Last week, United States presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump delivered hour-long speeches outlining their economic policies for the country if they win in November. This week on a s

International technology policy expert, Stanford University academic, and former European parliamentarian Marietje Schaake writes in her new book that a Tech Coup is happening in democratic societie

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