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A woman with dark skin stands before two men, shown from behind, in green US Border Patrol uniforms; one officer uses a smartphone to scan her face.

Hello World

Help Us Investigate Immigration, Criminal Justice, and Government Accountability

Meet our new investigative reporter, Monique

September 2, 2023 08:00 ET

Hand-drawn illustration of engineering intern Bach Le in a tweed deerstalker hat with a thought bubble filled with icons of a clock, a stop hand, and a reloading browser

LevelUp

Solving the Case of the Tricky Timeout Bug

Sometimes, fixing a bug requires “sheer persistence”

August 30, 2023 08:00 ET

Inside The Markup

The Markup Wins ONA Award in Technology Reporting

ONA judges said our ongoing internet disparities investigation is “a nearly perfect example of what modern tech journalism can be.”

August 28, 2023 14:24 ET

Photograph of a pink Mary Kay Cadillac Escalade parked in the driveway of a home.

Hello World

Tell Us About Your Experience With Multi-Level Marketing Companies and Tech

Help guide our reporting by telling us what you’ve experienced in this space

August 26, 2023 08:00 ET

Blacklight

Announcing Three New Features for the Blacklight Privacy Inspector

The Markup’s popular tool now gives you more ways to understand how sites are tracking you

August 25, 2023 08:00 ET

3-D illustration of a hand holding a phone. The phone is displaying a pyramid structure with circles leading to more circles on the bottom. In the background, there are floating coins and dollar bills.

News

Pyramid Schemes Are Illegal. MLMs Are Not. What About the Tech That Powers Them?

Multi-level marketing companies have captured the public’s attention in recent years. Behind them is a little-known industry of software providers

August 24, 2023 08:00 ET

Digital design of the text "SCRAPING IS NOT A CRIME" in white sans-serif font. To the right is a human figure running while holding a keyboard.

LevelUp

How to Legally Scrape EU Data for Investigations

Data collection laws are much trickier to navigate in Europe than in the U.S.

August 23, 2023 08:00 ET

Photograph of various students walking past a statue of a bear. In the background there are some palm tries and shrubs.

Hello World

AI Detector Bias and Higher Ed Coverage at The Markup

One of our newest reporters shares her plans for investigating tech in higher education

August 19, 2023 08:00 ET

An illustration of two houses, one receiving many dashed blue lines and the other receiving a single pink line, against an abstract street grid.

Inside The Markup

The Markup Wins NABJ Salute to Excellence Award

The award recognizes the best journalism covering the Black experience or addressing issues affecting the worldwide Black community

August 15, 2023 08:00 ET

Photograph of an Asian student with glasses sitting in a hammock. Behind her, there's a line of young people walking up the stairs on the UCLA campus.

Machine Learning

AI Detection Tools Falsely Accuse International Students of Cheating

Stanford study found AI detectors are biased against non-native English speakers

August 14, 2023 08:00 ET

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