AI tech giants hide dirty energy with outdated carbon accounting rules ~enviro energy Article 1632 words 12 votes
Sweden and Denmark will summon tech companies over ads on their platforms that are posted by gangs to recruit young Swedes to commit violent crimes in the Nordics ~tech social media Article 525 words 17 votes
Best Australian books of the 21st century, nominated by literary experts ~books literature Article 402 words 3 votes
Chick-Fil-A hatches plans for streaming service as reality TV comes home to roost ~tv Article 344 words 17 votes
‘Alien: Romulus’ $41.5m scores record openings for Fede Alvarez and Cailee Spaeny; second best for franchise; global launch at $108.2m ~movies science fiction spoiler Article 1238 words 35 votes
A professor is suing Facebook over its recommendation algorithms ~tech facebook social media Article 1908 words, published May 16 2024 23 votes
Valve bans Razer and Wooting’s new keyboard features in Counter-Strike 2 ~games Article 372 words 43 votes
11th century contract provides evidence of same-sex marriage in medieval Spain ~lgbt history Article 705 words 25 votes
Read the Lewiston, Maine, mass shooting investigation final report ~news usa.me.lewiston crime law Link 19 votes
Disney seeking dismissal of Raglan Road death lawsuit because victim was Disney+ subscriber ~misc Article 619 words 111 votes
While southern Europe swelters, Denmark's mild temperatures and extended daylight hours are providing the perfect summer escape for many ~travel Article 878 words 8 votes
Sweden to kill 20% of its brown bears in annual hunt – conservationists say number of hunting licences granted is too high and condemn it as ‘pure trophy hunting’ ~enviro conservation Article 527 words 15 votes
Trench warfare [in Russian invasion of Ukraine] incubates hardcore infections: overuse of antibiotics is a global public health emergency ~health Article 746 words 16 votes
The Circassian genocide, Russian Empire's systematic mass murder, ethnic cleansing and expulsion of 95–97% of the Circassians, resulting in 1 to 1.5 million deaths during the Russo-Circassian War ~humanities.history Article 9547 words, published Apr 19 2023 26 votes
How the rise of the camera launched a fight to protect Gilded Age Americans’ privacy ~humanities.history Article 1502 words 13 votes
The can opener. Engineering to solve human fallibility. (Spoiler: It didn’t totally work.) ~engineering Link 22 votes
Polish leader urges Nord Stream patrons to ‘apologize and keep quiet’ as pipeline mystery returns to spotlight ~society politics Article 534 words 25 votes
Scientists research man missing 90% of his brain who leads a normal life ~science medicine biology psychology.cognitive Article 361 words, published Apr 17 2023 27 votes
Archaeology student unearths seven spectacular Viking-era curled silver arm rings north of Denmark's second-largest city Aarhus ~humanities.history Article 312 words 9 votes
Can MAGA be multicultural? Making sense of Donald Trump’s appeal to nonwhite American voters. ~society politics Article 1919 words 12 votes
The LLMentalist effect: how chat-based large language models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic's con ~tech Article 4404 words, published Jul 4 2023 29 votes
The rise and fall of Usenet: How the original social media platform came to be ~tech social media Article 1237 words 9 votes
The gigantic and unregulated power plants in the cloud ~tech security.cyber Article 2240 words 12 votes
California is giving schools more homework: Build housing for teachers ~society politics Article 1820 words, published Aug 13 2024 19 votes
Google threatened tech influencers unless they 'preferred' the Pixel ~tech google android social media Article 908 words 28 votes
Meditation and mindfulness have a dark side that we don't talk about ~health.mental Article 885 words, published Jul 23 2024 48 votes
Another game, another milestone for Erling Haaland, who keeps getting better and better – Norway striker marked his 100th Manchester City appearance with his 91st goal ~sports.football Article 163 words 6 votes
She faked her chimp's death; then things went apeshit ~life.pets Article 5386 words, published Jul 30 2022 14 votes
Could Britain's soaring taxes push energy companies to Norway? Taxes on oil and gas profits have risen from 40% to about 78%, prompting several to think about pulling out. ~enviro energy Article 576 words 7 votes
US FTC bans fake online reviews, inflated social media influence; rule takes effect in October ~tech internet social media Article 52 votes
Digital apartheid in Gaza: Unjust content moderation at the request of Israel’s cyber unit ~society politics Article 817 words, published Jul 26 2024 14 votes
Flame Fatales 2024, a week-long charity event featuring speedruns, is live (runs August 18 - 24) ~games Link 10 votes