This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. Data privacy laws are still a work in progress, but one major improvement ...

Are we living in a computer simulation? I don’t know. Probably. Why this computer scientist thinks reality might be a video game. By Sean Illing@seanilling Updated Oct 24, 2020, 9:13am EDT Share this ...

This story is part of a group of stories called Finding the best ways to do good. America’s national Covid-19 epidemic continues, with the US’s daily new cases still higher than most developed nations ...

The Russian roots of our misinformation problem What this 2019 book can teach us about the latest revolution in political propaganda. By Sean Illing@seanilling Updated Oct 26, 2020, 2:06pm EDT Share t ...