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Appalling algorithm bias

This is the best example I’ve seen of how racial bias works it’s way into tech

NHS Covid-19 app (the one that uses Apple/Google tech) is now live on UK App Store. Looks great: apps.apple.com/gb/app/nhs-cov…

We can finally drink for all the right reasons.

Nailed it.

More evidence of the huge damage the “infodemic” of disinformation is doing

Deepfake queen to deliver Channel 4 Christmas message bbc.in/3mFsHAE

Super handy 🤯

I wrote yesterday about the spread of the UK B117 variant based on data up to the 13th Dec warning that it could become dominant across much of the UK & across most age groups. Recent data released up to end of Dec now suggests that this has already happened. Short thread.

I'm back from a week at my mom's house and now I'm getting ads for her toothpaste brand, the brand I've been putting in my mouth for a week. We never talked about this brand or googled it or anything like that. As a privacy tech worker, let me explain why this is happening. 🧵

All adults aged 25 and older in England will be able to book their Covid vaccine from tomorrow.

Circus performers line up to get a COVID vaccination in London. Photo by Matt Crossick.

catastrophic flooding in Europe, extreme droughts in California, heat waves in Canada and PNW. This isn't normal. Humanity has waged war against the planet, and it's fighting back. COVID has been terrible, but our climate crisis could be far worse.

How James Watt persuaded people to switch from horses to steam engines The importance of talking to your audience in their language, not yours Great story from ⁦Creative Blindness by dave trott

I hope they can see the irony.

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The Danger of Minimalist Design (& the death of detail) A short thread...

This is one of the 🤯🤯🤯 experiments we ran on the Duolingo Retention team :