the U.N. General Assembly calling for immed…

By Jeroen van Baar & Oriel FeldmanHall Political polarization dominates the global news today. Take the debate on climate change. Sixteen-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg recently gave an emotional speech at the U.N. General Assembly calling for …

Heres a quick look at some notable booksnew titles from the likes of Zadie Smith, Saeed Jones, Jac Jemc, Lilly Dancyger, Andrew Marantz, and morethat are publishing this week. Want to learn more about upcoming titles? Then go read our most recent book previe…

Introduction The ecology of virtual or Stack coined by Benjamin Bratton will not exist if no interface connects the machine with man and nature or the environment. It hides the disposition of system beneath nor what we would call the real objective like the …