Why we are all losing sleep
With longer work hours, the rise of the gig economy and smartphone apps competing for our every waking moment, sleep…
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“Technology should free us up to be more human together”: Holly Herndon on merging music and AI
She is the electronic musician who birthed an AI baby. But Holly Herndon isn't interested in leaving humankind behind.
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The police know what you’ll do next summer
When police use crime-predicting algorithms, they risk bringing into being the world they foresee.
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Social care robots privatise loneliness, and erode the pleasure of being truly known
If society continues devaluing social care, we may depend on automated smiles to break the isolation of the chronically lonely.
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Revealed: how citizen-scoring algorithms are being used by local government in the UK
After nearly a decade of austerity, councils are turning to algorithms to predict the health, income and behaviour of their…
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“The Hunger Games for cities” – inside the Amazon HQ2 bid process
How America prostrated itself before one of America’s largest corporations – and how New York took a stand.
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How facial recognition is being used to target sex workers
Having once offered sex workers anonymity, technology is now making it ever easier for them to be outed.
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Ladies Huel Lunch: The rise of meal replacements as a feminist act
Once synonymous with tech bros looking to "bio-hack" their bodies, meal replacements like Huel and Soylent are increasingly popular amongst…
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