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Why tech companies failed to keep the New Zealand shooter’s extremism from going viral

Friday’s massacre exemplified the problem of expecting tech companies to self-police content.

Ethiopian Airlines, Lion Air crash linked by new evidence

According to the New York Times, the Boeing 737 Max jet’s automatic stabilizers could have played a role in both crashes.

New Zealand shows willingness to curb guns after one, not 1,981 mass shootings

The country’s prime minister and attorney general have mentioned banning semiautomatic firearms, but it’s far from a done deal.

Captain Marvel’s 2 end-credits scenes, explained

Captain Marvel has two end-credits scenes; one of them directly ties into April’s Avengers: Endgame.

Tourists are flocking to locations threatened by climate change. That only makes things worse.

"Last-chance tourism" is hastening the decline of destinations like the Florida Reef and the Galapagos Islands.

How the Christchurch shooter used memes to spread hate

Learning from years of online right-wing extremism, the shooter made his manifesto a weaponized shitpost.

A microloan can help poor people in Bangladesh. What about New Jersey?

A new study of low-income American women finds that small loans can help them a little.