Hugo- and Nebula-winning science fiction author David Gerrold was spot-on in his 1999 predictions about smartphones. Here's his next prediction, from 2018 ~tech Link 6 votes
Introducing the GamesIndustry.biz Academy, a new section of the site for guides on a variety of topics related to game development and the industry ~games Article 341 words, published Jan 8 2020 5 votes
How Berlin's Mietskaserne tenements became coveted urban housing ~design urban planning architecture Article 7 votes
Critical Windows 10 exploit discovered which allows arbitrary software to be installed under the guise of Windows updates ~tech security microsoft Article 660 words 20 votes
Why Amsterdam’s canal houses have endured for 300 years ~design urban planning architecture Article 6 votes
Would capping office space ease San Francisco’s housing crunch? ~design urban planning Article 4 votes
Previously unseen footage of David Bowie has been released. The thirty minutes of experimental film was for a hologram. ~music experimental Article 297 words, published Jan 8 2020 5 votes
Why do so many incompetent men become leaders? And what can we do about it? ~life work Article 1162 words, published Jan 9 2020 15 votes
Privatizing public services: Does it work? ~finance business Video 25:04, published Mar 3 2019 5 votes
Incredible, secret firefighting mission saves famous Australian 'dinosaur trees' ~enviro Article 588 words 5 votes
An examination of over 4700 clinical trials found that less than 45% of them reported their results on time, despite it being a legal requirement ~science medicine Article 2392 words 7 votes
Election security at the chip level – or, why your electronic voting options might not get better any time soon ~tech security Article 2189 words, published Jan 2 2020 5 votes
Big data+small bias << Small data+zero bias ~science statistics mathematics Article 480 words 5 votes
Free market or socialism: Have economists really anything to say? ~humanities Article 4263 words 7 votes
Mozilla lays off seventy as it waits for new products to generate revenue ~tech Article 1043 words 27 votes
Facebook's Ad Library, one of its main tools for election transparency, is riddled with issues and lost 74,000 ads just before the UK election ~tech facebook social media Article 1377 words 7 votes
Will any crap we put into graphene increase its electrocatalytic effect? ~science chemistry Article 246 words 6 votes
For the movie The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers built a 19th-century ‘lighthouse’ ~movies Article 704 words, published Oct 23 2019 8 votes
Finland's Helsinki Airport debuts toilet facilities for pets – more than 10,000 dogs travel through the international airport every year ~transport Article 279 words 13 votes
The Australian government has been forced to talk about climate change, so it’s taking a subtle – and sinister – approach ~enviro climate change Article 1167 words 11 votes
App tracking alert in iOS 13 has dramatically cut location data flow to ad industry ~tech privacy apple ios.13 Article 631 words 21 votes
Neon Genesis Evangelion: a long-form deep dive into the complex themes and meanings behind the show ~anime Article 12 107 words, published Jan 7 2020 8 votes
Houston Astros GM and manager suspended — then fired — for stealing signs ~sports.baseball Article 309 words 15 votes
Why scientists fall for precariously balanced rocks ~science Article 1761 words, published Jan 9 2020 8 votes
Return to Dark Tower - An epic fantasy game pitting 1-4 heroes against an intelligent, malevolent tower - Designed by Rob Daviau (Pandemic Legacy) and Isaac Childres (Gloomhaven) ~games.tabletop board games Link 7 votes
Magnus Carlsen breaks record for longest unbeaten streak in chess history – world's number one chess player makes it 111 games without defeat ~games.tabletop Article 425 words 12 votes
Meet the mad scientist who wrote the book on how to hunt hackers ~tech security.cyber Article 2249 words 8 votes
Slay the Spire - Patch 2.0 released, including the fourth character "The Watcher" along with many other updates ~games Article 6 votes
LSU has won the College Football National Championship 2020 ~sports.american_football Article 7 votes