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2020-06-26 12:00:00 | The Rocket Motor of the Future Breathes Air Like a Jet Engine (lien direct) | This theoretical engine could drastically reduce the cost of getting to space. Now two companies are trying to make it real. | ★★★ | ||
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2020-06-26 12:00:00 | It\'s Time for an End-of-Life Discussion About Nursing Homes (lien direct) | With residents and staff dying by the tens of thousands, the very future of long-term care should be in question. | ★★★ | ||
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2020-06-26 12:00:00 | Apple\'s Virtual WWDC Wasn\'t Better Than the Real Thing (lien direct) | This week, we discuss Apple's big news, and we admit our hope that tech conferences return to the real world sooner rather than later. | ★★★ | ||
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2020-06-26 11:00:00 | Vaccine Makers Turn to Microchip Tech to Beat Glass Shortages (lien direct) | We'll need millions of vials to distribute the vaccine. The US government thinks manufacturing methods from the semiconductor industry can help. | |||
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2020-06-26 11:00:00 | How to Build the Perfect Pump-Up Playlist (lien direct) | Research shows that music makes a lot of us feel more inspired and productive. Here are some tips on finding your flow-and some tracks to get you started. | |||
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2020-06-26 11:00:00 | An Embattled Group of Leakers Picks Up the WikiLeaks Mantle (lien direct) | After releasing over a million hacked law enforcement files, DDoSecrets got banned from Twitter. But it has no plans to slow down. | |||
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2020-06-25 19:00:02 | Trump\'s Latest Antics Are Just Reality TV Rebooted (lien direct) | Streaming broke the TV box. In 2016, Trump capitalized on that very disintegration-but his act is getting old. | |||
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2020-06-25 16:00:00 | A New Card Ties Your Credit to Your Social Media Stats (lien direct) | Founded by Instagram and finance alums, Karat wants to be the black card in every influencer's wallet. | |||
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2020-06-25 13:00:00 | How K-Pop Stans Became an Activist Force to Be Reckoned With (lien direct) | Fans originally flocked to the community because it was apolitical, fantastical, and removed from American hegemony. Then came Donald Trump. | |||
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2020-06-25 12:00:00 | If Done Right, AI Could Make Policing Fairer (lien direct) | Stanford's Fei-Fei Li says technology should be developed in an inclusive way that reflects our values. | |||
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2020-06-25 11:00:00 | How Thousands of Misplaced Emails Took Over This Engineer\'s Inbox (lien direct) | Kenton Varda gets dozens of messages a day from Spanish-speakers around the world, all thanks to a Gmail address he registered 16 years ago. | ★★★★ | ||
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2020-06-25 11:00:00 | Why Massive Saharan Dust Plumes Are Blowing Into the US (lien direct) | Every summer, an atmospheric event propels desert dust thousands of miles across the Atlantic. This year is particularly bad, and timed terribly with Covid-19. | |||
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2020-06-25 11:00:00 | Doomscrolling Is Slowly Eroding Your Mental Health (lien direct) | Checking your phone for an extra two hours every night won't stop the apocalypse-but it could stop you from being psychologically prepared for it. | ★★★★ | ||
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2020-06-25 11:00:00 | One of Klipsch\'s Google Speakers Is Half Off Right Now (lien direct) | The Klipsch “The Three” speaker sounds good and looks even better. It's as cheap as we've seen it. | ★★★ | ||
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2020-06-24 23:45:24 | Deal: TCL\'s 10 Pro and 10L Phones Are 15 Percent Off (lien direct) | The 10 Pro and 10L have quickly become some of our favorite contenders in the budget smartphone space. They're now discounted for a limited time. | ★★★ | ||
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2020-06-24 23:30:21 | A Flawed Facial Recognition System Sent This Man to Jail (lien direct) | Robert Williams may be the first person in the US arrested based on a bad match-exposing problems with the algorithms and the ways they are used. | ★★★★★ | ||
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2020-06-24 22:10:29 | Why Slack\'s CEO Doesn\'t Want to \'Kill Email\' (lien direct) | The company's new Slack Connect feature will let up to 20 organizations share “channels” between them-but don't say goodbye to your inbox just yet. | |||
