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Google: Our Assistant Will Trigger the Next Era of AI

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Google: Our Assistant Will Trigger the Next Era of AI

Steven Levy

Remember Second Life? Now it’s being reborn in virtual reality

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Remember Second Life? Now it’s being reborn in virtual reality

Rowland Manthorpe

The News Is Now Literally a Video Game

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The News Is Now Literally a Video Game

Andrew Watts

How Snapchat’s Sponsored Lenses Became a Money-Printing Machine

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How Snapchat’s Sponsored Lenses Became a Money-Printing Machine

Roni Jacobson

How Trumpism Threatens Silicon Valley

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How Trumpism Threatens Silicon Valley

Khan Shoieb

The Tech Media Mogul Who Changed My Life

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The Tech Media Mogul Who Changed My Life

Karen Wickre

How the Web Became Unreadable

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How the Web Became Unreadable

Kevin Marks

Join Backchannel’s Editors and Guest Host Susan Lyne for Breakfast

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Join Backchannel’s Editors and Guest Host Susan Lyne for Breakfast

Jessi Hempel

When Is It OK to Mine Hacked Emails?

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When Is It OK to Mine Hacked Emails?

Steven Levy

Obama’s an Optimist and You Should Be, Too

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Obama’s an Optimist and You Should Be, Too

Jessi Hempel

This Twenty-Something Forced Silicon Valley to ‘Show Her the Numbers’

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This Twenty-Something Forced Silicon Valley to ‘Show Her the Numbers’

Miranda Katz

The Physicist Who Sees Crime Networks

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The Physicist Who Sees Crime Networks

Mark Harris

The Surprising Backbone of the Internet of Things

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The Surprising Backbone of the Internet of Things

Susan Crawford

Computational Law, Symbolic Discourse, and the AI Constitution

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Computational Law, Symbolic Discourse, and the AI Constitution

Stephen Wolfram

The Venture Capitalist Who Is Both a Man and a Woman

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The Venture Capitalist Who Is Both a Man and a Woman

Jessi Hempel

Driverless Cars Need Just One Thing: Futuristic Roads

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Driverless Cars Need Just One Thing: Futuristic Roads

Brent Skorup

How Etsy Dodged Destruction at the Hands of Amazon

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How Etsy Dodged Destruction at the Hands of Amazon

Roni Jacobson

Melinda Gates Asked for Ideas to Help Women in Tech: Here They Are

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Melinda Gates Asked for Ideas to Help Women in Tech: Here They Are

Jessi Hempel

Zuckerberg in Africa

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Zuckerberg in Africa

Steven Levy

Slow Internet Is Fueling Inequality

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Slow Internet Is Fueling Inequality

Dan Runcie