MIT Technology Review
Erik Prince wants to sell you a “secure” smartphone that’s too good to be true (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Fri, 08/19/2022 - 11:10Why can’t tech fix its gender problem? (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 08/15/2022 - 17:31Nathaniel Lubin and Thomas Krendl: Social media is polluting society. Moderation alone won’t fix the problem (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 08/09/2022 - 14:42The pandemic made life harder for deaf people. The solutions could benefit everyone. (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 07/05/2022 - 10:18Big Tech remains silent on questions about data privacy in a post-Roe world (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 06/28/2022 - 10:53Facebook is bombarding cancer patients with ads for unproven treatments (MIT Technology Review)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 06/27/2022 - 12:02Energy-hungry data centers are quietly moving into cities
When you think of data centers, you probably picture a giant server farm in a rural area where electricity is cheap and tax breaks are plentiful. Big tech companies like Google, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, and Meta have placed millions of square feet worth of server space in places like Northern Virginia or Hillsboro, Oregon. But now, to reduce lag times, companies are increasingly weaving nodes in their network into the fabric of cities.