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The Soul of a New Machine Learning System
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Big Tech Has Become a Creature of the Swamp
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Meta’s New COO Is Nothing Like Sheryl Sandberg
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Sheryl Sandberg and the Death of ‘The Deal’
Meta's famous COO is leaving after 14 years at the company—and so goes a partnership that…
Benjamin Franklin Meets the Blockchain
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The Private Equity Firm That Grounded Paul Allen’s Dream
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A World Without iPods
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Bill Gates Is So Over This Pandemic
The acerbic optimist thinks anxious people (like me) need to move on from Covid and start…