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A campaign sign for Senator Elizabeth Warren

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Deepfakes are terrible for democracy, but Facebook is a bigger threat

Doctored videos are a menace, but we have more to fear from unscrupulous politicians taking advantage of Facebook's targeted ads, writes Annalee Newitz

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Massive solar panels in Chilean desert point to our renewable future

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Face recognition has been trialled in London

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UK police need to slow down with face recognition, says data watchdog

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Facebook's war room during Brazil's elections last year

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Facebook has a plan to tackle fake news – here's why it won't work

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Google's quantum computer

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Timeline: A brief history of quantum computing from 1980 to 2100

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Worker growing cannabis plants

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There is little evidence that cannabis helps mental health problems

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What is a quantum computer?

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What is a quantum computer?

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A biased algorithm is delaying healthcare for black people in the US

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The internet was supposed to be a utopia. 50 years on, what happened?

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The internet was supposed to be a utopia. 50 years on, what happened?

Half a century ago a tiny military-funded experiment changed the world in ways we are only just coming to terms with - for good and bad

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Internet founder Vint Cerf looks to the next 50 years of his creation

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The greatest network the world has ever seen: The global internet map

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Technology’s future isn’t gleaming, it’s dirty and biological

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US green economy has 10 times more jobs than the fossil fuel industry

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