The company’s system for targeting ads is under fire for gender and ethnic bias. In some cases, the cure could be worse than the disease.
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Author: Antonio García Martínez
Fans Are Better Than Tech at Organizing Information Online
Archive of Our Own, the fanfiction database recently nominated for a Hugo, has perfected a system of tagging that the rest of the web could emulate.
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Author: Gretchen McCulloch
How Ava DuVernay Made Sure the Central Park Five Were Finally ‘Seen’
The filmmaker’s riveting documentary “When They See Us” tells the story of five men convicted—wrongly—of rape. It brings the story to life in new ways.
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Author: Noam Cohen
Alphabet Shareholders Demand Accountability
Shareholders proposed 14 resolutions, from Google’s conduct in China to conditions for Google workers. Cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin didn’t attend.
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Author: Nitasha Tiku
Tesla Arcade Let’s You Play a Videogame Right in Your Car
Tesla gives drivers access to games they can play on the center screen, including Beach Buggy Racing 2. The car has to be in park, however.
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Author: Alex Davies
Facebook’s Libra Is Already Hitting Turbulence
Officials in Europe and the US worry about user privacy and how Facebook will handle data stemming from its cryptocurrency.
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Author: Gregory Barber
Korean Cars Are Officially the Best, a Blood-Powered Robot, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
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Author: Alex Baker-Whitcomb
The English Rose, in All Its Frankensteined Glory
A rose is a rose is a rose—just not to the English.
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Author: Laura Mallonee
Cold War Spy Photos Show How Fast Himalayan Glaciers Are Melting
By turning declassified images into a 3D model, scientists find that the mountain range’s glaciers are melting twice as fast as before 2000.
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Author: Eric Niiler
This Robot Fish Powers Itself With Fake Blood
A new robot lionfish uses a rudimentary vasculature and “blood” to both energize itself and hydraulically power its fins.
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Author: Matt Simon