'Walk away': ACCC finds franchisors failing to outline rent, wages ~finance business Article 533 words 2 votes
America is obsessed with beef. But it has no use for hides, so leather prices plunge ~finance economics Article 1420 words, published Aug 19 2019 9 votes
Inside America’s dysfunctional trillion-dollar fighter-jet program ~transport Article 4600 words, published Aug 21 2019 8 votes
In retrospect, it was probably not a fantastic idea to leave Iceland's economic fortunes tethered to an airline called WOW ~transport Article 1148 words 7 votes
With over 10,000 people registered to attend from all over the world and 300+ speakers – Techfestival isn't playing around ~tech Article 679 words 4 votes
Operation Sentinel – Trump's spat with Denmark could cost him against Iran ~news denmark politics iran Article 1238 words 3 votes
A new Swedish bicycle is made from 300 recycled Nespresso pods ~transport Article 830 words, published Aug 13 2019 6 votes
Did Venus Williams ever get her due? How the first Williams sister changed the course of women’s tennis ~sports tennis Article 6172 words 12 votes
Amazon has ceded control of its site to third-party sellers. The result: thousands of banned, unsafe or mislabeled products. ~tech amazon Article 14 votes
Sweden receives indications Iran is ready to release British tanker Stena Impero ~transport Article 4 votes
Qantas 'research flights' to test nineteen hour non-stop London, New York to Sydney routes ~transport Article 594 words 8 votes
An ingenious microscope could change how quickly disease is detected ~science medicine Article 479 words 6 votes
Apple readies camera-focused pro iPhones, new iPads, larger MacBook Pro ~tech ios apple.watch Article 5 votes
‘I have $1500 that I’m giving away’: Man becomes legend for extreme acts of kindness toward strangers ~life Article 1463 words 10 votes
Amazon ends controversial practice of using tips to meet drivers’ wage guarantees ~tech amazon Article 559 words 8 votes
Free speech tropes - Common misstatements, misconceptions, and bad arguments about the First Amendment in American media ~misc Article 2325 words 9 votes
A young mayor makes the case for a guaranteed income ~finance economics Article 2542 words, published Aug 16 2019 11 votes
Tech billionaires haven’t killed Burning Man’s anti-capitalist spirit—but influencers might ~misc Article 3402 words 6 votes
Flaws in cellphone evidence prompt review of 10,000 verdicts in Denmark ~news denmark law Article 736 words 8 votes
Meritocracy prizes achievement above all else, turning life into an endless competition and making everyone—even the rich—miserable ~life work education Article 2629 words 11 votes
Why everyone should read Harry Potter: Tales of the young wizard instill empathy, a study finds ~books Article 1035 words 7 votes
Global network's nuclear sensors in Russia went offline after mystery blast ~news russia Article 546 words 7 votes
When limiting online speech to curb violence, we should be careful ~tech internet Article 1084 words 14 votes
Résumés are starting to look like Instagram—and sometimes even Tinder ~life work Article 75 words, published Aug 13 2019 14 votes
American capitalism is brutal. You can trace that to the plantation ~finance Article 5287 words, published Aug 14 2019 16 votes
Trump says he wants to buy Greenland – but Denmark isn't selling ~news denmark.greenland usa politics.usa Article 14 votes
NASA planning to keep BEAM module on ISS for the long haul ~space rocketry satellites spaceflight.commercial Article 663 words, published Aug 12 2019 5 votes
The crowdfunded Dragonfly Futurefön scammed backers for over $725,000, but was only the last step in a decade-long multi-million dollar fraud ~tech Article 3976 words 13 votes
Let China build the longest undersea rail tunnel between Finland and Estonia – more geopolitical advantages than risks ~engineering Article 5 votes
The anthropocene is a joke: On geological timescales, human civilization is an event, not an epoch ~science Article 3728 words 15 votes
Sierra Nevada Corp. selects ULA's Vulcan rocket for Dream Chaser missions to the ISS ~space spaceflight.commercial rocketry Article 748 words 4 votes