Technology

What Ads Are Political? Twitter Struggles With a Definition

SAN FRANCISCO — The Alzheimer’s Association, a health care advocacy group, recently spent more than $200,000 on an ad campaign on Twitter. The campaign had a singular purpose: To persuade people to ask Congress for larger investments in medical research for the disease. Now the nonprofit is worried about whether those messages will still fly.

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The Week in Tech: Algorithmic Bias Is Bad. Uncovering It Is Good.

Each week, we review the week’s news, offering analysis about the most important developments in the tech industry. Hi, I’m Jamie Condliffe. Greetings from London. Here’s a look at the week’s tech news: I’m about to suggest something that sounds controversial: Maybe it’s good that we keep discovering biased algorithms? Let’s rewind. A pair of

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Astronauts start spacewalk series to fix cosmic ray detector

Astronauts have begun an extraordinarily complicated series of spacewalks to fix a cosmic ray detector at the International Space Station By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer November 15, 2019, 1:40 PM 3 min read Astronauts began an extraordinarily complicated series of spacewalks Friday to fix a cosmic ray detector at the International Space Station. Italian

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Court rules Trump EPA unlawfully ignored dangerous chemicals

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration unlawfully excluded millions of tons of some of the most dangerous materials in public use from a safety review By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press November 15, 2019, 12:20 AM 3 min read The Trump administration unlawfully excluded millions of tons of some of the most dangerous materials

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Huawei sells folding smartphone with no Google after US ban

Huawei starts selling foldable Mate X smartphone without Google apps or U.S.-made processor chips following sanctions imposed by Washington By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer November 15, 2019, 9:00 AM 3 min read Chinese tech giant Huawei is selling its first folding smartphone without Google apps or U.S.-made processor chips following sanctions imposed by Washington.

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