Policy & Ethics
Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details about You—and It Could Raise Your Rates
Insurers and data brokers are predicting your health costs based on data about race, marital status and other sensitive information
ProPublica
Public Health
Unnecessary Tests and Treatment Explain Why Health Care Costs So Much
The practice is wasting billions of dollars a year, and patients and taxpayers are footing the bill
Policy & Ethics
Facebook’s Anti-Semitic Ad Categories Persisted after Promised Hate Speech Crackdown
After being contacted by ProPublica, Facebook removed several anti-Semitic ad categories and promised to improve monitoring
Computing
Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break into Mar-a-Lago
Investigators tested internet security at four Trump properties. It’s not good
Climate
Trump's Defense Secretary Cites Climate Change as National Security Challenge
James Mattis’ unpublished testimony before a Senate panel recognizes a threat others in the administration reject or minimize
Public Health
Trump’s Executive Order Strands Brooklyn Doctor in Sudan
The second-year resident worries what will happen to his patients
Climate
Will Trump's Climate Team Accept Any "Social Cost of Carbon"?
The nation’s top science panel has just sketched a clearer way to set a fair price today for cutting tomorrow’s climate risks—and some of Trump’s advisers say the price should be zero ...
Climate
Boomtown, Flood Town
Climate change will bring more frequent and fierce rainstorms to cities like Houston
Electronics
Health Gadgets and Apps Outpace Privacy Protections, Report Finds
In 2009, Congress asked for recommendations on what to do about information that falls outside the privacy law known as HIPAA. Health officials released their report, but offered no suggestions...
Tech
Verizon's Zombie Cookie Gets New Life
Verizon is merging its cellphone tracking supercookie with AOL’s ad tracking network to match users’ online habits with their offline details
