Technology & Innovation

President Donald Trump walks out of the room after an Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit in the South Court Auditorium of the of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House on December 8, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/SIPA USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Trump deplatforming decision highlights the impotence of Facebook’s Oversight Board

Friday, May 7, 2021

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How AI-powered poverty maps can increase equity in the COVID-19 response

Laura McGorman, Guanghua Chi, and Han Fang

Friday, May 7, 2021

A photograph of a laptop displaying the the Robert Koch Institute's COVID-19 dashboard for April 13, 2021.

A health-data ecosystem to protect against public-health threats

Sheri Lewis, Alan Ravitz, Aaron Katz, and John Piorkowski

Thursday, May 6, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump taps the screen on a mobile phone in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

The Ringmaster Is Gone

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Melanie Bolanos, 9, holds a sign to protest hate crimes committed against Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities ahead of a car caravan in Koreatown on March 19, 2021 in Los Angeles.

Assessing the social and emotional costs of mass shootings with Twitter data

Mary Blankenship and Carol Graham

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

People rest in front of a Huawei store at a shopping complex in Beijing, China April 15, 2021. Picture taken April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

China’s economic future

David Dollar and James Pethokoukis

Political Economy

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

What will Facebook’s ban mean for Donald Trump’s future?

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

European Commissioner for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager and European Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton attend the presentation of the European Commission's data/digital strategy in Brussels, Belgium February 19, 2020.

Machines learn that Brussels writes the rules: The EU’s new AI regulation

Mark MacCarthy and Kenneth Propp

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2021. Melina Mara/Pool via REUTERS

Biden’s Plan for Broadband Isn’t Bold Enough

Bhaskar Chakravorti

Monday, May 3, 2021

FTC Commissioner nominee Lina M. Khan testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Photo by Graeme Jennings/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

TechTank Podcast Episode 18: What to expect from the Biden administration on antitrust regulation and Big Tech

Nicol Turner Lee, Bill Baer, Tom Wheeler, and Nancy Rose

Monday, May 3, 2021