Data
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Finance
Americans Flunked This Test on Online Privacy
Many consumers want control over their personal details. But few understand how online tracking works, says a new report from…
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News
A TikTok Ban Won’t Fix Our Problem
A ban of TikTok throughout the United States, if it could actually be enacted, would immediately solve our national security…
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News
Wonking Out: Inflation and the Imputation Game
When it comes to economic assessment, feelings are no substitute for hard data. A plurality of Americans say that we’re…
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Finance
TikTok’s New Defense in Washington: Going on the Offense
Keeping its head down has not paid off for the company, which now faces regulatory pressure on many fronts. So…
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Food
No Increased Stroke Risk Linked to Pfizer’s Covid Boosters, Federal Officials Say
An uptick hinted at in surveillance data was a mirage, the officials said.
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Finance
A Breach at LastPass Has Password Lessons for Us All
The hacking of the password manager should make us reassess whether to trust companies to store our sensitive data in…
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Finance
Meta’s Ad Practices Ruled Illegal Under E.U. Law
The decision is one of the most consequential issued under the E.U.’s landmark data-protection law and creates a new business…
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US
Is A.I. the Future of Test Prep?
Riiid is one of a handful of companies that believe that A.I.’s algorithms are perfectly suited to track student performance…
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Arts
‘The Unheard Symphony of the Planet’
surfacing ‘The Unheard Symphony of the Planet’ Using a tiny device called a Raspberry Shake, people around the world are…
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News
For Sale on eBay: A Military Database of Fingerprints and Iris Scans
German security researchers studying biometric capture devices popular with the U.S. military got more than they expected for $68 on…