Selected Writing
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At age 17, Donnell Drinks was one of many young men in Philadelphia who went to prison for life without parole. Today, the city has resentenced more of those prisoners than any other jurisdiction.
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The tech giant had already remade the virtual world. For a brief period, it also tried to make it easier for people in the Bay Area to get to work. Then it gave up.
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They got lost in this weird moment, where the world is caught between crisis and normalcy, nostalgic for house parties — and Houseparty, too.
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A.I. companies have an edge in blocking the creation and distribution of child sexual abuse material. They’ve seen how social media companies failed.
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China is racing to unseat the United States as the world’s technological superpower. Not if Jake Sullivan can help it.
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Across North America, tainted opioids are killing people who use drugs. Vancouver’s Mark Tyndall says we should start dispensing safer pills using high-tech machines.
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Meta has decided that it’s time to open up the internet’s walled gardens. Be wary.
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Chatbots may live in the cloud, but they're powered by massive concrete boxes — and they're coming to a town near you.
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A mountain of venture capital poured into the old-school freight industry. Then came market reality, and business owners got a harsh education in the true costs of digital disruption.
Inc.
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Inside the World Wide Web Consortium, where the world's top engineers battle over the future of your data.