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Vittoria Elliott Business Jul 21, 2023 7:00 AM A Leaked Memo Shows TikTok Knows It Has a Labor Problem Internal TikTok documents reveal that the company is preparing for scrutiny of its supply chain. This comes after a Kenyan judge cleared the way for moderators to sue Meta. Photograph: AaronP/Getty …

Steven Levy Business Jul 21, 2023 9:00 AM Almost 50 Years Into the Crypto Wars, Encryption’s Opponents Are Still Wrong Attempts by the US and UK to require backdoors in secure messaging apps are a huge step in the wrong direction. Right now, we need more encryption, not less. Illustration: …

Khari Johnson Business Jul 21, 2023 5:00 AM AI Giants Pledge to Allow External Probes of Their Algorithms, Under a New White House Pact Leading AI developers including Google and OpenAI promised the Biden administration to check for problems such as biased output. The agreement is not legally binding. Photograph: …

Will Knight Business Jul 20, 2023 12:00 PM Don’t Ask Dumb Robots If AI Will Destroy Humanity Robots like Sophia are impressive to look at, but don’t let their humanlike facial expressions trick you into thinking these machines are intelligent. Photograph: FABRICE COFFRINI/Getty Images Save this story Save Save this …

Morgan Meaker Business Jul 20, 2023 2:00 AM A Battlefield AI Company Says It’s One of the Good Guys Helsing AI is building an operating system for warfare and says it’ll only ever sell to democracies. Courtesy of Helsing Save this story Save Save this story Save On the screen …

Ben Wray Business Jul 20, 2023 2:00 AM Spain’s Elections Pit Gig Workers Against the Far Right A coalition including the right-wing Vox party wants to dismantle protections for workers on Glovo and Uber Eats. If they’re elected, they could change the gig economy across Europe. Photograph: Marcos del Mazo/Getty …

Jeff Link Business Jul 19, 2023 7:00 AM The Ukraine War Shows the US Military-Industrial Complex Isn’t Battle Ready Meeting Ukraine’s vast demand for ammunition and weapons means tapping into a web of small manufacturers across America, and rethinking how military supply chains work. Photograph: Getty Images Ukraine: 500 Days …

Amanda Hoover Business Jul 19, 2023 7:00 AM Threads Is the New Cool Hangout—for Brands With big names like Wendy’s and Netflix, brand-on-brand chatter is shaping Meta’s new social media app. That could leave little room for people. Photograph: David Malan/Getty Images Save this story Save Save this story Save …

By Gregory Barber Business Jul 19, 2023 6:00 AM A Vast Untapped Green Energy Source Is Hiding Beneath Your Feet New experiments in the deserts of Utah and Nevada show how advances in fracking—technology developed by the oil industry—can be repurposed to tap clean geothermal energy anywhere on Earth. PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION: …

England and France could suddenly get a new, colder climate due to the collapse of an Atlantic current. It's just one sign we’re getting dangerously close to some irreversible climate “tipping points." Here’s what that means. Imminent collapse of Atlantic current could lead to sudden, irreversible climate impacts, new study …