Latest from Daniel Shin

• Nov 17, 2022

  This lab experiments with disaster — to help create climate-resilient homes

  

  Amy Scott, host of “How We Survive” Season Two, visits a South Carolina facility where buildings are destroyed for research. And she takes us to Key West, Florida, where some residents are raising their homes to withstand rising sea levels and hurricanes.

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• Nov 16, 2022

  A critical update to the national broadband map is coming Friday

  

  More than $40 billion in broadband infrastructure funds will be allocated based on needs and gaps identified in the FCC’s new map.

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• Nov 15, 2022

  It’s been a wild ride for Twitter under Elon Musk. What’s next?

  

  The CEO-billionaire has talked about taking the platform in many directions, including short-form video and online payments.

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• Nov 14, 2022

  The NLRB is keeping electronic surveillance of workers in check

  

  Jennifer Abruzzo, the agency’s general counsel, is watching for electronic monitoring that could interfere with workers’ rights to organize.

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• Nov 11, 2022

  Inside the high stakes of the quantum computing race

  

  The technology has potential for both chaos and progress, and could one day break the encryption that protects your privacy on the internet.

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• Nov 10, 2022

  What Silicon Valley’s boom-and-bust history tells us about its latest slowdown

  

  Tech downturns “create space for new companies,” says Margaret O’Mara of the University of Washington. This time around, the bust is happening to a massive industry whose products are everywhere.

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• Nov 9, 2022

  Social media has evolved as a crucial tool during election cycles — but it can also be misused

  

  Online discourse can amplify authoritative information about elections. But some online spaces can foster an echo chamber of misinformation and conspiracy theories.

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• Nov 8, 2022

  How platform rules shape where people “live” online

  

  Some social media users are staying on Twitter, but also joining smaller platforms, like Mastodon or Truth Social, based on their content moderation rules.

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• Nov 7, 2022

  Voting tech for people with disabilities has expanded — but more is still needed

  

  A study from Rutgers University and the Election Assistance Commission found that nearly 17.7 million disabled people voted in the 2020 election, compared to 16 million in the previous presidential election.

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• Nov 4, 2022

  A new machine learning model could help public health officials get ahead of the next crisis

  

  NYU researcher Daniel Neill says the algorithm, based on emergency department visits, can identify illness clusters. But epidemiologists would still need to interpret the data and decide how to respond.

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