China set to report first population decline in five decades ~news china Article 809 words, published Apr 27 2021 10 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
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
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
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
Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web browsing ~tech privacy google internet Article 203 words 29 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
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
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
An RV exploded in Nashville, TN around 6:30 today - police suspect it was intentional ~transport Article 1102 words 25 votes
Apple loses copyright battle against security start-up Corellium ~tech apple security Article 399 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
Federal prosecutors accuse Zoom executive of working with Chinese government to surveil users and suppress video calls ~tech Article 1737 words 11 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
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
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