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Illustration of a ghostly figure walking off a white grid and into darkness. Behind the person is a ghostly collage of all the data they've left behind––photos, passwords, location pins, emails, and text messages. The background is midnight blue.

May 2020 / Technology

The Digital Afterlife

April 8, 2020April 11, 2020 - by Brian J. Barth

The ongoing legal battle to decide who owns our data after we die

The head of Jeff Bezos, a bald white man, smiles toward the screen while surrounded by shiny piles of gold.

Business / Technology

The Billionaire Who Took Over the Internet

February 20, 2020November 8, 2021 - by Rob Larson

Tax exemptions, labour practices, and explosive growth: how Jeff Bezos made Amazon one of the world’s biggest companies

January/February 2020 / Technology

How YouTube Gives Us Love without the Messiness

January 2, 2020August 4, 2020 - by Michael Harris

Meet the online community providing millions with illusions of intimacy

Technology

The Decade in Science and Technology

December 26, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From surveillance capitalism to Russian hacking, these are the science and tech conversations that helped define Canada

UK information commissioner Elizabeth Denham

May 2019 / Technology

Is Elizabeth Denham the Only Person Powerful Enough to Take on Facebook?

April 18, 2019July 27, 2021 - by Leah McLaren

How a privacy regulator from British Columbia forced Silicon Valley to change the way it uses your personal data

Man peering inside bedroom as electronics resonate

May 2019 / Society / Technology

Are You Afraid of Google? BlackBerry Co-founder Jim Balsillie Says You Should Be

April 10, 2019November 8, 2021 - by Brian J. Barth

The entrepreneur who made billions putting BlackBerrys into pockets is now sounding the alarm about Big Tech’s creep toward surveillance capitalism

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Technology

The Deadly Price of the Automation Paradox

March 29, 2019December 6, 2021 - by Sharon Nadeem

As automation gets better, the skills of human operators gets worse. Are the Boeing Max 8 crashes an anomaly, or a new normal?

Technology

The Future of Privacy

February 1, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Molly Sauter

Will your life ever be private online?

Baby crying in arms of father as wife paints chair

December 2018 / Technology

The Secret to the Perfect Lullaby

December 25, 2018March 31, 2020 - by David Sax

One of the world’s biggest toy makers races to engineer music that will put all babies to sleep

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Technology

How the Internet Changed Sex

December 5, 2018February 6, 2024 - by Anna Fitzpatrick

The digital world is hyperconnected and completely unfiltered. That’s exactly why it has become an indispensable resource

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The Digital Afterlife

The Billionaire Who Took Over the Internet

How YouTube Gives Us Love without the Messiness

The Decade in Science and Technology

Is Elizabeth Denham the Only Person Powerful Enough to Take on Facebook?

Are You Afraid of Google? BlackBerry Co-founder Jim Balsillie Says You Should Be

The Deadly Price of the Automation Paradox

The Future of Privacy

The Secret to the Perfect Lullaby

How the Internet Changed Sex

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