New ‘warshipping’ technique gives hackers access to enterprise offices ~tech security Article 593 words 8 votes
What explains US mass shootings? International comparisons suggest an answer ~life Article 1438 words, published Nov 7 2017 22 votes
“Load flexibility” could shave 15 percent off our peak electricity needs by 2030. ~enviro energy.renewable Article 2154 words 7 votes
The tyranny of lawns and landlords: Renting culture puts dreams of cultivating wildness out of reach ~life housing Article 850 words, published Jul 12 2019 16 votes
It’s not in your head: Urban flooding is getting much more common ~enviro natural disasters Article 704 words, published Jul 23 2019 14 votes
Police believe they have found the bodies of fugitives Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky in northern Manitoba, ending a cross-Canada search for the men suspected of killing three people in BC ~news canada.mb canada.bc crime Article 328 words 6 votes
Dayton shooter had history of 'violence towards women,' an ex-girlfriend says ~news usa.oh.dayton crime Article 445 words 4 votes
“Be Water!”: Seven tactics that are winning Hong Kong’s democracy revolution ~news hong kong Article 1737 words, published Aug 1 2019 33 votes
Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo team up to force loot box odds disclosures ~games Article 379 words 18 votes
A framework for moderation - Bright lines for internet moderation don't exist, but we can get closer by defining boundaries for the gray areas ~tech social media internet Article 2808 words 7 votes
USA Today's Virginia HQ was evacuated amid a heavy police response due to a mistaken report of a person with a weapon ~news usa.va crime Article 357 words 6 votes
Norseman Xtreme Triathlon is the race for people with minds tougher than their bodies ~sports Article 176 words 5 votes
In the flesh: Online brands promise an escape from the conventional logic of consumerism — until they open physical stores ~design advertising Article 1762 words 8 votes
Twitter announces bugs in their advertising settings that resulted in sharing and using users' data even if they explicitly opted out ~tech privacy social media Article 1254 words 8 votes
Blast hits tax office in Copenhagen in attack late on Tuesday in what police said was a deliberate attack ~news denmark.copenhagen crime Article 148 words 9 votes
Sweden's Klarna becomes biggest fintech firm in Europe – operator valued at $5.5bn after fresh round of investor funding ~finance business Article 401 words 6 votes
In brain’s electrical ripples, markers for memories appear ~science biology Article 1342 words 5 votes
Former public servant Michaela Banerji loses High Court free speech case ~news australia Article 798 words 7 votes
Apple subsidiary, FileMaker, returns to its original name from the ’80s [Claris] ~tech apple Article 482 words 9 votes
8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service ~tech internet social media Article 372 words 47 votes
8chan is a megaphone for shooters. ‘Shut the site down,’ says its creator. ~tech internet social media Article 989 words 32 votes
Rocket Lab - the next era (The Rocket Lab Electron Rocket is going reusable, with passive reentry and offshore helicopter capture) ~space rocketry spaceflight satellites Video 23:27 10 votes
Two Czech climbers in their forties lost their lives last week at Norway's well-known Trollveggen rock face in western Norway ~hobbies Article 491 words 7 votes
What's the difference between... pickling, brining, marinating, and curing? ~food Article 811 words 8 votes
Biodiversity is the highest on Indigenous-managed lands ~enviro conservation Article 510 words 7 votes
If we all ate enough fruits and vegetables, there'd be big shortages ~food meat Article 1088 words, published Jul 17 2019 12 votes
Could just-add-water products save us? ~enviro pollution plastics.single use water Article 1854 words, published Jul 30 2019 10 votes
Despite being a best-selling author, Jane Austen was paid very little ~books literature Article 234 words 6 votes
Plane reportedly carrying singer Pink's crew crashes after landing at Denmark airport ~music Article 222 words 5 votes
Thousands of sandcastles appear on Helsinki beach as part of massive public art project ~arts art.public art.ephemeral Link 2 votes
Sweden to return remains of twenty-five Sámi people after more than half a century – historic event aimed at mending ties with the community ~humanities.history Link 7 votes
Concrete Utopia: An art exhibition on Yugoslavia documents an extraordinary architectural legacy that has been neglected by mainstream historians ~design architecture Article 3232 words, published Nov 6 2018 7 votes
Losing the eternal blue sky: Meet a changing Mongolia. Rivers are dry. Pastureland is giving way to mines. And wintertime smog obscures the famed blue sky. How did the country get here? ~enviro climate change pollution.air Article 32 words 7 votes