Sara M. Watson
Sara M. Watson is a technology critic and a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
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Apple Stepping Down: Rethinking the Fitness Tracker
Wearable devices encourage 10,000 steps a day, but that's not a very dynamic understanding of health
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Reuters Data Science: What the Facebook Controversy is Really About
The Facebook contagion study raises a lot of questions. But what does it mean for this thing we call data science?
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BradBeattie/Wikipedia Data Doppelgängers and the Uncanny Valley of Personalization
Why customized ads are so creepy, even when they miss their target
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The Greatest Bond Villain of All: Technology
The tension between technology's dual role as both a spy tool and a threat is the real star of the new Bond film.
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I Didn't Tell Facebook I'm Engaged, So Why Is It Asking About My Fiancé?
The short answer: because the company always wants to know more about you and your relationships.
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Use Google? Time to Get Real About Protecting Your Digital Self
Google's decided to integrate the data it has about you, which means you better think about the digital tracks you're leaving.
