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2019-09-20 22:49:24 | A Developer Deletes His Code to Protest Its Use by ICE (lien direct) | Seth Vargo removed a tool used by customers of his former employer, Chef. The company quickly restored it, because the software is open source. | Tool | ||
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2019-09-14 11:00:00 | You Too Can Make These Fun Games (No Experience Necessary) (lien direct) | Games built with the open source tool Bitsy are often more like stories. Our writer created one in two hours. | Tool | ||
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2019-09-11 11:00:00 | What Happened to Urban Dictionary? (lien direct) | The crowdsourced dictionary once felt like a pioneering tool of the early internet era. Now in its 20th year, it has become something much more inhospitable. | Tool | ||
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2019-08-20 10:00:00 | VR Could Be the Most Powerful Teaching Tool Since the PC (lien direct) | With new self-contained headsets on the market like the Oculus Rift S, it's easier than ever to integrate them into a classroom environment. | Tool | ||
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2019-08-15 21:03:05 | How Facebook Catches Bugs in Its 100 Million Lines of Code (lien direct) | For the past four years, Facebook has quietly used a homegrown tool called Zoncolan to find bugs in its massive codebase. | Tool | ||
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2019-07-31 10:00:00 | Having Broadband Issues? This Tool Helps You Learn Local Laws (lien direct) | Washington disputes get the headlines, but much US telecom policy is determined by states and cities. A nonprofit has catalogued the rules and put them online. | Tool | ||
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2019-07-25 13:00:00 | Drag Queen vs. David Duke: Whose Tweets Are More \'Toxic\'? (lien direct) | Opinion: Researchers used Google's AI tool to rank the harmfulness of tweets by white nationalists and drag queens. The results were discouraging. | Tool | ||
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2019-07-22 15:00:00 | Pinterest\'s New Search Tool Puts Stress Relief in Your Feed (lien direct) | Soon the company will begin placing anxiety-relieving exercises within its search results to help boost your mood. | Tool | ||
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2019-07-17 15:50:05 | Here\'s How Elon Musk Plans to Put a Computer in Your Brain (lien direct) | To hear Musk tell it, Neuralink's hardware is either a state-of-the-art tool for understanding the brain, a clinical advance for people with neurological disorders, or the next step in human evolution | Tool | ||
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2019-07-11 12:00:00 | HBO\'s *Years and Years* Unlocks Sci-Fi\'s Ultimate Potential (lien direct) | At its core, science fiction is a tool for building thought experiment machines. That's the game Russell T Davies' new show is playing so beautifully. | Tool | ★★★★ | |
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2019-06-25 22:36:00 | These Cities Will Track Scooters to Get a Handle on Regulation (lien direct) | The cities, which include New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, will use the same tool to keep track of where scooters go, and where they are parked. | Tool | ||
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2019-06-05 12:00:00 | A Mythical Form of Space Propulsion Finally Gets a Real Test (lien direct) | Scientists have debated for decades whether the propulsion concept known as EmDrive is real or wishful thinking. A sensitive new tool may at last provide an answer. | Tool | ||
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2019-05-06 11:00:00 | This Programming Tool Makes It Easier for Apps to Work Anywhere (lien direct) | WebAssembly was created by Mozilla to build applications for browsers, but it's increasingly finding a home in cloud computing centers. | Tool | ||
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2019-04-10 16:35:03 | Google DLP Makes It Easier to Safeguard Sensitive Data Troves (lien direct) | Google's Data Loss Prevention tool finds and redacts sensitive data in the cloud. A new user interface makes now makes it more broadly accessible. | Tool | ||
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2019-03-25 20:15:00 | How to Check Your Computer for Hacked Asus Software Update (lien direct) | Hackers compromised Asus's Live Update tool to distribute malware to almost a million people. Here's how to find out if your computer has it. | Malware Tool | ||
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2019-03-05 22:20:02 | Clever Tool Uses Apple\'s Videogame Logic Engine to Protect Macs (lien direct) | A new Mac security service called GamePlan uses a system's own indicators, and some videogame magic, to keep a lookout. | Tool | ||
