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  1. March 2020 COVID-19 closes schools worldwide 0 cit. The pandemic shut schools for over a billion students and forced a sudden shift to online learning. It exposed deep gaps in access to technology and accelerated the global edtech push. society / technology ●●●●
  2. 14 October 2020 Platforms suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story 0 cit. In October 2020, Twitter and Facebook limited the spread of a New York Post story about Hunter Biden's laptop, citing hacked-materials and misinformation concerns. Twitter later said blocking the article was a mistake. politics / technology ●●●
  3. October 2020 Facebook launches its Oversight Board 0 cit. Facebook created an independent Oversight Board to review contested moderation decisions, including the Trump ban. Supporters called it a step toward accountability, while critics questioned its power and reach. society / technology ●●
  4. c. 2020 All-In podcast launches 0 cit. David Sacks, along with Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, and David Friedberg, launched the All-In Podcast, discussing technology, finance, and politics. The show grew into a prominent platform amplifying the views of PayPal-network figures and their allies within Silicon Valley and, later, national politics. culture / technology ●
  5. 30 September 2020 Palantir goes public via direct listing 0 cit. Palantir Technologies began trading on the New York Stock Exchange through a direct listing, cementing the fortunes of co-founder and chairman Peter Thiel and CEO Alexander Karp. The listing was notable for the company's dual-class share structure that preserved Thiel's outsized voting control. economy / technology ●●
  6. 20 October 2020 Governments move against the tech giants 0 cit. The US Justice Department sued Google for illegally maintaining a monopoly in search, the biggest American antitrust case in a generation and part of a broader push against Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft. The European Union followed a parallel track, passing the Digital Markets Act in 2022 to rein in dominant platforms. The actions reopened the old question of whether states can still discipline firms whose reach now spans the digital lives of billions. politics / technology ●●●
  7. January 2020 Clearview AI and the end of facial anonymity 0 cit. Reporting revealed that a little-known startup, Clearview AI, had scraped billions of photos from social media to build a facial-recognition tool that could identify a stranger from a single picture. Police forces were quietly using it. The story showed how facial recognition could strip away the anonymity people once had in public. science / society / technology ●●
  8. 2020 China launches digital yuan trials and CBDCs go mainstream 0 cit. China began public trials of its central bank digital currency, the digital yuan, making it the largest economy to test state-issued digital money. Dozens of other central banks, coordinated in part through the Bank for International Settlements, began their own CBDC research. Supporters see faster, cheaper payments; critics point to the potential for governments to track or restrict how money is spent, a central worry in the debate over digital governance. economy / technology ●●
  9. 15 September 2021 AUKUS 0 cit. Trilateral security partnership among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, centered on providing Australia with nuclear-powered submarines. Its announcement canceled a French submarine deal and angered Paris. diplomacy / politics / technology / war ●●●
  10. 13 September 2021 Frances Haugen exposes the Facebook Files 0 cit. Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen provided internal research to the Wall Street Journal and regulators, indicating the company knew of harms linked to its platforms. She revealed her identity in October 2021 and testified before Congress. society / technology ●●●
  11. 18 July 2021 The Pegasus Project exposes NSO spyware 0 cit. A consortium of news organizations reported that the Israeli firm NSO Group's Pegasus spyware had been used to target journalists, activists, and officials worldwide. The investigation drew on a leaked list of potential surveillance targets. politics / technology ●●●●
  12. 18 February 2021 Perseverance and Ingenuity reach Mars 0 cit. NASA landed the Perseverance rover to search for signs of ancient life and collect rock samples. It carried the small Ingenuity helicopter, which made the first powered flight on another planet. exploration / science / technology ●●●●
  13. 25 December 2021 James Webb Space Telescope launched 0 cit. The James Webb Space Telescope launched as the largest and most powerful space observatory ever built. Its infrared instruments can see the earliest galaxies and study distant planets. exploration / science / technology ●●●●
  14. 13 January 2021 Uganda blocks the internet during an election 0 cit. Uganda shut down the internet around its January 2021 presidential election, days after blocking social media. The country had earlier imposed a tax on social media use. politics / technology ●●
  15. 8 January 2021 Twitter and Facebook ban Donald Trump 0 cit. After the January 6 Capitol riot, Twitter permanently suspended President Trump and Facebook banned him indefinitely. Removing a sitting head of state sharpened the debate over who controls online speech. politics / technology ●●●●
  16. 9 January 2021 Apple and Google remove Parler from app stores 0 cit. Days after the Capitol riot, Apple and Google pulled the social app Parler from their stores and Amazon cut its hosting. The app went offline, showing how infrastructure providers can also remove a platform. politics / technology ●●●
