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How Much Is Your Data Worth to Tech Companies? Lawmakers Want Answers

But "datafication," with all its privacy implications, affects everyone dif...

But "datafication," with all its privacy implications, affects everyone differently

Government Access to Private Messaging Threatens Security

The U.K.'s Version of the NSA Wants Access to Encrypted Chats. Here's How it Would Work

It’s not the first time the British government has taken aim at encrypted c...

It’s not the first time the British government has taken aim at encrypted communication

A Brief History of the S'more, America's Favorite Campfire Snack

Every aspect of making s'mores is a product of the Industrial Revolution

A man in Washington, DC views a video, on January 25, 2019, manipulated with artificial intelligence to potentially deceive viewers, or deepfake. Deepfakes can be detected by closely examining videos.

'Deepfakes' Are Videos Designed to Trick You Into Thinking They're Real. But There's a Way to Detect Them

Deepfakes are a fundamental threat to the idea that 'seeing is believing'

Migrant children walk on the grounds of the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, Sunday, June 16, 2019, in Homestead, Fla.

Detaining Migrant Children at U.S. Military Bases Has Been Done Before

Fort Sill, an army base in Oklahoma, will soon become a refugee camp. The D...

Fort Sill, an army base in Oklahoma, will soon become a refugee camp. The Department of Health and Human Services expects the repurposed military facility to house up to 1,400 unaccompanied migrant children from Central...

Reuters journalists Wa Lone (center L) and Kyaw Soe Oo (center R) gesture outside Insein prison after being freed in a presidential amnesty in Yangon on May 7, 2019.

More Journalists Are Being Killed, Arrested and Assaulted as Authoritarianism Spreads

A report says 12 reporters have been killed this year and 172 are in jail

Despite Fears, Aviation's Future Will Be More Automated

But convincing passengers will be key