TECHNOLOGY

Best of OneZero for you The High-Tech Future of the Ancient Science of Archaeology Emerging technologies could soon allow archaeologists to virtually excavate an entire site within an hour Sarah Parcak8 min read A Grieving Sandy Hook Father on How to Fight Online Hoaxers Lenny Pozner lost his son in the 2012 mass shooting, only to be attacked by internet trolls. He talks with OneZero about battling back. Nick Thompson9 min read How the Internet Transformed the World of Custom Poetry Sites like Etsy and Instagram are remaking a classic artistic hustle Veronica Walsingham5 min read Can Virtual Assistants Gain Real Intelligence? A small New Zealand lab is attempting to build “digital humans” that can learn, feel, and even remember us. Aaron Gell21 min read Facebook’s Poker Bot Shows How A.I. Can Adapt to Liars In a new study with significant real-world implications, a poker bot crushed human pros at six-player, no-limit Texas Hold ‘em Dave Gershgorn7 min read Hell Is Other People’s Feeds Forget the online filter bubble. It’s the network that makes your world so hellish. Colin Horgan5 min read How the Tiny Scanner App Saved Me From Total Paperwork Dysfunction Fear and loathing in the modern office Mac Schwerin7 min read The Hidden History of How the Government Kick-Started Silicon Valley Author Margaret O’Mara explains why it’s time to move past the tech sector’s creator myths Hope Reese7 min read One Bad Law Is Ruining Progressive Efforts to Decriminalize Sex Work Online platforms won’t be able to support the people new bills are meant to protect Lux Alptraum6 min read A New Study Suggests Employers Track Your Every Move to ‘Improve Productivity’ The researchers claim their data analysis can decrease workplace bias and increase performance, but the truth is much more complicated Angela Lashbrook7 min read Why YouTube Keeps Demonetizing Videos of the Hong Kong Protests The platform’s ‘advertising-friendly’ content rules are hurting creators trying to cover important global events Will Oremus8 min read The Answer to the A.I. Jobs Apocalypse Is All About Geography The spread of intelligence machines will worsen geographic inequality, unless we take proactive measures Carl Benedikt Frey5 min read Google Promises ‘reCAPTCHA’ Isn’t Exploiting Users. Should You Trust It? An innovative security feature to separate humans from bots online comes with some major concerns Owen Williams6 min read What If an Algorithm Could Predict Your Unborn Child’s Intelligence? Stephen Hsu’s startup Genomic Predictions analyzes genetic data to predict the chance of diseases like diabetes and cancer — and forecast… Oscar Schwartz7 min read Will Banning E-Cigarettes Help Public Health — or Harm It? As San Francisco cracks down on electronic cigarettes, experts are divided on the effects Angela Lashbrook7 min read