Top Races to Watch on Midterm Election Night 2018
The outcomes of these contests could shape issues like net neutrality, data privacy, and the tech industry’s business practices for years to come.
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Midterm Elections 2018: Georgia Voting Machine Issues Heighten Scrutiny on Brian Kemp
/in Da Wired /da adminVoting machines in one polling place had no power cords. The problems follow a big purge of voter rolls by the secretary of state, who is running for governor.
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Midterm Elections 2018: Extreme Gerrymandering Could Still Stymie the Blue Wave
/in Da Wired /da adminIf Democrats take back the House on Tuesday, it will have been against all odds thanks to gerrymandering that has skewed so heavily toward Republicans.
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To Keep Pace With Moore’s Law, Chipmakers Turn to ‘Chiplets’
/in Da Wired /da adminAMD and Intel are combining modular pieces of silicon into a single chip, like assembling Lego blocks.
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To Curb Fake News and Hate, We Need a Little Less Speech
/in Da Wired /da adminSpeech on the internet must flow a little less freely if we care about harm or truth.
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Midterm Elections 2018 Will Test a Blue Wave of Activist Apps
/in Da Wired /da adminStartups like Swing Left and Crush the Midterms seek to maximize volunteers’ impact. On Election Day, they’ll find out if it worked.
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How Right-Wing Social Media Site Gab Got Back Online
/in Da Wired /da adminA company called Epik, whose CEO defended Gab, offered domain-hosting services, while Cloudflare continues to protect Gab from denial-of-service attacks.
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Bitcoin Will Burn the Planet Down. The Question: How Fast?
/in Da Wired /da adminA new paper concludes that it takes more than four times as much energy to mine $1 of bitcoin as mining $1 of copper.
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What the Boston School Bus Schedule Can Teach Us About AI
/in Da Wired /da adminAn MIT team built an algorithm to optimize bell times and bus routes. The furor around the plan offers lessons in how we talk to people when we talk to them about artificial intelligence.
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Why WhatsApp Became a Hotbed for Rumors and Lies in Brazil
/in Da Wired /da adminIf WhatsApp lacks Facebook’s most talked-about evil features, why is it still a weaponizable conduit for misinformation?
Di Antonio García Martínez – Leggi l’originale