Carolyn Silverman

4 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Lisa M. Jarvis |Carolyn Silverman

The American public needs this research. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- The Trump administration’s waves of massive cuts to funding at the National Institutes of Health are framed as a recasting of research priorities and a way to save taxpayer money. Another way to frame it is an exercise in massive waste.  In terminating nearly 750 NIH grants over the past two months, the government dumped years of investment down the drain.

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Dave Lee |Carolyn Silverman

The billionaire leaders of social media giants have long been under pressure to quell the spread of mis- and disinformation. No system to date, from human fact-checkers to automation, has satisfied critics on the left or the right. One novel approach winning plaudits recently has been Community Notes.