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Sara Morrison

Sara Morrison

Former Senior Reporter

    Latest articles by Sara Morrison

    Technology
    The new Apple-Google contact tracing tool finally seems usefulThe new Apple-Google contact tracing tool finally seems useful
    Technology

    Public health authorities won’t need to make their own apps in order to use Apple and Google’s exposure notification tool.

    By Sara Morrison
    Technology
    Lower-income students are paying the price for the global laptop shortageLower-income students are paying the price for the global laptop shortage
    Technology

    Students are going back to school — but they may not have everything they need to learn.

    By Sara Morrison
    Technology
    Everything you need to know about Palantir, the secretive company coming for all your dataEverything you need to know about Palantir, the secretive company coming for all your data
    Technology

    How Palantir and Peter Thiel might lead the biggest tech IPO of the year.

    By Sara Morrison
    Contracts, hacks, and Google: What to consider before you get a home security system
    Technology

    Consumers have more choices than ever to protect their homes, but those choices come with trade-offs.

    By Sara Morrison
    Joe Biden
    Biden wants a national face mask mandate. Can he do that?Biden wants a national face mask mandate. Can he do that?
    Joe Biden

    More Americans than ever are in favor of a national mask mandate, but it may not be possible.

    By Sara Morrison
    Technology
    Perhaps months too late, a Covid-19 contact tracing app comes to AmericaPerhaps months too late, a Covid-19 contact tracing app comes to America
    Technology

    Virginia is the first US state to come out with an app that uses Bluetooth-based tech, nearly three months after its release.

    By Sara Morrison
    Sen. Ron Wyden helped create the Big Tech industry. Now he wants to hold it accountable.
    Technology

    The Senate’s biggest privacy hawk talks about Section 230 and sending Mark Zuckerberg to prison.

    By Sara Morrison
    Technology
    How Trump and his son helped make a Covid-19 conspiracy theorist go viral in a matter of hoursHow Trump and his son helped make a Covid-19 conspiracy theorist go viral in a matter of hours
    Technology

    A doctor who thinks alien DNA is used in medicine now says hydroxychloroquine is the cure for Covid-19.

    By Sara Morrison and Rebecca Heilweil
    Technology
    Facebook’s sad summer continues with a $650 million settlementFacebook’s sad summer continues with a $650 million settlement
    Technology

    The company will pay Illinois users between $200 and $400 over claims that it violated the state’s facial recognition law.

    By Sara Morrison
    Technology
    How feds used a YouTube livestream to arrest a Portland protesterHow feds used a YouTube livestream to arrest a Portland protester
    Technology

    Trump-deployed federal officers are using whatever they can to find evidence against activists.

    By Sara Morrison