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We already knew that biased data and biased algorithms skew automated decision-making in a way that disadvantages low-income and minority...
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In the spring of 2020, the first versions of covid-19 exposure notification systems were released to the public. These systems...
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The risk of being hospitalized with the Delta covid-19 variant is roughly double that associated with the original Alpha strain,...
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Timnit Gebru never thought a scientific paper would cause her so much trouble. In 2020, as the co-lead of Google’s...
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Covid cases are on the rise in England, and a fast-spreading variant may be to blame. B.1.617.2, which now goes...
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On the first hot weekend of the summer, Richard Knapp put up a sign outside Mother’s Ruin, a bar tucked...
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You can see the faint stubble coming in on his upper lip, the wrinkles on his forehead, the blemishes on...
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Clinical trials have never been more in the public eye than in the past year, as the world watched the...
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Angela Mitchell still remembers the night she nearly died. It was almost one year ago in July. Mitchell—who turns 60...
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A few weeks ago, Michelle Watson woke up to a deafening, steadily oscillating screech. “What the heck is that noise?”...