Facebook’s Ad-Targeting Problem, Captured in a Literal Shade of Gray ...
Many of the social network’s ad-targeting terms are legitimate in principle but can be problematic in practice. Consider, […]
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‘Flesh-Eating Bacteria’ From Harvey’s Floodwaters Kill a Woman by MAGGIE ...
Necrotizing fasciitis, a deadly infection that destroys tissue, can be caused by a wide range of bacteria, many […]
IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the ...
IBM has shifted its center of gravity halfway around the world to India, making it a high-tech example […]
The Mystery of the Dead Bumblebees and the Linden Trees ...
Large numbers of bees were turning up sick or dead beneath fragrant trees in botanic garden in London. […]
Twitter, With Accounts Linked to Russia, to Face Congress Over ...
Facebook has faced the most scrutiny over social media’s role in the 2016 election. But Twitter may have […]
Amazon Wants You to Wake Up With Alexa, and That’s ...
The company introduced a wide collection of new Echo devices that are smaller, cheaper and, in some cases, […]
Facebook Responds to Trump and Positions Itself as Election-Ready by ...
Facebook, under fire after the American presidential election, responded to criticism from President Trump and touted its efforts […]
How Technology Has Changed News Photography Over 40 Years by ...
Jim Wilson, a photographer who started at The Times in 1980, discussed how technology has altered news photography […]
215 Million Americans Watched the Solar Eclipse, Study Finds by ...
It was bigger than the Super Bowl. Many more watched it in person or electronically than voted last […]
New Gravitational Wave Detection From Colliding Black Holes by DENNIS ...
Virgo, a new detector for gravitational waves, joined the L-shaped antennas seeking space-time reverberations from colliding black holes. […]