Starting in October 2020, all new Oculus VR devices will require logging into a Facebook account, and support for existing Oculus accounts will end on January 1, 2023 ~tech facebook privacy social media Article 1304 words 43 votes
The Bush-Gore recount is an omen for 2020: An oral history of the craziest presidential election in modern US history ~humanities.history Article 10 883 words 16 votes
Ubisoft fires former Assassin’s Creed Valhalla creative director following an investigation ~games Article 327 words, published Aug 14 2020 8 votes
The hard problem of breakfast — How does it emerge from bacon and eggs? ~humanities philosophy Article 1367 words, published Aug 5 2020 3 votes
Norway's wealth fund loses £16bn in first half of 2020 after Covid panic – state support has restored investor confidence but fund expects more market turmoil ~finance economics Article 551 words 7 votes
Smartphone cameras can now detect diabetes with 80% accuracy ~science medicine Article 941 words 5 votes
‘Star Trek: Short Treks’ executive producer Alex Kurtzman on the series that helps interlink the Trekverse ~tv Article 740 words 4 votes
United States Postal Service (USPS) files patent for a blockchain-based voting system ~tech Article 368 words 24 votes
US states seek $2.2 trillion from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma: filings ~health medicine Article 649 words 15 votes
Celebrations of Progress - A look at some major celebrations of historical achievements, and thoughts about why it seems like nothing similar has happened recently ~humanities.history Article 3590 words 4 votes
Apple has informed Epic that on August 28 they will terminate Epic's developer accounts and cut them off from iOS and Mac dev tools, and Epic has filed for a restraining order in response ~tech ios apple.app store Article 405 words 26 votes
Redefining “racism”: Against activist lexicography ~humanities.languages Article 3375 words, published Aug 8 2020 8 votes
The historical amnesia of culture warriors ~tech social media Article 1800 words, published Jul 13 2020 7 votes
Extended interview with Subnautica director Charlie Cleveland ~games Video 1:39:56, published Aug 11 2020 4 votes
An Icelandic ritual for wellbeing – when Iceland reopened its public swimming pools, the nation was so delighted that queues formed outside pools at midnight ~life Article 1568 words 4 votes
The 2020 San Francisco exodus is real, and historic, report shows ~finance Article 519 words 19 votes
How to think like an epidemiologist ~science statistics Article 2341 words, published Aug 4 2020 6 votes
Amazon liable for defective third-party products rules CA Appellate Court ~tech amazon Article 660 words 6 votes
Hermann Hauser: ARM sale to Nvidia would be a disaster ~tech Article 735 words, published Aug 3 2020 7 votes
Warming Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return ~enviro climate change Article 807 words 18 votes
HomeAssistant temperature and humidity sensor with ESPHome ~hobbies Article 845 words, published Aug 12 2020 6 votes
How Camus and Sartre split up over the question of how to be free ~humanities.history Article published Jan 27 2017 4 votes
Buried deep in the ice is the GitHub code vault — humanity's safeguard against devastation ~tech Article 1762 words 12 votes
Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal worth mega-millions as 25% staff cut hits Servo, MDN, security teams ~tech google security Article 634 words 16 votes
US Justice Department says Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants ~life education.higher Article 760 words 10 votes
Swedes have long embraced their version of staycations: hemester – Covid-19 travel restrictions and remote working are reshaping the tradition ~life work.remote Article 2128 words 6 votes