Technology

A look at technological innovation and its impact on racial equity.

Why Countering Mis- and Disinformation Matters
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Why Countering Mis- and Disinformation Matters

Propaganda and unsubstantiated claims make it harder to filter out disinformation and feed into harmful stereotypes.

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1200 800 Anmol Irfan
What Patent Ownership Gets Wrong About Innovation
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What Patent Ownership Gets Wrong About Innovation

Despite the U.S. patent system being open to all inventors, the face of “innovation” has been overwhelmingly white, male, and born to wealth.

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1200 675 Dominique Stewart
The Invisible Labor Force Powering ChatGPT
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The Invisible Labor Force Powering ChatGPT

The gig economy includes a cheap workforce contributing to the efficiency of valuable technology, including ChatGPT.

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2400 1594 Nia Norris
We Can’t Electric Car Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis
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We Can’t Electric Car Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis

Wealthy nations are pushing electric vehicles as a green solution, ignoring the toll it has on human rights and the environment.

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2400 1601 Dominique Stewart
How Maps Distort Our Perception of the World
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How Maps Distort Our Perception of the World

Some schools are switching from the universally used Mercator projection, igniting discussions on how maps influence our worldview.

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2312 1536 Andrew Lee
Deepfakes 101: Deception in the Digital Age
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Deepfakes 101: Deception in the Digital Age

In an age of misinformation, fake news, and conspiracies, the distortion of reality affects us all, whether on a political, social, or personal level.

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1920 1280 Dominique Stewart
Politicians Use Anti-Asian Hate to Sell a TikTok Ban
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew makes opening statement to Congress.

Politicians Use Anti-Asian Hate to Sell a TikTok Ban

Congress is trying to greatly reduce U.S. residents’ privacy rights through legislation banning TikTok, using rhetoric with anti-Asian tropes.

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2344 1168 Andrew Lee
Fact-Checking in the Age of Misinformation
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Fact-Checking in the Age of Misinformation

As social media becomes the basis for consuming news, misinformation is spreading faster and getting harder to verify.

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2400 1600 Anmol Irfan
Blackface in the Digital Age
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Blackface in the Digital Age

How social spaces and tech profit off the exploitative use of Blackness and racial stereotypes in a repackaged and digitized version of blackface.

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2400 1350 Nicole Cardoza
The Growing Threat of Police Surveilling Social Media
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The Growing Threat of Police Surveilling Social Media

Police surveillance of social media often relies on data riddled with human error or interpreted with bias, which harms communities of color.

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2400 1600 Kim M Reynolds
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