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Nick Quah, culture and podcast critic at New York Magazine, says Vice President Kamala Harris’ and former President Donald Trump’s appearances on non-traditional, online shows are more than just teeing up “softball” interviews.
Threads’ new features inch the social platform closer to the decentralized fediverse, where users on multiple networks interact. Will Oremus of The Washington Post says Meta takes a more open approach when it’s playing catch-up.
There’s now an industry that promises to delete customers’ personal information from “people-search” sites. After studying these services, Yael Grauer of Consumer Reports says it’s still tough to wipe your slate clean online.
Catherine Terranova, executive director of the DEF CON Voting Village and the Election Integrity Foundation, discusses how the annual Las Vegas hackathon bolsters transparency and reliability as America prepares to vote.
Director Cullen Hoback has a new documentary, “Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery,” in which he explores the real identity of bitcoin’s creator, known by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.
