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The Woman Who Became a Company Has Lessons for a Post-‘Roe’ World
In 2014, Jennifer Lyn Morone decided to protect her data in the only way she could as an individual: She incorporated herself. Jennifer Lyn Morone Inc. operates as...
How Does Queerness Fit Into the US Census?
How does a data set like the US census deal with people who defy its expectations? How can a data set encompass those its designers never imagined? These...
The iRobot Deal Would Give Amazon Maps Inside Millions of Homes
After decades of creating war machines and home cleaning appliances, iRobot agreed to be acquired by Amazon for $1.7 billion, according to a joint statement by the two...
Pandemic Death Counts Are Numbing. There’s Another Way to Process
What does the incalculable look like? How does the unfathomable feel? Can you listen to the unimaginable?We are in the midst of the single largest mass mortality event...
What Germany’s Lack of Race Data Means During a Pandemic
“What do you think the rate of Covid-19 is for us?” This is the question that many Black people living in Berlin asked me at the beginning of...
Spotting Objects From Space Is Easy. This Challenge Is Harder
This spring, when the teams submitted their results to IARPA, evaluator teams graded how well each one did. In June, the teams learned who was moving on to...
