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Former boss sheds light on Cindy Yang’s work for Asian GOP, Communist Party ties

In the wake of revelations about Yang’s investment business reportedly offering to sell access to Trump and his family members, her mentor at the Asian GOP offers a different account of her role.

Lawmakers opposed to healthcare reform are boosted by industry campaign contributions

Senators opposed to three healthcare reform bills have received an average of $14,000 to $24,000 more in campaign contributions from the healthcare industry than sponsors of those bills, the impact of which will threaten their profits.

Despite sanctions, top Russian propaganda operation still active on popular platforms

The Federal News Agency, the successor to the infamous troll farm that pushed propaganda during the 2016 U.S. election, is active on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Telegram.

How José Andrés is creating a Spanish food mecca in New York’s newest neighborhood

This week, the famed chef is opening Mercado Little Spain, a 35,000-square-foot food hall in the heart of Manhattan.

“Doesn’t pass the smell test”: T-Mobile CEO John Legere gets grilled on execs staying at Trump hotel

How to rein in Airbnb

The success of cities that have been able to regulate tech-enabled tourism owes to the powerful coalitions that have mobilized to challenge these data-driven platforms.

How vegan mayonnaise convinced Jeff Bezos to make his first investment in South America

NotCo, a Chilean startup that makes plant-based food alternatives to mayo, milk, and ice cream just got millions in funding from Bezos Expeditions, the Amazon founder’s investment group.

How Redfin is breaking up the boys’ club of Silicon Valley

In this exclusive excerpt from the paperback edition of “Brotopia,” Emily Chang describes how the real estate tech company’s CTO transformed its workplace culture.

How can we design AI for the best long-term interests of humanity?

In this exclusive excerpt from her new book, “The Big Nine,” Amy Webb outlines the need for courageous leadership to prevent emerging technologies like AI from getting out of hand and harming society.

This professor suffers from a mystery disease, so she developed an app to track its effects

Endometriosis gets very little U.S. federal funding for research, so Professor Noemie Elhadad developed the Phendo app to help women worldwide.

Content moderators use crazy metaphors to describe their hellish jobs

How much oil and gas money have Dem 2020 candidates supporting New Green Deal received?

Not much, it turns out. The nation’s 10 largest oil and gas companies and their employees have given the Democratic candidates barely more than $165,000 over the last six years.

What late poet Seamus Heaney’s last text tells us about our digital lives

The short text that the Nobel-prize winning Irish poet sent to his wife before his death says so much about the magic and ephemerality of our digital communications.

Why the Trolley Dilemma is a terrible model for trying to make self-driving cars safer

The famous thought experiment has been applied to the development of autonomous vehicles, but it’s considered extremely flawed.

Home Page is being rereleased, like a time capsule from the internet’s early days

This month, the classic documentary about Justin Hall, the “founding father of personal bloggers,” is being screened and made available via streaming.

“Completely unacceptable”: NJ officials condemn National Enquirer backer over Bezos conduct

Private equity investor Leo Hindery: Trump’s “economic miracle” is a mirage

“If the press doesn’t step up and more consistently identify the realities of the economy,” says Leo Hindery, “then President Trump could be re-elected.”

In the age of Alexa and Siri, how come most customer-service voice assistants still suck?

In a recent survey, 97% of Americans said they’ve experienced frustration with Interactive Voice Response systems. Why hasn’t the voice-computing renaissance spread beyond Amazon, Apple, and Google?

The Green New Deal highlights the stealth connections between trade policy and carbon emissions

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s resolution calls for new trade laws to halt the U.S.’s continued export of carbon pollution to foreign countries.