Microsoft, Google, Facebook and other tech firms are pressing lawmakers to stop prosecutors from secretly snooping on private accounts ~tech microsoft google facebook privacy Article 2167 words 3 votes
Australian musk ducks have the ability to call you a ‘bloody fool,’ research finds ~science biology Article 706 words 4 votes
Apple delays the rollout of its plans to scan iPhones for child exploitation images ~tech apple privacy Article 495 words 15 votes
US controls on ‘gain of function’ pathogen research have been undercut ~science Article 4641 words 7 votes
Millions of coronavirus vaccine doses around the world face expiration ~health medicine Article 1348 words 4 votes
Siberia’s wildfires are bigger than all the world’s other blazes combined ~enviro climate change Article 1324 words 12 votes
How the long-dead public-television painter Bob Ross became a streaming phenomenon (and kicked up plenty of dirt in the process) ~tv Article 3302 words 9 votes
After the Florida building collapse, condos struggle to fund big repairs ~engineering Article 2166 words 11 votes
Majority of Florida condo board quit in 2019 as squabbling residents dragged out plans for repairs ~engineering Article 1656 words 19 votes
Donald Rumsfeld, influential but controversial George W Bush defense secretary, dies at 88 ~news usa.il politics.usa Article 620 words 12 votes
Joe Biden administration bars US imports of solar panels linked to forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region ~enviro energy.renewable Article 406 words 12 votes
Can astrology make sense of cryptocurrency? Maren Altman and a million TikTok followers think so. ~finance cryptocurrency Article 1362 words 7 votes
Motorists line up at stations in DC region; shortage of gas truck drivers compounds situation ~transport Article 923 words 6 votes
Why your next rental car might cost more than a plane ticket ~travel Article 1214 words, published Apr 8 2021 8 votes
US to share up to sixty million doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine with other countries, official says ~health Article 251 words 4 votes
After decades of not using them, the Pentagon has given control of millions of IP addresses to a previously unknown company in an effort to identify possible cyber vulnerabilities and threats ~tech security.cyber Article 1115 words 17 votes
When Texas’ natural gas supplies froze up, prices soared, and now Minnesota’s customers are looking at an $800 million bill ~enviro energy Article 1787 words 4 votes
Brutalist buildings aren’t unlovable. You’re looking at them wrong. ~design architecture Article 2993 words, published Mar 25 2021 13 votes
‘Believe Women’ was a slogan. ‘Believe All Women’ is a straw man ~life Article 993 words, published May 12 2020 31 votes
There’s no migrant ‘surge’ at the US southern border. Here’s the data. ~news usa mexico politics.usa Article 1030 words 9 votes
Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won’t let you. ~books libraries Article 2003 words 18 votes
As US shopping habits change, ports and cargo carriers struggle to keep pace ~finance Article 1720 words 7 votes
An RV exploded in Nashville, TN around 6:30 today - police suspect it was intentional ~transport Article 1102 words 25 votes
Apple loses copyright battle against security start-up Corellium ~tech apple security Article 399 words 6 votes
US federal prosecutors accuse Zoom executive of working with Chinese government to surveil users and suppress video calls ~tech Article 1737 words 11 votes
Parler’s got a porn problem: Adult businesses target pro-Donald Trump social network ~tech social media Article 2127 words 13 votes
No game days. No bars. The pandemic is forcing some men to realize they need deeper friendships. ~life.men Article 2050 words 30 votes
How a $17 billion US bailout fund intended for Boeing ended up in very different hands ~finance business Article 2278 words 4 votes
Minneapolis violence surges as police officers leave department in droves ~news usa.mn.minneapolis crime Article 2854 words 14 votes
"The intelligence coup of the century" - For decades, the CIA read the encrypted communications of allies and adversaries ~news usa germany switzerland Article 8446 words 12 votes
Facebook and Twitter take unusual steps to limit spread of New York Post story ~tech facebook social media Article 1551 words 16 votes
What are we so afraid of? – Tony Green, on dismissing, denying, contracting and spreading the coronavirus ~health Article 1634 words, published Oct 10 2020 19 votes
A doctor gave me an inept diagnosis for a neurological problem. I should know: I’m a neurologist ~health healthcare medicine Article 1296 words 13 votes
Lengthy era of rock-bottom interest rates leaving its mark on US economy ~finance economics Article 1808 words 10 votes
The NHL's bubble playoffs conclude without a single COVID case ~sports.hockey Article 862 words 15 votes
United to be first US airline to offer coronavirus tests for passengers ~transport Article 672 words 7 votes
With silver diamine fluoride, some dentists are obliterating cavities with a few brushstrokes ~health medicine Article 1541 words, published Sep 14 2020 8 votes
College newspaper reporters are the journalism heroes for the pandemic era ~news journalism usa Article 1137 words 5 votes
Dwindling ranks and declining public trust plague police agencies amid summer of protests ~life work Article 1805 words 8 votes
Multiple US court rulings have found Amazon responsible for defects in products sold by third-party merchants ~finance business Article 2117 words 6 votes
National Hurricane Center nailed track forecast for Laura within a mile and three days in advance ~enviro Article 858 words 9 votes
The recession is over for the rich, but the working class is far from recovered ~finance economics Article 2019 words 7 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