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Ramez Naam
(Books: Nexus Series / The Infinite Resource. Teach @SingularityU. Climate / Energy Innovation Wonk. Optimist.)
The Washington Post
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Drew Harwell
– May 23, 11:41 AM
Distorted videos of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), altered to make her sound as if she's drunkenly slurring her words, are spreading rapidly across social media, highlighting how political disinformation that clouds public understanding can…
The New York Times
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Charlie Savage
– May 23, 12:59 PM
WASHINGTON — Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks leader, has been indicted on 17 new counts of violating the Espionage Act for his role in publishing classified military and diplomatic documents in 2010, the Justice Department announced on…
Several departments inside social media giant Snap have dedicated tools for accessing user data, and multiple employees have abused their privileged access to spy on Snapchat users, Motherboard has learned. Two former employees said multiple Snap…
Ed and Brian Krassenstein are banned for life after ‘operating multiple fake accounts and purchasing account interactions,' a Twitter spokesman said. Twitter has permanently banned prominent anti-Trump brothers Brian and Ed Krassenstein…
The Daily Beast
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Kevin Poulsen
– May 23, 12:57 PM
In a stunning escalation of the war on the free press, the Trump administration has indicted a publisher for revealing government secrets. In a stunning escalation of the Trump administration's war on the press, the Justice Department has indicted…
