Perspectives
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The Latest NSA Leak is a Reminder that Your Bosses Can See Your Every Move
Brian Fung
June 7, 2017
It took just days for authorities to arrest and charge a federal contractor with leaking classified intelligence to the media. Court documents explain in detail how the 25-year-old woman suspected in the leak, Reality Leigh Winner, allegedly printed off a copy of a National Security Agency report on Russian tampering in the U.S. elections and mailed it to a news outlet.
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Miles Of Ice Collapsing Into The Sea
New York Times
May 18, 2017
We went to Antarctica to understand how changes to its vast ice sheet might affect the world.
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In Cashless Sweden, Even God Now Takes Collection Via an App
Love Liman and Niklas Magnusson
May 14, 2017
In the most cashless society on the planet, even God now accepts digital payments.
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India is Building a Biometric Database for 1.3 Billion People--and Enrollment is Mandatory
Shashank Bengali
May 11, 2017
Inside the buzzing enrollment agency, young professionals wearing slim-fitting jeans and lanyards around their necks tapped away at keyboards and fiddled with fingerprint scanning devices as they helped build the biggest and most ambitious biometric database ever conceived.
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Elon Musk on Mission to Link Human Brains with Computers in Four Years
Reuters
April 21, 2017
Tesla Inc founder and Chief Executive Elon Musk said his latest company Neuralink Corp is working to link the human brain with a machine interface by creating micron-sized devices.
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Starving to Death
Max Bearak and Laris Karklis
April 11, 2017
Our world produces enough food to feed all its inhabitants. When one region is suffering severe hunger, global humanitarian institutions, though often cash-strapped, are theoretically capable of transporting food and averting catastrophe.