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2020-06-24 20:53:56 | Dexamethasone and the Recovery Trial\'s High-Speed Science (lien direct) | In just three months, one British research team identified the first life-saving drug of the pandemic (and helped cancel hydroxychloroquine). | |||
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2020-06-24 17:01:37 | A Survey of New Cars Finds More Tech Means More Problems (lien direct) | US carmakers fare well in JD Power's annual survey of new vehicle owners. Tesla gets poor grades on a small sample. | ★★★ | ||
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2020-06-24 16:36:54 | Google Will Delete Your Data by Default-in 18 Months (lien direct) | Starting today, the search giant will make a previously opt-in auto-delete feature the norm. | |||
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2020-06-24 13:00:00 | The US-China Battle Over the Internet Goes Under the Sea (lien direct) | The DOJ's opposition to Facebook and Google's 8,000-mile cable to Hong Kong highlights how physical infrastructure is as contentious as the virtual world. | |||
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2020-06-24 12:00:00 | It\'s Ridiculous to Treat Schools Like Covid Hot Zones (lien direct) | When students head back to class this fall, they may find themselves isolated from each other and wearing masks. This isn't biosafety-it's pandemic theater. | |||
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2020-06-24 12:00:00 | How to Suspend Your Phone Service to Save Money (Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint) (lien direct) | You're probably using less cellular data while you shelter in place. Here's how you can temporarily pause your account-or switch to a cheaper network. | |||
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2020-06-24 11:00:00 | \'Carbon Farming\' Could Make US Agriculture Truly Green (lien direct) | Today a Senate committee will hear about a bill that would help farmers adopt practices to release less carbon from the soil, reducing planetary warming. | ★★★★ | ||
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2020-06-24 11:00:00 | An Algorithm That \'Predicts\' Criminality Based on a Face Sparks a Furor (lien direct) | Its creators said they could use facial analysis to determine if someone would become a criminal. Critics said the work recalled debunked “race science.” | |||
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2020-06-23 20:14:15 | Why the Arctic Is Warming So Fast, and Why That\'s So Alarming (lien direct) | When permafrost thaws, sea ice disappears, and wildfires rage in the north, the consequences extend to the rest of the world. | ★★★★ | ||
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2020-06-23 13:00:00 | The Future of Commerce Belongs to the Frictionless (lien direct) | The businesses that will survive after the pandemic are the ones who give us back our time. | ★★★★★ | ||
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2020-06-23 11:00:00 | Poker and the Psychology of Uncertainty (lien direct) | The game has plenty to teach about making decisions with the cards we've been dealt-on and off the table. | |||
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2020-06-23 11:00:00 | Airbnb Quietly Fired Hundreds of Contract Workers. I\'m One of Them (lien direct) | While the company touted generous severance packages for its terminated employees, it offered unequal help to its shadow workforce. | |||
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2020-06-23 10:00:00 | Quarantined in New York, We Escape Skyward (lien direct) | When circumstances beyond our control put adventure on hold, we just climb the stairs to camp out in the urban jungle. | |||
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2020-06-23 10:00:00 | How \'Sustainable\' Web Design Can Help Fight Climate Change (lien direct) | To cut the carbon, programmers are cutting the code. Call it green programming. | |||
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2020-06-23 10:00:00 | 5 Weird Concepts to (Theoretically) Supercharge Mask Fabrics (lien direct) | From diamonds to salt, researchers are exploring novel materials for face coverings. But don't expect to see these far-out ideas in stores anytime soon. | |||
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2020-06-23 10:00:00 | 3 Great Pairs of Binoculars for Bird Watching (lien direct) | Whether you're hiking in the forest of just watching from home, these peepers are the best ways to bring your feathered friends closer. | |||
