Want to see women in STEM achieving cool things? 2020 Pass It On Award Winners: The cash award helps fund women in computing or projects that inspire and support girls and women to enter computing. ~tech Article 261 words 6 votes
YouTube Rewind 2020 cancelled, very likely due to COVID-19 ~tech social media Article 294 words 10 votes
Iconic Arecibo Dish suffers more damage as second cable breaks ~space astronomy.radio Article 361 words 13 votes
Sweden has shut down one of four nuclear reactors at its largest power station after over forty years of operation, with operators citing a lack of profitability ~finance business Link 8 votes
ULA Atlas 5 with new GEM-36 solid rocket boosters launches NROL-101 satellite ~space spaceflight.military satellites Article 278 words 4 votes
Norway has banned hate speech against bisexual and trans people in a landmark change to its penal code ~lgbt transgender Article 381 words 22 votes
Belgium has expelled five Danish far-right activists and banned them for a year over their plans to burn a Quran in a mainly-Muslim area of Brussels ~news denmark politics belgium.brussels Article 33 words 10 votes
Denmark's plans to cull seventeen million mink is facing legal obstacles after the government admitted it did not have a legal basis for the order ~health Article 226 words 10 votes
Husband of Wanda, everyone's Grandmother, died of Covid (old news) ~life Article 399 words, published Apr 9 2020 3 votes
Every year, millions of pilgrims descend on the central Iraqi city of Karbala to commemorate the Shiite holiday of Arbaeen, one of the largest organized gatherings in the world ~humanities religion Article 381 words 6 votes
Company made to change name that could be used for XSS vulnerabilities ~tech Article 162 words 11 votes
Milwaukee County Supervisor apologizes after using Cardi B's 'WAP' to promote Weatherization Assistance Program ~enviro Article 202 words 12 votes
Netflix prepares to add an audio-only mode for background listening ~tech android Article 377 words, published Oct 27 2020 13 votes
Polish government delays abortion ban after two weeks of protests across the country ~health Article 273 words 26 votes
Anti-Rupert Murdoch petition wins record support in Australia ~news australia journalism Article 343 words, published Oct 30 2020 9 votes
Saved by the whale: Dutch train runs off elevated tracks, is caught by statue's tail ~transport Article 247 words 9 votes
America's superteam: World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe and WNBA star Sue Bird announce engagement ~lgbt Article 288 words 7 votes
Sony nears acquisition of anime-streaming service Crunchyroll for almost $1 billion ~anime Article 229 words 13 votes
Why critics find Brett Kavanaugh's Wisconsin mail-in voting opinion 'sloppy' ~misc politics Article 349 words 6 votes
Amazon's launch of a Swedish retail site has caused embarrassment – confusing, nonsensical and occasionally vulgar product listings scattered across the catalogue ~tech amazon Article 351 words 6 votes
HBO Max and Cartoon Network are heading to Tiny Toons Looniversity with a new series ~tv Article 344 words 5 votes
Kazakhstan stops resisting Borat, adopts "Very nice!" tourism slogan ~movies Article 359 words 20 votes
Arlo Guthrie retires from touring: ‘It’s time to hang up the gone fishing sign’ ~music folk Article 369 words 6 votes
Twitter won’t let The New York Post tweet until it agrees to behave itself ~tech social media Article 342 words 13 votes
Sweden is banning equipment from Chinese telecommunication firms Huawei and ZTE from its new 5G network ~tech Article 365 words 7 votes
Peter Madsen, convicted of murdering Kim Wall in 2017, has been recaptured after escaping from his suburban jail in Copenhagen by taking a psychologist hostage ~news denmark.copenhagen crime Article 197 words 11 votes
Danish mayor Frank Jensen quits amid sexual harassment allegations – Social Democrat has apologized for his behaviour, saying he did not want to stand in the way of progress ~news denmark.copenhagen politics Article 376 words, published Oct 1 2020 6 votes
North Korea says Danish documentary that shows apparent attempts to evade a UN ban on arms trading was completely made up and called on Denmark to find the infiltrator ~movies documentaries Article 383 words 9 votes
Helping people spot the spoofs: A URL experiment ~tech google security internet Article 393 words 7 votes
Christmas in danger as Santa's Lapland home feels pandemic chill – flocks of tourists who usually start to make merry in Rovaniemi at this time of year cannot enter the country ~life Article 345 words 5 votes
Elon Musk announced Tesla is cutting the price of the Model S the same day competitor Lucid Motors revealed the price of its cheaper Air sedan ~transport Article 379 words 15 votes
Sweden will increase military spending by around 40% in the next five years and double the number of people conscripted into the army amid growing tensions with Russia ~news sweden politics russia Article 307 words 16 votes
Finnish carrier Finnair will start selling business class airplane food in supermarkets in a move to keep its catering staff employed ~transport Article 371 words 8 votes
BioShock director's next game, a sci-fi immersive shooter, is in "later stages of production" ~games Article 305 words 5 votes