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Bret Jacobson, co-founder of digital advocacy company Red Edge, talked about federal efforts to regulate big tech.

Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, talked about how the organization was working to close the gender gap in technology training and employment and how women coders were…

MIT professor and tech investor Sinan Aral explored the algorithms associated with social media and how they have impacted public discourse on elections, public health, and more. This…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Google v. Oracle America, a case on whether software code is copyrightable and warrants legal protection. In 2007, Google tried to launch its Android…

Neuroscientist David Eagleman explored the evolution of the brain and how neuroscience impacts the future of Artificial Intelligence. This virtual event was hosted by Politics and Prose…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Van Buren v. United States, a case concerning a statute of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and violations of terms of service agreements. Nathan Van…

Technology journalists Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant talked about their book, User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play, in which they…

Clyde Ford talked about his book, Think Black: A Memoir of Sacrifice, Success, and Self-Loathing in Corporate America, in which he recalled the challenges his father John Stanley Ford faced…

Computer and Information Science professors Michael Kearns & Aaron Roth talked about their book, The Ethical Algorithm: The Science of Socially Aware Algorithm Design.

Claire Evans is the author of Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet. She discussed the extensive 20th century contributions of women to the development of computer…

University of California, Berkeley Professor Stuart Russell talked about his book, Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control, in which he opined about the…

Author Leslie Berlin examined the lives and contributions of seven Silicon Valley icons in her book, Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s Coming of Age. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in…

Meredith Broussard talked about her book, Artificial Unintelligence, in which she argued that technology and artificial intelligence have limitations and people should not assume computers…

Niall Ferguson talked about his book, The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook, on the power of social networks throughout history and their influence…

The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted a discussion about the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) in terms of its national security and broader…

Nicola Palmer talked about Verizon’s efforts to be the first U.S. company to implement 5G. 5G is the fifth generation of wireless technology that will make much faster speeds possible for downloading…

Two subcommittees of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee held a joint hearing to consider the applications and implications of artificial intelligence technology, or “AI.”…

Panelists talked about the challenges of antitrust law amid rapid technological changes. This discussion was part of Yelp’s day-long conference analyzing the 2001 U.S. v. Microsoft…

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) made closing keynote remarks at Yelp’s day-long conference analyzing the 2001 U.S. v. Microsoft antitrust law case and antitrust enforcement of today’s big…

Professor Fiona Morton, who served as deputy assistant attorney general for economics in the Justice Department’s antitrust division from 2011 to 2012, spoke at a Yelp day-long conference…