  17. 25 February 2021 Australia enacts its news media bargaining code 0 cit. Australia passed a law in 2021 requiring platforms to pay news publishers for content. Facebook briefly blocked news for Australian users during the standoff before reaching agreements. economy / technology ●●●
  18. 18 July 2021 The Pegasus Project exposes spyware abuse 0 cit. A journalist consortium reported in 2021 that NSO Group's Pegasus spyware had been used to target phones of journalists, activists, and officials. The findings showed how governments could silently monitor critics. politics / technology ●●●●
  19. 11 November 2022 Collapse of FTX 0 cit. Cryptocurrency exchange FTX files for bankruptcy after customer funds are found to have been funneled to founder Sam Bankman-Fried's trading firm. Bankman-Fried is convicted of fraud, and the crash deepens a broad crypto winter. economy / technology ●●●
  20. 30 November 2022 Release of ChatGPT 0 cit. OpenAI releases ChatGPT, and within two months a hundred million people are using conversational AI. The launch sets off a global race in artificial intelligence that reshapes technology, work, and policy debates. technology ●●●●
  21. 30 November 2022 ChatGPT and large language models 0 cit. OpenAI released ChatGPT, a chatbot built on a large language model, and it reached millions of users within days. It brought generative AI into everyday use and set off a wave of adoption and investment. science / technology ●●●●●
  22. 26 September 2022 DART deflects an asteroid 0 cit. NASA's DART spacecraft crashed into a small asteroid to test whether an impact could change its path. It was the first demonstration of a way to defend the Earth from a dangerous asteroid. environment / science / technology ●●●
  23. 16 November 2022 Artemis I flies around the Moon 0 cit. NASA launched the uncrewed Artemis I mission, sending its new Orion capsule around the Moon on the giant Space Launch System rocket. It was the first step in the plan to return astronauts to the lunar surface. exploration / politics / technology ●●●●
  24. c. November 2022 China completes the Tiangong space station 0 cit. China finished assembling its Tiangong space station with the docking of its final module. The outpost gave China a permanent crewed presence in orbit and sharpened its rivalry with the United States. exploration / politics / technology ●●●
  25. 2 December 2022 The Twitter Files are released contested 0 cit. After Elon Musk bought Twitter, journalists were given internal records that became the Twitter Files. They documented moderation decisions and contacts between the company and government agencies, a record that supporters and critics read very differently. politics / technology ●●●
  26. 27 October 2022 Elon Musk buys Twitter and loosens moderation 0 cit. Elon Musk acquired Twitter in October 2022 and rolled back several moderation policies while reinstating banned accounts. Framing himself as a free-speech absolutist, he reshaped one of the largest speech platforms. economy / technology ●●●
  27. 16 November 2022 The EU passes the Digital Services Act 0 cit. The Digital Services Act entered into force in 2022 and set rules for how large platforms handle illegal content, transparency, and risk. Supporters called it landmark oversight, while critics warned it could pressure lawful speech. politics / technology ●●●●
  28. December 2022 The Twitter Files and the government-platform question contested 0 cit. Internal Twitter documents released after Elon Musk's purchase show contacts between the company and government agencies over content decisions. The files are documented; how far they show unlawful government pressure versus routine requests is contested and litigated. politics / technology ●●●
  29. 27 October 2022 Musk completes acquisition of Twitter 0 cit. Elon Musk completed his 44 billion dollar purchase of Twitter, financed through his own equity, debt, and outside co-investors, and later renamed the platform X. The acquisition gave Musk direct control over a major public communication platform and became a focal point for his growing role in American politics. politics / technology ●●●
  30. 10 March 2023 Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank 0 cit. The bank of the American startup industry fails in two days when rising interest rates gut its bond portfolio and depositors pull 42 billion dollars in a single day, a bank run at digital speed. It is the largest US bank failure since 2008. economy / technology ●●●●
  31. 20 April 2023 First flight test of SpaceX Starship 0 cit. SpaceX launched the first full test of Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built. The vehicle is central to plans for carrying people to the Moon and Mars. economy / exploration / technology ●●●
  32. 26 October 2023 The UK passes the Online Safety Act 0 cit. The Online Safety Act became law in 2023, requiring platforms to limit illegal and harmful content and giving the regulator broad enforcement powers. Free-expression and encryption advocates warned it could chill lawful speech and weaken privacy. politics / technology ●●●●
  33. 5 December 2024 Sacks named White House AI and crypto czar 0 cit. President-elect Donald Trump named David Sacks, PayPal's former chief operating officer and a Craft Ventures partner, to the newly created role of White House AI and Crypto Czar. Sacks was tasked with shaping federal policy on artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency and with leading the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. politics / technology ●●