They told their therapists everything. Hackers leaked it all. ~tech privacy security Article 4390 words 15 votes
I called off my wedding. The internet will never forget ~tech privacy social media internet Article 5366 words 24 votes
Microdosing's feel-good benefits might just be placebo effect ~science psychology Article 1863 words 18 votes
Social media platform Parler is back online with new hosting ~tech social media Article 685 words 10 votes
Researchers levitated a small tray using nothing but light ~science physics Article 2168 words 8 votes
The unsettling truth of the story behind "Mostly Harmless", the hiker whose mysterious death fascinated the internet ~life Article 4225 words 16 votes
Lucasfilm Games announces that Ubisoft's Massive Entertainment is developing an open-world Star Wars game, the first non-EA Star Wars game since Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 ~games Article 1069 words 15 votes
The rise of Sierra Online wasn’t exactly a fairytale. Founder Ken Williams opens up about his new book, video game design in the late 80s—and his regrets about selling the company. ~games Article 4789 words 8 votes
The FBI says ‘Boogaloo’ extremists bought 3D-printed machine gun parts ~news usa crime Article 598 words 13 votes
Amazon wants to win over Sweden – the Swedes have other ideas ~tech amazon Article 1558 words 7 votes
Despite brute-forcing its way to dominance in many other industries, Amazon is having difficulty getting a foothold in games ~games Article 4812 words 11 votes
The West’s infernos are melting our sense of how fire works ~enviro natural disasters Article 6770 words 9 votes
HBO's 'The Wire' inspired a fake turtle egg that spies on poachers ~enviro Article 1433 words 7 votes
YouTubers are upscaling the past to 4K. Historians want them to stop ~tech social media Article 1364 words 9 votes
Inside the Icelandic facility where Bitcoin is mined—cryptocurrency mining now uses more of the Nordic island nation's electricity than its homes ~enviro energy Article 580 words, published Nov 3 2019 7 votes
97,000 people got convalescent plasma. Who knows if it works? ~health medicine Article 3165 words 7 votes
Can killing cookies save journalism? A Dutch public broadcaster got rid of targeted digital ads and its revenues went up 62-79%. ~tech privacy Article 2533 words 31 votes
Bill Gates on vaccines, Trump, and why social media is “a poisoned chalice” ~tech social media Article 3114 words 7 votes
The war between alt.tasteless and rec.pets.cats ~tech social media Article 3718 words, published May 1 1994 20 votes
The rapid sharing of pandemic research shows there is a better way to filter good science from bad ~science Article 2167 words 7 votes
A super sensitive dark-matter search yields strange results. Researchers say there are three possible explanations for the anomalous data: One is mundane. Two would revolutionize physics ~science physics.particle Article 772 words 4 votes
The Grandmaster who got Twitch hooked on chess: Hikaru Nakamura is the top-ranked blitz chess player in the world—and his channel has seen a meteoric rise as he coaches streamers in the ancient game ~games.tabletop Article 1480 words 14 votes
Blizzard has suspended or closed over 74,000 accounts in the last month, as bots have upended the game's economy ~games Article 678 words 9 votes
Dating apps exposed 845GB of explicit photos, chats, and more ~tech privacy amazon.web services Article 619 words 11 votes
An army of volunteers is taking on vaccine disinformation online ~tech social media internet Article 2902 words 6 votes
Schools turn to surveillance tech to prevent Covid-19 spread: "We are very much interested in the automated tracking of students" ~tech privacy Article 720 words 6 votes
On the Moon, astronaut pee will be a hot commodity. Urine can be used for landing pads, gardens, and drinking water. But will there be enough to go around? ~space Article 625 words 7 votes