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  • Senior Business Editor, NPR
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Editing the NPR tech team Formerly: Visiting editor @19thNews Team captain @WIREDScience Taught @UCBSOJ. Wrote WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY. Fiat lux, kids.
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こんにちは赤ちゃん！ 2024年生まれのキミへ贈る125年後の未来への手紙

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By Kara Platoni Verified
| technologyreview.jp
こんにちは赤ちゃん。お誕生日おめでとう！ キミは知能を持つ機械の時代に生まれた。 機械は受胎したときから、ほぼずっとキミを見守ってきた。 機械のおかげで、両親はキミの小さな心音を聴いたり、アプリで妊娠期間を記録したり、超音波画像をソーシャルメディアに投稿したりできた。 生まれるずっと前から、キミはアルゴリズムに把握されていたのだ。 キミが生まれたのは、奇しくもMITテクノロジーレビューの創刊125周年と時を同じくした。ほんの少しの運と、優れた遺伝子に恵まれれば、キミは次の125年間を見届けられるかもしれない。キミと次世代の機械は、どのように共に成長していくのだろうか？ 私たちは12人の専門家に、キミの未来を想像してもらった。そして、これは思考実験であると説明した。 つまり、自由な発想で考えてほしいと依頼したのだ。...
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Professional Development Month: Pitch Slam 3

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By Kara Platoni Verified, Janet Raloff Verified
| dcswa.org
Some of our field’s finest science editors will share what stories they’re looking for and give advice for how to pitch their publications. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to present a 90-second story pitch of your own and receive live feedback from the panel. The pitch slam will end with a Q&A during which you can ask general questions about pitching.
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Catch Me If You Can | East Bay Express

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By Kara Platoni Verified
| East Bay Express Verified
One day during the summer of 1997, a woman walked into Fremont's LG Travel to buy a pair of airline tickets to the Philippines. Her name, at least for this article, is Soledad, or "solitude." She chose that name for herself because the events that unfolded are still a terrible secret she hides from her husband and parents. Her secret digs at her, embarrasses her, cuts her off from the ones she loves most. She doesn't know how to tell them she lost her life savings to a total stranger.
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