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Technology

2022: Technology Stories

December 21, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

Examinations of how the digital realm of everything from workouts to work is changing

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Technology

How Period-Tracking Apps Can Be Weaponized by Pro-Life Advocates

December 5, 2022December 8, 2022 - by Elisabeth de Mariaffi

With Roe v. Wade overturned in the US, menstruation apps have become a new concern in the fight for abortion rights. Do they pose the same risk in Canada?

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Technology

Fighting AI with AI: The Battle against Deepfakes

August 11, 2022August 18, 2022 - by John MacGillis

Realistic, computer-generated faces are more widespread than ever. How do we tell what’s true and what’s not?

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Technology

Cancel Culture and the Pressures of Being a Teen Online

July 22, 2022January 24, 2023 - by Thivya Jeyapalan

Demanding accountability is important. But cancellations may lead to missing out on meaningful conversations

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Technology

Twilight of the Libraries: What Gets Lost When Books Go Off-Site and Online

July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 - by Andrew Stauffer

Libraries can’t escape the push for digitization, but we still need actual books on shelves

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Technology

Baby Pics, Life Lessons, and Obits: What Happened to LinkedIn?

June 20, 2022November 11, 2022 - by Josh Greenblatt

Why users are posting more personal content on a professional platform

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March/April 2022 / Technology

How Canada Accidentally Helped Crack Computer Translation

March 7, 2022March 8, 2022 - by Christine Mitchell

A technological whodunit—featuring Parliament, computer scientists, and a tipsy plane flight

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Technology

Reevaluating the Role of Technology

December 27, 2021July 11, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

Privacy, surveillance, and the power of social media were major themes in 2021

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All Aboard the Metaverse: Is the New Digital Frontier Unstoppable?

December 8, 2021April 22, 2022 - by Jon Evans

It may not exist yet, but no one in tech can risk ignoring Mark Zuckerberg’s next big thing

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December 2021 / Technology

Porch Cameras and Facebook Groups Are Turning Streets into Surveillance States

November 8, 2021January 2, 2022 - by Navneet Alang

Our tech-driven approach to neighbourhood watch is cementing community divisions

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