Machine Learning

We’re Not Living a “Predicted” Life: Student Perspectives on Wisconsin’s Dropout Algorithm 

Wisconsin took down its dropout predictions after a Markup investigation. Here’s what two students we featured have to say

Hello World

How Elon Musk Is Trying To Make Web Scraping Dangerous Again

A massive civil suit from Musk’s X Corp. threatens to make web scraping legally perilous again. The ACLU’s Esha Bhandari explains what’s going on.

Languages of Misinformation

Second-Generation Americans: What to Do When Loved Ones Are Sharing Misinformation

Don’t get into a political argument. Talk about misinformation instead

LevelUp

Without a Trace: How to Keep Your Phone Off the Grid

We answer the questions readers asked in response to our guide to anonymizing your phone

Privacy

Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching

Here’s how to turn off “automated content recognition,” the Shazam-like software on smart TVs that tracks what you’re watching

Hello World

It Isn’t News, It’s Just Sand

Welcome to the era of news mirages

How Certain Algorithms to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

18th-century German forest management explains why government websites make you want to pull your hair out

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What It’s Like Living With Limited Access to Internet in the Black Rural South 

Across the rural South, about 38% of Black households don’t have home internet, a higher percentage than White people in the same region and the national average

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On Conflict and Connection

Mirna El Helbawi’s eSIM campaign, in her own words

Machine Learning

How to Keep Your Personal Data a Little More Private While Pursuing Higher Education

Tips for students, gleaned from our investigation into data collection by colleges