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Eileen Guo is an independent print journalist based in New York City. She covers the communities on the fringe for publications such as The New York Times, Nikkei Asian Review, and Wired, among others. Before turning to journalism, Eileen spent two and a half years in Kabul, Afghanistan, where she founded Impassion Afghanistan, the country's first digital media agency, and Paiwandgah, Afghanistan's largest citizen journalism platform. Later, she served as the launch editor of Innovations Onlin…

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Dreaming of Afghan Mountains

Dreaming of Afghan Mountains

In this feature story from Alpinist 61, Eileen Guo recounts some of the history of mountaineering in Afghanis…

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How WeChat Spreads Rumors, Reaffirms Bias, and Helped Elect Trump

How WeChat Spreads Rumors, Reaffirms Bias, and Helped Elect Trump

China's most popular messaging app has become the perfect tool for swaying public opinion. Six months before …

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Afghanistan's 'sneakernet' provides offline access to digital content...

Afghanistan's 'sneakernet' provides offline access to digital content...

The Sneakernet, and the content market in particular, has become an important part of Afghanistan's informal …

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In China, 'Black Panther' is a movie about America

In China, 'Black Panther' is a movie about America

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People Don't Care if Their Fish Is Sustainable | Hakai Magazine

People Don't Care if Their Fish Is Sustainable | Hakai Magazine

Taste, price, and texture matter most to consumers when it comes to buying fish.

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Feeding the Virgins | Hakai Magazine

Feeding the Virgins | Hakai Magazine

The US Virgin Islands are vulnerable to food shortages, but two innovative agricultural projects are getting …

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Weaponized deepfakes

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| MIT Technology Review Verified
For years, experts have warned that deepfakes—AI-generated videos, images, or audio recordings of people doing or saying things they haven’t actually done in real life—could be deployed in malicious ways. These dangers are now here. Improvements in deepfake technology, and the widespread availability of easy-to-use and cheap (or free) generative models, have made it easier than ever for anyone to fake reality in a way that’s increasingly difficult to spot.
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Inside Clear's ambitions to manage your identity beyond the airport

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| MIT Technology Review Verified
The reality is that every database of this kind is ultimately a target, and “almost every day there’s a massive breach or hack.” But as Goode Intelligence CEO Alan Goode tells me, Clear’s early-mover advantage, particularly in the US, “puts it in a good space within North America … [to] be more pervasive”—or to become what Brill called “the one” that is most closely stitched into people’s daily lives.
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A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?

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| Bestsaree.in
Brookman explains that the authorized limitations corporations should clear to gather knowledge straight from shoppers are pretty low.
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