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Internet giants need to be reined in for the public good

2 August 2017

Self-regulation doesn't work for information monopolies like Facebook. Should we treat them as if they were utility companies to protect ourselves?
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Donate your voice so Siri doesn’t just work for white men

26 July 2017

Voice assistants can struggle with accents outside their test base of white, male users. Mozilla wants samples to create systems that can handle diversity

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