The pandemic has put the future on fast-forward, with one notable exception: The drive-in cinema ~movies Article 608 words, published Sep 7 2020 12 votes
Woodward book: Trump says he knew coronavirus was ‘deadly’ and worse than the flu while intentionally misleading Americans ~health Article 2333 words 30 votes
Amazon deletes 20,000 product reviews written by seven of its top ten UK reviewers after a Financial Times investigation found they were written for profit ~tech amazon Article 1119 words 18 votes
Goodbye to the ‘Pret economy’ and good luck to whatever replaces it ~finance Article 791 words 11 votes
Intimidation, surveillance and conspiracy theories: Inside the Financial Times' five-year investigation of the billion-dollar Wirecard fraud ~finance Article 4800 words 5 votes
National Hurricane Center nailed track forecast for Laura within a mile and three days in advance ~enviro Article 858 words 9 votes
Home ownership is the West’s biggest economic-policy mistake. It is an obsession that undermines growth, fairness and public faith in capitalism leaders ~finance economics Article 1071 words, published Jan 16 2020 23 votes
The recession is over for the rich, but the working class is far from recovered ~finance economics Article 2019 words 7 votes
Millennials slammed by second financial crisis fall even further behind ~finance economics Article 63 words 15 votes
A small collection of novels — some great, some not so great — appeared in just the right form at just the right moment to effect lasting changes ~books literature Article 2686 words, published May 7 2020 5 votes
The extraordinary story of Thomas Quick, the Swedish serial killer who never existed ~life Article 398 words, published Jul 27 2020 4 votes
Data isn't just being collected from your phone. It's being used to score you ~tech privacy Article 873 words 22 votes
There are so many coronavirus myths that even Snopes can’t keep up ~health Article 1729 words 10 votes
US Postal Service memos detail ‘difficult’ changes, including slower mail delivery ~news usa politics Article 1442 words 24 votes
Britain should not quake before Xi Jinping: China has already peaked and faces economic stagnation ~finance economics Article 595 words 7 votes
Spreading rock dust on the ground could pull carbon from the air, researchers say ~enviro climate change Article 940 words 14 votes
Hottest Arctic temperature record probably set with 100°F/37°C reading in Siberia ~enviro climate change Article 835 words 9 votes
Twitter labels Donald Trump video tweet as "manipulated media" as it cracks down on misinformation ~tech social media Article 278 words 13 votes
Telecommuting requires new interpersonal skills, especially if you’re trying to stay on the boss’s radar. So what’s the best approach? ~life work.remote Article 796 words 7 votes
Supreme Court rules against Trump’s attempt to end DACA, a win for undocumented ‘Dreamers’ brought to US as children ~news usa politics Article 64 words 21 votes
Egypt thought it dodged the worst of the pandemic. But now hospitals are being overwhelmed ~health healthcare Article 8 votes
Brazil’s favelas, neglected by the government, organize their own coronavirus fight ~health healthcare Article 1190 words 7 votes
Trump administration to make it easier for hunters to kill bear cubs and wolf pups in Alaska — A ban against luring mothers from their dens with doughnuts and other treats will be lifted ~enviro conservation Article 774 words 8 votes
Nearly half of commercial retail rents were not paid in April and May ~finance business Article 1787 words 9 votes
Scores of testing sites forced to close because of vandalism in civil unrest ~health healthcare Article 1225 words 7 votes
Boris Johnson says three million people in Hong Kong will get path to British citizenship ~news united kingdom politics china hong kong Article 301 words 7 votes
Protests over death of George Floyd disrupt Minneapolis, and beyond ~news usa.mn.minneapolis Article 550 words 77 votes
How Western media would cover Minneapolis if it happened in another country ~society politics Article 1077 words 15 votes
European Union proposes $825 billion coronavirus rescue plan, giving Brussels power to raise money for first time ~finance Article 1487 words 12 votes
Chinese foreign minister warns US against taking the countries ‘to the brink of a new Cold War’ ~news china usa politics Article 701 words 10 votes
Saudi Arabia, other gulf states reimpose strict measures after coronavirus cases spike during Ramadan ~health Article 970 words 6 votes
Two churches reclose after faith leaders and congregants get coronavirus ~health Article 901 words 10 votes
US President Donald Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine to protect against coronavirus, dismissing safety concerns ~health medicine Article 332 words 21 votes
Will Facebook’s oversight board actually hold the company accountable? ~tech facebook social media Article 581 words 5 votes
The need for software testing: Neil Ferguson's unstable epidemiologic model ~tech Article 319 words 10 votes
New Zealand edges back to normal after quashing coronavirus in forty-nine days ~health Article 1463 words 26 votes
Never Trumpers will host their own ‘Republican convention’ during the RNC ~society politics Article 12 votes
US State Department Inspector General fired after investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; Democrats decry ‘dangerous pattern of retaliation’ ~news usa politics Article 9 votes
Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down governor’s extension of stay-at-home order ~health Article 13 votes
Doctors express glimmers of hope as they try out new approaches against coronavirus ~health healthcare Article 1995 words 5 votes
Facebook is helping to set up a new pro-tech advocacy group ~tech social media facebook Article 1180 words 6 votes
Russia’s Covid death toll could be seventy per cent higher than official figure ~health Article 692 words 11 votes
US President Trump flouts coronavirus protocols as security experts warn of need to protect the President from a lethal threat ~health Article 12 votes