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Elon Musk Should Know Better
This isn’t the first time the billionaire has dabbled in the news business.
Teaching Sobriety With ‘The Bottle’
Before and after Prohibition, temperance organizations turned the whiskey or beer vessel into a personification of American moral failure.
Power Lines Are Burning the West
Human technology is responsible for more loss from fire than any other cause. But reducing fire’s impact will require changes to how people live, not just to the infrastructure that lets them do so.
‘YouTube's Biggest Philanthropist’ Has a History of Homophobic Comments
MrBeast has gone viral for giving away hundreds of thousands of dollars, but he has previously used slurs and made offensive jokes.
Uber’s Self-Driving Car Didn’t Malfunction, It Was Just Bad
There were no software glitches or sensor breakdowns that led to a fatal crash, merely poor object recognition, emergency planning, system design, testing methodology, and human operation.
Elon Musk’s Silly War With the Media
The billionaire’s Twitter tirade was so ill-informed it led to a subtweet from his former head of communications.
The Lil Tay Saga Reaches Its Logical Conclusion
The 9-year-old has built a huge following with profane Instagram posts, but the bravado of “the youngest flexer of the century” masks a sadder tale about fame and exploitation.
Crazy/Genius: Blockchain: The Next Internet, or the Next Beanie Baby?
What exactly is blockchain, how is it being used, and is the hype really worth it?
The New York Stock Exchange Has Its First Woman President. Is She on a Glass Cliff?
It may not be a coincidence that the exchange’s first female boss will begin her tenure during a particularly daunting period for the organization.
The Future of AI Depends on High-School Girls
Women make up one-quarter of computer scientists. But in the field of artificial intelligence those numbers are likely much lower.