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2020-06-23 10:00:00 | My Friend Was Struck by ALS. Here\'s How He\'s Fighting Back (lien direct) | At 37, Brian Wallach was diagnosed with the fatal disease. So he tapped a lifetime of connections to give help and hope to fellow sufferers-while grappling with his own mortality. | |||
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2020-06-23 10:00:00 | Angry Nerd: The Merciless, Unblinking Eye of Zoom (lien direct) | I stare into the videoconference window, and it stares back. Even when I turn the camera off, what it sees haunts me. | |||
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2020-06-23 10:00:00 | The Infinite Loop of Supply Chains (lien direct) | They aren't just petroleum and extruders and cargo ships. You and I are part of them too. | |||
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2020-06-23 10:00:00 | Covid-19 and Living Through a New American Revolution (lien direct) | The collective action we've participated in over the past few months is transformational in a way we haven't seen in decades-maybe even centuries. | |||
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2020-06-23 10:00:00 | (Déjà vu) Six-Word Sci-Fi: Imagine an Apocalypse With a Happy Ending (lien direct) | Each month we publish a six-word story-and it could be written by you. | |||
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2020-06-23 00:44:52 | President Trump Just Suspended the Tech Industry\'s Favorite Visa (lien direct) | The administration said the move will give US workers access to an additional 525,000 jobs. But sectors with lots of H-1B visas tend to have low unemployment. | ★★★ | ||
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2020-06-23 00:36:40 | Apple Pushes Back Against Ad Tracking in Safari and iOS 14 (lien direct) | At WWDC, the company detailed a litany of privacy-friendly improvements to its software. | ★★★★★ | ||
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2020-06-22 21:23:00 | Apple\'s Intel Breakup Will Reshape Macs-and Beyond (lien direct) | The shift to ARM-based processors, beginning later this year, will allow apps to work across all of Apple's devices. | ★★★ | ||
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2020-06-22 20:44:20 | iOS 14 Features: Every New iPhone Feature Apple Showed Off (lien direct) | Your home screen is changing, and your car keys may become optional. Here's what you can expect in your next big phone update. | |||
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2020-06-22 19:06:26 | Microsoft\'s Livestreaming Service Mixer Will Shut Down (lien direct) | The company announced it's shutting down its livestreaming service and will soon redirect to Facebook Gaming. | |||
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2020-06-22 18:29:35 | A Startup Takes \'Investing in People\' Literally. Not Everyone Approves (lien direct) | Human IPO lets individuals sell their time on the open market. Its cofounders believe its valuation model is agnostic-but it may still reflect an unequal world. | |||
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2020-06-22 18:13:13 | Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2020 (lien direct) | The company's annual developer conference, streaming online this year, has been rich with announcements. Here's the latest news from the WWDC stage. | |||
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2020-06-22 16:48:33 | Anonymous Stole and Leaked a Megatrove of Police Documents (lien direct) | The so-called BlueLeaks collection includes internal memos, financial records, and more from over 200 state, local, and federal agencies. | |||
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2020-06-22 13:00:00 | Who\'s to Blame for Plastic Microfiber Pollution? (lien direct) | Tiny bits of plastic are corrupting every corner of the planet. The major culprits: cheap synthetic clothing and washing machines. | |||
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2020-06-22 12:00:00 | There\'s No Cure for Covid-19 Loneliness, but Robots Can Help (lien direct) | It's hard to replace human contact. But during a pandemic, robots can help patients fight off feelings of isolation and despair. | |||
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2020-06-22 12:00:00 | Why NASA Designed a New $23 Million Space Toilet (lien direct) | Later this year, astronauts on the American module of the ISS will be able to test out the toilet before NASA puts it on crewed vehicles for deep-space missions. | |||
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2020-06-22 11:00:00 | Stuck at Home, Scientists Discover 9 New Insect Species (lien direct) | Without a DNA sequencer, two Los Angeles entomologists relied on two of biology's oldest tools: microscopes and lots of free time. |
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