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Why Instacart Is Laying Off Workers As Deliveries Soar
Big grocery chains relied on app-based delivery companies at the start of the pandemic. Now grocers’ priorities have shifted. http://www.wired.com/ -
These Doctors Are Using AI to Screen for Breast Cancer
During the pandemic, thousands of women have skipped scans and check-ups. So physicians tapped an algorithm to predict those at ... -
They Claimed the Covid Vaccine Made Them Sick—and Went Viral
On Facebook, videos of people reporting disturbing side-effects from the shots have been viewed by millions. Fact-checking efforts can’t keep ... -
This AI Could Go From ‘Art’ to Steering a Self-Driving Car
DALL-E drew laughs for creating images of a daikon radish in a tutu. But it builds on an important advance ... -
New Algorithms Could Reduce Racial Disparities in Health Care
Machine learning programs trained with patient reports, rather than doctors’, find problems that doctors miss—especially in Black people. http://www.wired.com/ -
A Fight Over GameStop’s Soaring Stock Turns Ugly
The denizens of the WallStreetBets subreddit helped push the flailing stock to dizzying heights—while a short seller alleged an accompanying ... -
Janet Yellen Will Consider Limiting the Use of Cryptocurrency
During her confirmation hearing, the Treasury nominee said that blockchain-based financial networks are “a particular concern.” http://www.wired.com/ -
The Art and Science of Boarding an Airplane in a Pandemic
Researchers and airlines that obsessed over efficiency have spent the past year worrying about safety too. http://www.wired.com/ -
Alphabet Is Grounding Loon—but Won't Call It a Failure
Plus: The moonshot’s launch, health care for the mask-less, and a new era’s inaugural meme. http://www.wired.com/ -
Facebook's Oversight Board to Decide on Trump Ban
Facebook has to decide whether to give the ex-president his bullhorn back. It won’t make that call by itself. http://www.wired.com/
