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How capitalism is turning the internet against democracy, and how to turn it back

Writing in response to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the first systematic attempt by the US government to police the internet, John Perry Barlow - former lyricist for the Grateful Dead -…
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5708 words)

Talk to Me: The Future of Voice

Ron KaplanThe Future Of... | Forget the GUI: It’s Time for a Conversational User Interface10:32 am The GUI has served us well for a long time, but it's beginning to fray around the edges.…
LENGTH: 2 minutes (699 words)

Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us

1. Routine Care, Unforgettable Bills When Sean Recchi, a 42-year-old from Lancaster, Ohio, was told last March that he had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, his wife Stephanie knew she had to get him to…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 20, 2013
LENGTH: 96 minutes (24228 words)

How 1 Billion People Are Coping With Death and Facebook

"I think I'm going to go online," said Cheryl, logging in to Facebook from her hospital bed. She soon reconsidered, however. "I don't know what to write: 'Hey I almost died last night. What's up with…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 13, 2013
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3465 words)

Google and the future of search: Amit Singhal and the Knowledge Graph

Making connections: inside one of Google’s data centres, the Dalles, Oregon. Photograph: Google/Rex Features Thinking about Google over the last week, I have fallen into the typically procrastinatory…
AUTHOR:Tim Adams
PUBLISHED: Jan. 19, 2013
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4192 words)

Google and the future of search: Amit Singhal and the Knowledge Graph

Making connections: inside one of Google’s data centres, the Dalles, Oregon. Photograph: Google/Rex Features Thinking about Google over the last week, I have fallen into the typically procrastinatory…
AUTHOR:Tim Adams
PUBLISHED: Jan. 19, 2013
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4192 words)

How Obama Used Big Data to Rally Voters

Two years after Barack Obama’s election as president, Democrats suffered their worst defeat in decades. The congressional majorities that had given Obama his legislative successes, reforming…
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1871 words)

A platoon awaits end of Afghan war

JAGHATU, Afghanistan — The platoon sergeant poses a simple question to the men of 3rd Platoon: “What do you consider success on a mission?” There is an uneasy silence in the dark…
AUTHOR:Greg Jaffe
PUBLISHED: Oct. 12, 2012
LENGTH: 2 minutes (531 words)

Children and computers: State of play

Plugged in: many children can play computer games before they can read. Photograph: Donald Iain Smith/Getty Images/Flickr RF There are things in life that I don't understand. The rules of rugby. The…
PUBLISHED: July 15, 2012
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3058 words)
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