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Wired's inside investigation into the Titan submersible disaster ~transport Article 6172 words 35 votes
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Mexico City’s metro system is sinking fast ~transport Article 1320 words, published Apr 10 2024 12 votes
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I found Frank Herbert’s Dune script. It’s hard to imagine a weirder film version of Dune than the one David Lynch released in 1984, but Frank Herbert found a way. Dune: Part Two is better. ~movies science fiction spoiler Article 3506 words, published Mar 4 2024 32 votes
Reddit is letting power users in on its IPO ~tech social media Article 551 words, published Feb 23 2024 38 votes
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How the Pentagon learned to use targeted ads to find its targets—and Vladimir Putin ~tech Article 5350 words 29 votes
Blood, guns, and broken scooters: Inside the chaotic rise and fall of Bird ~transport Article 3564 words, published Dec 21 2023 15 votes
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Big Tech won’t let you leave. Here’s a way out. ~tech social media facebook google Article 806 words 28 votes
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My parents’ dementia felt like the end of joy. But when they got sick, I turned to a new generation of roboticists—and their glowing, talking, blobby creations. ~tech Article 5461 words 19 votes
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A groundbreaking prosthetic enables amputees to experience sensation. Professor Max Ortiz-Catalan explains the implantation process of these mind-controlled bionic arms. ~health medicine Video 9:34 13 votes
Spotify is the world's biggest music streamer but rarely turns a profit and just cut 17% of its workforce – its business model looks increasingly precarious ~tech Article 411 words 59 votes
Sam Altman’s second coming sparks new fears of the AI apocalypse ~tech Article 2066 words, published Nov 22 2023 28 votes
China tried to keep kids off social media. Now the elderly are hooked. ~tech social media Article 1440 words 27 votes
Twitter’s former head of trust and safety finally breaks her silence ~tech social media Article 5850 words 30 votes