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Tesla sued over claims staff used cars’ cameras to spy on drivers ~transport Article 492 words 9 votes
Meta launching paid subscription service for Facebook, Instagram ~tech social media facebook Article 73 words 11 votes
A child calling Santa reached NORAD instead. Christmas Eve was never the same. ~humanities.history Article 1361 words 8 votes
What’s harder to find than microchips? The equipment that makes them. ~tech Article 133 words 6 votes
This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first US Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later. ~humanities.history Article 1774 words 8 votes
Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return ~tech facebook social media Article 669 words 13 votes
Housing in Alaska can’t survive climate change. This group is trying a new model. ~design architecture Article 2363 words, published Sep 24 2021 3 votes
Microsoft, Google, Facebook and other tech firms are pressing lawmakers to stop prosecutors from secretly snooping on private accounts ~tech microsoft google facebook privacy Article 2167 words 3 votes
As women become 60% of all US college students and continue to outpace & outperform men, the WSJ takes a look at how colleges and students feel about it ~humanities education.higher Article 80 words, published Sep 6 2021 16 votes
Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company documents show ~life.women Article 62 words 16 votes
Australian musk ducks have the ability to call you a ‘bloody fool,’ research finds ~science biology Article 706 words 4 votes
Apple delays the rollout of its plans to scan iPhones for child exploitation images ~tech apple privacy Article 495 words 15 votes
These people who work from home have a secret: They have two jobs ~life work.remote Article 218 words, published Aug 13 2021 16 votes
Sex-toy makers Lovehoney and WOW Tech merge in $1.2 billion deal as lockdowns spur demand ~finance business Article 235 words 11 votes
Siberia’s wildfires are bigger than all the world’s other blazes combined ~enviro climate change Article 1324 words 12 votes
Hollywood reaps the rewards of becoming more diverse: Films with a diverse cast tend to outperform the rest ~movies Article 623 words 9 votes
How the long-dead public-television painter Bob Ross became a streaming phenomenon (and kicked up plenty of dirt in the process) ~tv Article 3302 words 9 votes
After the Florida building collapse, condos struggle to fund big repairs ~engineering Article 2166 words 11 votes
Majority of Florida condo board quit in 2019 as squabbling residents dragged out plans for repairs ~engineering Article 1656 words 19 votes
Donald Rumsfeld, influential but controversial George W Bush defense secretary, dies at 88 ~news politics usa.il Article 620 words 12 votes
Joe Biden administration bars US imports of solar panels linked to forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region ~enviro energy.renewable Article 406 words 12 votes
Was Wilhelm Wundt a "Nazi"?: Volkerpsychologie, Racism and Anti-Semitism by Adrian Brock ~humanities.history Article 328 words 1 vote
Can astrology make sense of cryptocurrency? Maren Altman and a million TikTok followers think so. ~finance cryptocurrency Article 1362 words 7 votes
'Cool’ roofs, cooler designs as the building industry embraces energy sustainability ~enviro energy sustainability Article 1521 words 8 votes
Motorists line up at stations in DC region; shortage of gas truck drivers compounds situation ~transport Article 923 words 6 votes
I am getting sick of writing these pieces to respond to people like Rick Santorum ~life Article 962 words 13 votes
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
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 ~society politics Article 918 words, published Apr 8 2021 5 votes
Brutalist buildings aren’t unlovable. You’re looking at them wrong. ~design architecture Article 2993 words, published Mar 25 2021 13 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
‘Believe Women’ was a slogan. ‘Believe All Women’ is a straw man ~life Article 993 words, published May 12 2020 31 votes