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What I Learned While Reporting on School Censorship
Web blockers are having all sorts of unintended consequences for students
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The One Piece of Tech That Would Make the New York City Subway Much Safer
Rather than security robots or gun detectors, officials could invest in tech that deters someone from jumping or being pushed into the tracks
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What We’ve Been Feeding Our Brains
An eclectic mix of books, podcasts, records, and games that The Markup staff has found fascinating this month
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Trump, Kate, and a Misplaced Shark
Let’s talk about fake news images
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I Used ChatGPT as a Reporting Assistant. It Didn’t Go Well
The AI tool ignored basic instructions about sourcing and citations. But it’s a pretty good newsroom coding partner.
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Apocalypse Not
Why do tech people love talking about the end of the world?
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What Happens When Your Art Is Used to Train AI
A conversation with web cartoonist Dorothy Gambrell on the curdled internet, labor, and how we became just numbers
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A Virtual Reality Tour of Surveillance Tech at the Border
A conversation with Dave Maass of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
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An Essential Guide For Mindful Posting
A conversation with Whitney Phillips and Ryan Milner about how their book on teens’ responsible social media use has important lessons for digital denizens of all ages
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‘Every Day That I Don’t Get My TikTok Account Back Is An Opportunity That’s Lost’
How arbitrary account bans affect the livelihoods of creators with disabilities
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