Why your next rental car might cost more than a plane ticket ~travel Article 1214 words, published Apr 8 2021 8 votes
US to share up to sixty million doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine with other countries, official says ~health Article 251 words 4 votes
Maryland enacts landmark police overhaul, first state to repeal police bill of rights ~news usa.md law Article 1894 words, published Apr 10 2021 14 votes
After decades of not using them, the Pentagon has given control of millions of IP addresses to a previously unknown company in an effort to identify possible cyber vulnerabilities and threats ~tech security.cyber Article 1115 words 17 votes
When Texas’ natural gas supplies froze up, prices soared, and now Minnesota’s customers are looking at an $800 million bill ~enviro Article 1787 words 4 votes
Discord has halted talks with Microsoft and other potential acquirers, is resuming interest in a future IPO ~tech microsoft Article 203 words 28 votes
Keir Starmer struggles to counter Boris Johnson’s ‘vaccine bounce’ as UK polls loom ~misc politics Article 918 words, published Apr 8 2021 5 votes
How Netflix is creating a common European culture ~humanities Article 1031 words, published Mar 31 2021 9 votes
Brutalist buildings aren’t unlovable. You’re looking at them wrong. ~design architecture Article 2993 words, published Mar 25 2021 13 votes
‘Believe Women’ was a slogan. ‘Believe All Women’ is a straw man ~life Article 993 words, published May 12 2020 31 votes
Iran and China sign economic and security agreement, challenging US pressure on the state ~news china iran usa politics Article 205 words 8 votes
There’s no migrant ‘surge’ at the US southern border. Here’s the data. ~news politics usa mexico Article 1030 words 9 votes
UK declares China in breach of 1984 Hong Kong declaration ~news china united kingdom law hong kong politics Link 19 votes
Seeking to capitalize on a growing population that is increasingly less poor, American and Chinese tech giants clash in Africa ~tech Link 5 votes
Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won’t let you. ~books libraries Article 2003 words 18 votes
FC Barcelona and Real Madrid will be forced to pay back illegal state aid ~sports.football Article 611 words 10 votes
Curbside delivery isn’t new, but the pandemic helped it take off. Here’s what to expect as it moves forward ~life Article 585 words 6 votes
Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web browsing ~tech privacy google internet Article 203 words 29 votes
I’m autistic. I’m hoping I can wear a mask for the rest of my life. ~life Article 1266 words 16 votes
Keith Gill drove the GameStop Reddit mania. He talked to the Journal. ~finance Article 243 words 10 votes
As US shopping habits change, ports and cargo carriers struggle to keep pace ~finance Article 1720 words 7 votes
How the pandemic lifted the lid on the ‘Darwinian world’ of Japan’s sumo ~sports.combat Article 1251 words 7 votes
Virtual reality has real problems. Here’s how game developers seek to delete them. ~games Article 1854 words 10 votes
The "whitewashing" of Black Wall Street: A century after the Tulsa, Oklahoma massacre, Black entrepreneurs in the city’s Greenwood district feel threatened with erasure yet again ~finance business Article 4200 words 8 votes
Hunting pastime spikes during pandemic. Conservationists are glad ~enviro conservation Article 1595 words 6 votes
I see no choice but to resign from this Death Star as it begins to explode ~misc politics Article 662 words 34 votes
Pennsylvania Republicans block seating of Democratic state senator, take control from lieutenant governor ~news politics usa.pa Article 692 words 20 votes
Apple loses copyright battle against security start-up Corellium ~tech apple security Article 399 words 6 votes
Experts lay out the criteria for choosing Biden's CTO, who will be faced with using tech to tackle everything from climate change to vaccine distribution ~tech Article 1678 words 6 votes
Amid coronavirus outbreaks, migrants face the starkest of choices: Risking their lives in US detention or returning home to the dangers they fled ~life Article 4103 words 8 votes
An RV exploded in Nashville, TN around 6:30 today - police suspect it was intentional ~transport Article 1102 words 25 votes
Federal prosecutors accuse Zoom executive of working with Chinese government to surveil users and suppress video calls ~tech Article 1737 words 11 votes
Voices from the pandemic: A Walt Disney World waitress struggles to hold on to her middle-class life amid a pandemic and catastrophic layoff ~health Article 3981 words 10 votes
Janine de Greef, Belgian who helped smuggle downed Allied airmen to safety during World War II, dies at 95 ~humanities.history Article 1253 words 7 votes
Companies often want to keep loyal employees when their jobs change or go away. Here are some effective ways to move people onto a new career path. ~life education work Article 1510 words, published Nov 24 2020 4 votes
‘This is the reality’: Far-right Newsmax and One America channels grapple uneasily with Biden’s electoral college victory ~news usa politics journalism Article 764 words 20 votes
Garry Kasparov vs. Deep Blue: The historic chess match between man and machine ~games.tabletop Article 1141 words 4 votes
"Do people understand what’s happening here? Do they care?" - On the excruciating wait for a vaccine inside a coronavirus-infected nursing home ~health Article 1603 words 6 votes
Parler’s got a porn problem: Adult businesses target pro-Trump social network ~tech social media Article 2127 words 13 votes
No game days. No bars. The pandemic is forcing some men to realize they need deeper friendships. ~life.men Article 2050 words 30 votes
Extraordinary number of arrows dating from the Stone Age to the medieval period have melted out of a single ice patch in Norway in recent years ~humanities.history Article 411 words 8 votes
How a $17 billion bailout fund intended for Boeing ended up in very different hands ~finance business Article 2278 words 4 votes
"It is terrifying to face the reality that people with a full-time job have to have a home inside a tent": photos of a Seattle homeless tent camp ~life housing work Article 1892 words 10 votes
Minneapolis violence surges as police officers leave department in droves ~news usa.mn.minneapolis crime Article 2854 words 14 votes