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Amazon knows what we buy, and it's turning that into a huge ad business

By Molly Wood
February 20, 2019
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Facebook and Google might need to watch out.

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Why student debt may be slowing down a generation of homeowners

By Amy Scott, Bennett Purser, and Liz Sanchez
February 18, 2019
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New Federal Reserve research says student loan debt is hurting the housing market.

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Before facial recognition tech can be fair, it needs to be diverse

By Jed Kim
February 18, 2019
Current facial recognition technology identifies white men far more accurately than it does black women.
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A new data set aims to help researchers measure diversity in faces.

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Behind every great cloud is a whole bunch of expensive computers

By Molly Wood
February 07, 2019
"Essentially, data centers are very sophisticated systems for moving air around to bring it as close as possible to the [computer] servers and keep them cool," says Rich Miller, the founder and editor of Data Center Frontier, a news site that covers cloud computing.
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And the business of data centers for cloud computing is only growing.

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Yet another plan to save the media with technology

By Molly Wood
February 05, 2019
Square co-founder Jim McKelvey is at the helm of Invisibly.
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A new tech venture plans to let you, the reader, earn free articles by trading more data.

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Facebook seems to be doing everything wrong, but it's working for them...

By Molly Wood
February 01, 2019
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Do people just not care about privacy after all?

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Trying to cut tech giants out of your life is even harder than you think

By Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
January 31, 2019
Privacy and technology reporter Kashmir Hill tried to cut herself off from big tech companies Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook.
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"You basically can't use the internet without interacting with them," Gizmodo reporter Kashmir Hill says.

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Facebook has been paying teens for data. What could this mean for calls to regulate the company?

By Sabri Ben-Achour and Leila Goldstein
January 30, 2019
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... and for its credibility.

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Your social media posts are likely way more predictable than you think

By Jed Kim
January 28, 2019
"If I choose to use one of these platforms and I'm giving it useful information about myself, then our research suggests that, in principle, I'm also giving it useful information about my friends," said Jim Bagrow, a professor at the University of Vermont who led a study about Twitter privacy.
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A new study shows your friends' posts can indicate what you're likely to say on social media.

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