Nasser Eledroos, a public interest technologist, aims to ensure technology and public systems serve ordinary people. This is his blog.
The silent invasion of AI in criminal justice has created a dangerous power imbalance. From facial recognition that wrongly identifies suspects to DNA databases accessed without warrants, defense attorneys are unprepared for this technological shift.
We’re used to thinking in terms of right and wrong, but those lines are blurring. When a president’s criminal conviction becomes a political debate rather than a moral
Can you run 62 miles in 24 hours? Among my ten goals for 2025: training for a 100K ultramarathon, getting OCI status while rediscovering my Indian roots, ditching subscription media platforms, and more.
A computer science professor couldn't register to vote in Pennsylvania because her phone camera used 72 DPI instead of the required 75 DPI. In a state where elections are decided by tens of thousands of votes, seemingly small technical barriers can have big consequences.
The only government that will be spying on Americans is the US government, thank you very much. Who does banning TikTok really protect?
Namibia is a country of contrasts and surprises, a land of endless horizons and natural wonders. From the towering red sand dunes of Sossusvlei to the rugged Skeleton Coast, the landscapes, and people, of Namibia are truly breathtaking.
Mauna Loa is the north star of the climate science community. This photoessay discusses the colonization of Hawaii and how Mauna Loa Observatory came to be.
Campaign finance data provides a valuable and objective ground-truth to the horse race that is the political process. In Massachusetts, we can use it to understand what's happening on the ground in almost any race, in real time.