Tag: tech
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An information-sharing system used by EU border forces to flag illegal immigrants and suspected criminals in real time was rife with software and security vulnerabilities, according to emails and confidential… more ›
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India’s informal e-waste recycling economy turns millions of discarded electronics into profit while exposing workers to hazardous conditions. https://restofworld.org/2025/india-e-waste-recycling-electronics/ more ›
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How low-paid employees in India and Costa Rica power the system used to monitor warehouse workers https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-11-21/the-eyes-of-amazon-a-hidden-workforce-driving-a-vast-surveillance-system?utm_source=tbij-uncovered.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=the-sportswashing-showdown-of-the-summer&_bhlid=33af9b2c437869613133ad5fa751db47e4b3fe1f more ›
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I’m coming down from spending a few days at Usenix Security, right here in Baltimore. This means that my days have been taken up with two kinds of conversation: first,… more ›
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The world’s largest rocket successfully entered orbit for the first time—a milestone for SpaceX and a relief for future NASA moon missions https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacexs-starship-lifts-off-in-make-or-break-orbital-test-flight/?utm_source=semafor more ›
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Massive spending commitments for data-center leases and chips aren’t shown on companies’ balance sheets https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/why-big-techs-ai-spending-is-3-trillion-higher-than-it-seems-e1067bb2?st=hKauuG&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink more ›
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Sprawling marketing groups are struggling to respond to new technology https://share.google/JRTVf0sm9plN6UYqq more ›
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An interactive visualization tool showing you how transformer models work in large language models (LLM) like GPT. https://poloclub.github.io/transformer-explainer/ more ›
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A tutorial on how to build datasets from the hidden feeds powering almost every website on the internet https://themarkup.org/levelup/2023/03/03/journalists-you-should-be-looking-for-undocumented-apis-heres-how-to-start more ›