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We caught 4 more states sharing personal health data with Big Tech
Healthcare exchanges in Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island shared users’ sensitive health data with companies like ...
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This is how you stop data trackers from sucking up your health data
The Markup and CalMatters found multiple ways consumers can block the trackers quietly sending your data to tech companies, including those used on state-run health exchange websites.
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House bill targets loopholes that let car insurance companies charge more in Black neighborhoods
Bill reintroduction follows investigation by The Markup and Outlier Media that found insurers target Black neighborhoods for ...
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Split Screen: How Different Are Americans’ Facebook Feeds?
Split Screen cannot reverse-engineer Facebook’s recommendation algorithm, and none of our observations should be treated as causal claims that Facebook has targeted a specific piece of content at a ...
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The NYC Algorithm Deciding Which Families Are Under Watch for Child Abuse
The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, uses investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that ...
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How California sent residents’ personal health data to LinkedIn
The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, uses investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that ...
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For the First Time, Artificial Intelligence is Being Used at a Nuclear Power Plant: California’s Diablo Canyon
The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, uses investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that ...
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Are AI Models Advanced Enough To Translate Literature? The Debate Is Roiling Publishing
The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, uses investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that ...
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AI Chatbots Can Cushion the High School Counselor Shortage — But Are They Bad for Students?
The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, uses investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that ...
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How AI Detection Software Turns Professors into Cops, Tech as Systems of World-Making, and More
Hello World is a weekly newsletter—delivered every Saturday morning—that goes deep into our original reporting and the questions we put to big thinkers in the field. Browse the archive here. Two weeks ...
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How to Sign Up for Local Emergency Alerts Before Natural Disasters Strike
Natural disasters have affected nearly 90 percent of U.S. counties since 2013, and while many households know about preparing emergency kits, a recent FEMA survey found a large drop in how many people ...