Google axes bad reviews of tracker exposing Uyghur forced labor ~tech google Article 254 words, published Aug 24 2023 38 votes
Renewable energy costs fall: in 2022, solar and wind were 29% cheaper than fossil fuels globally ~enviro energy.renewable Article 689 words 16 votes
'Like Snoop Dogg's living room': Smell of pot wafts over notorious US Open court ~sports tennis Article 764 words 9 votes
Los Angeles is exploring banning cashless businesses, following the example of New York City, Philadelphia, Massachusetts, Colorado, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Washington, DC ~finance business.small Link 59 votes
Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron ~tech microsoft Article 666 words 98 votes
Why Silicon Valley is here. One radio engineer had a plan. And it worked. ~humanities.history Video 8:47 3 votes
Applying taxes to beef products could be one way to reduce CO2 emissions, says the Danish Government ~food meat Article 361 words 26 votes
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee opens disciplinary proceedings against Luis Rubiales, President of the Spanish FA ~sports.football Link 15 votes
Black Twitter abandons Musk's X. The influential online community that gave rise to social movements like #BlackLivesMatter is now a ‘digital diaspora’ in search of a new home. ~tech social media Article 1959 words, published Aug 6 2023 66 votes
NVIDIA BIOS signature lock broken, vBIOS modding and crossflash enabled by groundbreaking new tools ~comp hardware Article 644 words, published Aug 21 2023 38 votes
Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on. ~tech social media Article 916 words 81 votes
Who is likely to believe in conspiracy theories? ~science psychology Article 2220 words, published Jul 26 2023 35 votes
Gorilla Tuning of Rexburg, Idaho, pleads guilty to criminal conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act, will pay $1 million in criminal fines, while its owner faces up to two years in jail ~transport Article 453 words, published Aug 25 2023 30 votes
Air pollution greatest global threat to human health, says benchmark study ~health Article 666 words 8 votes
Widening US highways doesn't fix traffic. So why do we keep doing it? ~transport Article 1837 words, published Jan 6 2023 84 votes
A warning to employers that US National Labor Relations Board has changed the rules governing formation of unions to be easier for workers and harder for employers to oppose ~life work Article 1164 words 41 votes
Zoom CEO reportedly tells staff: Workers can't build trust or collaborate... on Zoom ~tech Article 566 words, published Aug 24 2023 52 votes
It’s not just ‘The Blind Side.’ In Hollywood, the ‘white savior’ won’t go quietly. ~movies Article 2160 words, published Aug 25 2023 22 votes
Bobbi Gibb: The Boston Marathon pioneer who raced a lie that women couldn't run marathons ~sports Article 3131 words 7 votes
Saudi Arabia: Brother of prominent UK based scholar sentenced to death over tweets ~news saudi arabia crime united kingdom Article 751 words 12 votes
Tesla braces for its first trial involving Autopilot US fatality ~transport Article 1033 words 35 votes
Mom’s Meals discloses data breach impacting 1.2 million people ~tech privacy security Article 363 words 17 votes
Holger Rune refused to blame his court allocation for his shock defeat to Roberto Carballes Baena in the first round of the US Open ~sports tennis Link 4 votes
Retired US country singer tries clearing ‘vagrancy problem’ with his low-flying helicopter ~news usa.tx.austin crime Article 1105 words 20 votes
Why you should divide your life into semesters, even when you’re not in school ~life Article 1786 words, published Aug 21 2023 19 votes
Women working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers ~life.women Article 2866 words 50 votes
Boston University - Study finds CTE in 40% of athletes who died before thirty ~sports Article 424 words 15 votes
What is narcissism? Science confronts a widely misunderstood phenomenon ~health.mental Article 3513 words 24 votes
The Baťa Skyscraper in Zlín, Czechia is a landmark of architecture. And inside it, the office of Jan Antonín Baťa... is an elevator. ~design architecture Video 4:15 13 votes
Foreskin reclaimers: The ‘intactivists’ fighting infant male circumcision ~life.men Article 1698 words 27 votes
France pays winemakers to rip up vines in Bordeaux while vintners in Germany and the UK expand area planted ~food drinks Article 6 votes
Pro cycling's most beautiful race? The best photos from the Arctic Race of Norway. ~sports Article 557 words 9 votes
Residents of the Danish neighbourhood of Christiania have asked authorities for help shutting down its Pusher Street after a slew of recent gang-related murders ~life Article 348 words 5 votes
Live roundworm found in Australian woman's brain in world-first discovery ~science biology Article 822 words 14 votes
Jakob Ingebrigtsen retains men's 5000m title in thrilling finish on the last day of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest ~sports Link 6 votes
How Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, and Marc Andreessen—four billionaire techno-oligarchs—are creating an alternate, autocratic reality ~tech Article 3042 words, published Aug 22 2023 31 votes