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2019-02-20 15:00:00 | Don\'t Toss That Busted Toy Just Yet-Grab a Multimeter (lien direct) | This essential tool lets you measure the electric current and voltage of a circuit. Here's what you need to know to use it correctly. | Tool | ||
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2019-02-13 12:00:00 | Strava\'s New Tool Builds Routes Based on Your Finger Swipes (lien direct) | Drag your finger on the in-app map, and the mobile Route Builder translates your scrawl into an ideal path. The beta version debuts soon for Strava Summit users. | Tool | ||
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2019-01-10 19:58:05 | Your Old Tweets Give Away More Location Data Than You Think (lien direct) | Researchers built a tool that can predict where you live and work, as well as other sensitive information, just by using geotagged tweets. | Tool | ||
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2018-12-13 12:00:00 | How Facebook Made a Universal Open Source Language for the Web (lien direct) | GraphQL is a widely used tool allowing applications written in different programming languages to talk to one another. | Tool | ||
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2018-11-08 00:22:01 | The House Science Committee May Soon Become... Pro-Science (lien direct) | “Hopefully we will no longer see the science committee used as a messaging tool for the fossil fuel industry,” says Rep. Bill Foster, a science committee member. | Tool | ||
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2018-10-30 18:00:00 | Here\'s How Much Bots Drive Conversation During News Events (lien direct) | About 60 percent of Twitter activity related to the caravan late last week was driven by bots, according to a new tool aimed at news organizations. | Tool | ||
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2018-10-25 17:23:01 | Algorithms Can Be a Tool For Justice-If Used the Right Way (lien direct) | Companies like Netflix, Facebook, and Uber deploy algorithms in search of greater efficiency. But when used to evaluate the powerful systems that judge us, algorithms can spur social progress in ways nothing else can. | Tool | Uber | |
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2018-10-18 19:03:05 | An App Built for Hurricane Harvey Is Now Saving Lives in Florida (lien direct) | Crowdsource Rescue, a kind of "Uber for emergencies," has become the leading tool to coordinate volunteer rescuers, helping them check on hundreds of vulnerable individuals. | Tool Guideline | Uber | |
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2018-09-18 10:00:00 | The Blockchain: Boon for Bankers-or Tool for Tyrants? (lien direct) | Boosters think cryptocurrencies and the distributed ledgers they depend on will reinvent the financial system. That may or may not be a good thing. | Tool | ||
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2018-09-17 15:00:00 | Google AI Tool Identifies a Tumor\'s Mutations From an Image (lien direct) | The algorithm can distinguish between different kinds of lung cancer, and could speed up a patient's diagnosis by weeks. | Tool | ||
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2018-09-13 21:01:00 | Hurricane Florence 2018: How to Use Social Media Responsibly During the Storm (lien direct) | During a natural disaster, social media is a vital tool for rescuers and victims. Don't get in their way. | Tool | ||
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2018-09-13 11:00:00 | Hurricane Florence: Underwater Drones Help Track the Storm\'s Path (lien direct) | A new tool called a Slocum glider measures the ocean heat that fuels super-storms like Florence, filling in data gaps to help make forecasting more accurate. | Tool | APT 32 | ★★★★ |
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2018-09-07 19:45:02 | Fake Beto O\'Rourke Texts Expose New Playground for Trolls (lien direct) | Someone hijacked a volunteer tool to make it look like Beto O'Rourke encouraged voter fraud-and that could just be the beginning. | Tool | ||
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2018-07-29 11:00:00 | When in Nature, Google Lens Does What the Human Brain Can\'t (lien direct) | The visual search tool can identify a California poppy or Pacific poison oak with a single photo, bringing you deeper into the nature around you. | Tool | ||
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2018-07-19 21:53:04 | Uganda\'s Regressive Social Media Tax Stays, at Least For Now (lien direct) | The internet is an essential tool for democracy in the modern era. And that's why the government wanted to tax it in Uganda. | Tool | ★★★★ | |
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2018-07-19 20:24:00 | How a #MeToo Facebook Group Became a Tool for Harassment (lien direct) | The closed group was taken over by abusive trolls, raising questions about Facebook's ability to monitor spaces designed for sharing intimate information. | Tool |
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