Teletherapy became increasingly popular during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, an estimated 21% of U.S. adults used a teletherapy service, while mental health startups collectively raised $5.5 billion in funding. Websites such as BetterHelp, Cerebral, Ginger, ... More »
On March 7th, 2023, a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill to empower the Department of Commerce to ban the popular short video app TikTok. Over the past two years, the Federal Government has beleaguered TikTok, owned by the China-based company ByteD... More »
Data analysis and visualizations by Vishal Joseph.In the past decade, the value of cryptocurrencies and digital assets has grown exponentially, rising from $14 billion in 2015 to $2 trillion this March (Fig. 1).Figure 1: The market capitalization of cryptocurr... More »
On March 21st, 2022, location data broker X-Mode filed a lawsuit against one of its own clients for improperly reselling data to an unauthorized third-party. This is merely the most recent case of a data broker failing to protect sensitive data, whether throug... More »
China’s Central Economic Working Conference raised the New Infrastructure concept in 2018, including 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), industrial internet and Internet of Things (IoT). In April 2020, to cope with the negative socio-economic impact brought abou... More »
This article was co-authored by Molly Smith and Ellie Vorhaben.Dr. Beth Simone Noveck is a professor at Northeastern University where she is core faculty at the Institute of Experiential AI, and director of the Burnes Family Center for Global Impact. She is th... More »
Semiconductor microchips are a critical component of nearly every device we consider essential. From cars to smartphones to gaming consoles and more, microchips are the powerhouse of modern-day technology. Because of ever-increasing demand, microchip productio... More »
The United States currently ranks first in the world for the rate of incarcerated individuals with an estimated 2.1 million people currently in prisons and jails across the nation. For reference, the Census Bureau estimates the U.S. population as third in the ... More »
Cameron Harris took a $5 investment and made it $22,000 in less than 3 months. No, he’s not the most impressive investor of his generation, he’s the founder of the fake news site ChristianTimesNewspaper.com. Despite voting for Trump, Cameron claims in a New ... More »
Article co-authored by Ellie Vorhaben.This piece comes as a follow up to a prior article concerning Facebook’s limited legal liability from the whistleblower. We’ve watched the same scene play out over and over. Reporters reveal another negative impact of soci... More »
The rapid dissemination of inaccurate information––otherwise known as misinformation––within the online news media ecosystem has become a subject of pressing concern. As media consumption habits move increasingly online, the pernicious effects of misinformatio... More »
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced new legislation to the U.S. Senate earlier this year in response to perceived continuous overreach by American technology companies. This legislation aims to modify sections of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 that define ... More »