City plays ‘Baby Shark’ on loop to keep homeless from sleeping in waterfront park https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/18/city-plays-baby-shark-loop-keep-homeless-sleeping-waterfront-park/?utm_term=.c7aec5f67312 Menstrual Cups: Study Finds They’re Safe To Use — And People Like Them https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/07/17/742370168/menstrual-cups-they-re-safe-to-use-and-people-like-using-them As Russian “FaceApp” gobbles up user photos, Schumer asks FBI to investigate https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/as-russian-faceapp-gobbles-up-user-photos-schumer-asks-fbi-to-investigate/ A philosopher accused of sexual harassment started a company to advise on business […]

Google and Facebook Are Quietly Tracking You on Sex Websites https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/opinion/google-facebook-sex-websites.html Was Bitcoin Created By This International Drug Dealer? Maybe! https://www.wired.com/story/was-bitcoin-created-by-this-international-drug-dealer-maybe/ 76 billion opioid pills: Newly released federal data unmasks the epidemic https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/76-billion-opioid-pills-newly-released-federal-data-unmasks-the-epidemic/2019/07/16/5f29fd62-a73e-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html?utm_term=.e4a4db76e03b No More Deals: San Francisco Considers Raising Taxes On Tech https://www.wired.com/story/no-more-deals-san-francisco-considers-raising-taxes-tech/ What happens when a country’s entire adult population is hacked? https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613973/what-happens-when-a-countrys-entire-adult-population-is-hacked/ […]

Giant Shipper Bets Big On Ending Its Carbon Emissions. Will It Pay Off? https://www.npr.org/2019/07/15/736565697/giant-shipper-bets-big-on-ending-its-carbon-emissions-will-it-pay-off Scotland just produced enough wind energy to power all its homes twice over https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/15/scotland-has-produced-enough-wind-energy-to-power-its-homes-twice-over.html how safe is facial recognition payment? https://www.abacusnews.com/digital-life/facial-recognition-payments-are-privacy-risk-says-china-central-bank-official/article/3018666 Planting ‘Billions of Trees’ Isn’t Going to Stop Climate Change https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7xgymg/planting-billions-of-trees-isnt-going-to-stop-climate-change Climate Deniers Are Spreading a Totally Unscientific “Paper” With […]

Igualdade e diferençaHomens e mulheres devem sempre ter liberdade para ser o que quiserem https://brasil.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,igualdade-e-diferenca,70002921076 Dementia: Lifestyle changes that could lower your risk https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48963215 ‘Well, that was a weird moment’ and other signs of dementia family members should watch for https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/well-that-was-a-weird-moment-and-other-signs-of-dementia-family-members-should-watch-for/2019/07/12/71fab37a-820c-11e9-bce7-40b4105f7ca0_story.html?utm_term=.b4eb11d80e5a Desalination Is Booming As Cities Run Out Of Water https://www.wired.com/story/desalination-is-booming-as-cities-run-out-of-water/ Built on Sand https://pca.st/x26d […]

This Report Makes It Perfectly Clear Who Automation Is Working For https://gizmodo.com/this-report-makes-it-perfectly-clearly-who-automation-i-1836259060 Microsoft is making Windows 10 passwordless https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/11/20690359/microsoft-windows-10-passwordless-password-option-update Jony Ive’s errors: why ugly isn’t always bad design, but beautiful sometimes is https://medium.com/@charlesarthur/jony-ives-errors-why-ugly-isn-t-always-bad-design-but-beautiful-sometimes-is-9c5fde886263 1 in 5 Cities Is About to Have a Climate Unknown to Any Place on Earth https://www.sciencealert.com/one-in-five-cities-is-about-to-inherit-an-alien-climate-unknown-to-any-city-on-earth Intruders jump fence at U.S. […]

We Read 150 Privacy Policies. They Were an Incomprehensible Disaster. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/12/opinion/facebook-google-privacy-policies.html License Plate Readers Are Creeping Into Neighborhoods Across the Country https://slate.com/technology/2019/07/automatic-license-plate-readers-hoa-police-openalpr.html New bill would prevent use of facial recognition technology in Detroit https://www.wxyz.com/news/new-bill-would-prevent-use-of-facial-recognition-technology-in-detroit Climate change: Sir David Attenborough warns of ‘catastrophe’ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47976184 Some Mad, Bad News: Big Oil Is Actively Involved in Climate Talks […]

How a Fish Saved the Vikings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtCNBh0AsWM&ab_channel=Veritasium Wired Bacteria Form Nature’s Power Grid: ‘We Have an Electric Planet’ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/science/bacteria-microbes-electricity.html Can Reading Make You Happier? https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/can-reading-make-you-happier Trees Emit A Surprisingly Large Amount Of Methane https://www.wired.com/story/trees-emit-a-surprisingly-large-amount-of-methane/ Planting more trees could suck up a huge share of carbon emissions https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613928/planting-more-trees-could-remove-two-thirds-of-carbon-emissions/ How and why the D.C. area was deluged […]

The Bastard Brigade https://pca.st/HS2Z UK police’s facial recognition system has an 81 percent error rate https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/04/uk-met-facial-recognition-failure-rate/ Electric cars ‘will not solve transport problem,’ report warns https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48875361 The time paradox: How your brain creates the fourth dimension https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332370-500-the-time-paradox-how-your-brain-creates-the-fourth-dimension/

US top of the garbage pile in global waste crisis https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48838699 ‘Grave concern’ as sales of low emission cars fall https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48865702 Why Is 137 the Most Magical Number? https://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/physics-terms/why-is-137-most-magical-number.htm Ethics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/ethics-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence/ Tiny granules can help bring clean and abundant fusion power to Earth https://www.pppl.gov/news/2019/07/tiny-granules-can-help-bring-clean-and-abundant-fusion-power-earth Nuclear fusion plasma could be […]

For Better and Worse, We Live in Jony Ive’s World https://www.newyorker.com/culture/dept-of-design/for-better-and-worse-we-live-in-jony-ives-world A 19th-Century Vision of the Year 2000 https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/france-in-the-year-2000-1899-1910/ Retailers all but beg FTC to take action against Google, Amazon https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/retailers-all-but-beg-ftc-take-action-against-google-amazon/ Oficiais chineses instalam aplicativo de espionagem em celulares de turistas https://link.estadao.com.br/noticias/cultura-digital,oficiais-chineses-instalam-aplicativo-de-espionagem-em-celulares-de-turistas,70002901010 Análise: Submarino russo incendiado Losharik podia mapear oceano, mas também espionar https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,analise-submarino-russo-incendiado-losharik-podia-mapear-oceano-mas-tambem-espionar,70002901494 Soon, […]