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Technology

Europe's new data laws are a way to push back on Silicon Valley

The General Data Protection Regulation might not prove highly effective, but at least it tries to rein in the tech giants and put privacy above profit

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Technology

Those GDPR emails should stop soon, but our data nightmare won't

Insight

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Technology

How a dedicated cyber-court could halt the rise of online crime

Insight

Gun protestors in US

Humans

US Congress spending bill includes more money for research

News

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Life

Down's syndrome has become the newest front in the abortion wars

Insight

A restraining bed for an execution

Health

Copycat justice has turned US counties into execution hotspots

News

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Technology

Children are becoming problem gamblers due to a legal loophole

Analysis

Fentanyl Citrate

Health

Fentanyl considered for execution cocktail by two US states

News

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Humans

Power really can corrupt people. Here's what to do about it

Comment

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Earth

Rivers and forests need the same legal rights we grant to people

Environmental campaigners want the Colorado river to get the right to sue in US courts. It's not as crazy as it sounds, says Richard Schiffman

Comment

Humans

Twitter is tightening its rules around online sexual harassment

News

Technology

A world where cameras are always on may make us less human

Leader

Technology

Police body cams were meant to keep us safer. Are they working?

Insight

Earth

I want to show the courts who's to blame for climate change

Features