• We often hear talk about racial bias in artificial intelligence. This week, I read an article that reinforced my belief that all technology has a bias. Take photography as an example.
• I have to admit, Wired UK is the Wired I want to read all the time. I mean, who else would publish a riveting story about how hitman-for-hire darknet sites are all scams?
• Meanwhile, Wired’s Backchannel has a disturbing story about how to get someone knocked off with some bitcoin.
• If you are a Jeopardy fan, then you will love the story about the secret society of LA-based Jeopardy champions.
• Loneliness is a disease, and it is silently spreading. It will get worse as we get more attached to our technologies and retreat away from “real life.” But the Danish have come up with a simple and elegant way to deal with it. I leave you (just for the week) with this uplifting human story.

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