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Chris Stokel-Walker

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Chris Stokel-Walker is a freelance technology journalist and author of  and . 

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Culture

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Technology

Artificially intelligent robot perpetuates racist and sexist prejudice

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Health

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Technology

Reddit moderators do $3.4 million worth of unpaid work each year

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Humans

Beyond Measure review: How measuring the world betrays its human side

Culture

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Technology

Watch a swarm of drones navigate a forest without crashing

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Mind

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Technology

Elon Musk buying Twitter has set him up for a scuffle with the EU

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Technology

AI strips out city noise to improve earthquake monitoring systems

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Tremors in the Blood review: The intriguing origins of the polygraph

Humans

Tremors in the Blood review: The intriguing origins of the polygraph

Culture

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