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- He was suicidal and needed help. A 15-year-old girl pushed him to kill himself on a live stream. - The Washington Post
Gift Link. This article hit me really hard. Maybe it is that this guy is from Minnesota. For sure I know all these services. But I also found it a sad look into some of what…
- Opinion | Christine Emba: Men are lost. Here’s a map out of the wilderness. - The Washington Post
- Opinion | Americans are spending more time alone. Let's reverse that. - The Washington Post
These numbers continue to trend down, and none of this seems like it can be good for us. By 2019, the average American was spending only four hours per week with friends (a sharp,…
- Chris Gilliard aims to abolish Silicon Valley’s surveillance machine - The Washington Post
I wasn't aware of Gilliard 's work, but this background is both a good primer on the issues around privacy and surveillance, as well as what he has focused on.
- Peloton agrees to recall Tread Plus treadmills in a deal with Consumer Product Safety Commission - The Washington Post
We own a Tread+ as well as a Peloton Bike and we like them a lot, and use them regularly. Peloton has a pretty massive issue here, but they are doing the right thing at a heavy…
- Smart TVs like Samsung, LG and Roku are tracking everything we watch - The Washington Post
Smart TV's should be renamed Surveillance TV's. Never connect these to the Internet. Get an Apple TV and plug that into it.
- Working from home surveillance software for your boss - The Washington Post
The software that companies are building, and others buying and subjecting their employees to, is worrisome. Software the turns you webcam on and allows your boss to literally…
- Bill Gates: Here’s how to make up for lost time on covid-19 - The Washington Post
Bill Gates is providing cogent, calm leadership that we should be seeing from more people in leadership roles. He's obviously thought hard about these topics, and somewhat…
- Timeline: Trump's coronavirus statements - The Washington Post
Everyone needs to remember this timeline. The epic failure of the Federal Government to take Coronavirus seriously is going to result in more lives lost, and significantly deeper…
- Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve” - Washington Post
The visuals in this article do a good job showing why the social distancing efforts are so important to lower the growth curve of Covid-19.
- Credit card privacy matters: Apple Card vs. Chase Amazon Prime Rewards Visa - The Washington Post
When you start looking at where your activity is tracked, it seems like there is no end of it. What I learned: The card data business is booming for advertisers, for aiding…
- Mark Zuckerberg: The Internet needs new rules. Let’s start in these four areas. - The Washington Post
I’m far too cynical of Facebook to believe that this is real. It strikes me that Facebook has realized something will happen, so they should get on the right side of the fence…
- Putin’s war is transforming Ukraine - The Washington Post
I started traveling to Ukraine twice a year right after the conflict with Russia began. I’ve always found it very jarring when I read coverage of all the fighting, and then go…
- What we buy can be used to predict our politics, race or education — sometimes with more than 90 percent accuracy - The Washington Post
Good examples of how a little bit of metadata can be used to make highly accurate assertions about the households and people behind it. ✋
- Exclusive: Twitter is suspending millions of bots and fake accounts every day to fight disinformation - The Washington Post
Hundreds of millions of Facebook accounts deleted. Now, "Twitter suspended more than 70 million accounts in May and June, and the pace has continued in July". What a mess.
- One space between each sentence, they said. Science just proved them wrong. - The Washington Post
I’m solidly a one space person. ⌨️
- WhatsApp founder plans to leave after broad clashes with parent Facebook - The Washington Post
I don't think there is going to be a line of people forming to feel bad for Koum and his $19 billion dollars that he got from selling. It is incredibly naïve if they felt that…
- Toys R Us to close all 800 of its U.S. stores - The Washington Post
Large amounts of debt, and declining brand value. “The liquidation of Toys R Us is the unfortunate but inevitable conclusion of a retailer that lost its way,” Neil Saunders,…
- FCC unveils plan to repeal net neutrality rules - The Washington Post
Ajit Pai is doing exactly what everyone would expect him to be doing as Chairman of the FCC. Vertically integrated media and broadband companies (Verizon, Comcast, AT&T) will…
- Pierre Omidyar: 6 ways social media has become a direct threat to democracy - The Washington Post
Pierre Omidyar highlights six very strong reasons to opt-out of social media. A quick, straight-to-the-point read that highlights very real and not talked about issues in social…
- U.S. denies visas for Afghanistan’s all-girl robotics team - The Washington Post
Terrible and despicable. What a message to send to young women pursuing a dream with technology.
- Supreme Court limits locations of patent lawsuits - The Washington Post
This is a good thing. Patent trolls plague the tech industry and this should remove some of the gaming. There is still a long way to go on patent reform though. This line caught…
- Trump voters will not like what happens next - The Washington Post
- ‘Finally. Someone who thinks like me.’
Melanie Austin sits at her kitchen table at her home near Brownsville, Pa., on Aug. 6. She is an enthusiastic Donald Trump supporter and is certain that he will win the election…
- This is where your smartphone battery begins
The sun was rising over one of the richest mineral deposits on Earth, in one of the poorest countries, as Sidiki Mayamba got ready for work. Mayamba is a cobalt miner. And the…
- As news of Trump’s taxes breaks, he goes off script at a rally in Pennsylvania
At a rally in Manheim, Pa., Oct. 1, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump mocked Democratic rival Hillary Clinton stumbling during a 9/11 ceremony after she had been…
- Tim Cook, the interview: Running Apple 'is sort of a lonely job' | The Washington Post
Apple’s CEO talks iPhones, AI, privacy, civil rights, missteps, China, taxes, Steve Jobs — and steers right past the car rumors
- Donald Trump will win in a landslide. The mind behind ‘Dilbert’ explains why. - The Washington Post
Adams, in other words, believes that Trump himself has turned the campaign game around. On the stump, the real-estate mogul is not running on the knowledge of his numbers or the…
- Why you should side with Apple, not the FBI, in the San Bernardino iPhone case
Earlier this week, a federal magistrate ordered Apple to assist the FBI in hacking into the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. Apple will fight this order in court.
- In big move, Accenture will get rid of annual performance reviews and rankings
The firm tells The Washington Post that it will abandon its old system for all 330,000 employees, starting in September.
- Take off that Fitbit. Exercise alone won’t make you lose weight. - The Washington Post
The idea that our obesity epidemic is caused by sedentary lifestyles has spread widely over the past few decades, spurring a multibillion-dollar industry that pitches gadgets and…
- The melting of Antarctica was already really bad. It just got worse.
A new study suggests that a key glacier of East Antarctica is melting from beneath.
- Before I Go: A Stanford neurosurgeon’s parting wisdom about life and time - The Washington Post
- Trace chemicals in everyday food packaging cause worry over cumulative threat
In a study published last year in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers put five San Francisco families on a three-day diet of food that hadnt been in contact…
- Tech community, are we MTV or TED? - The Washington Post
- Origins of the Debt Showdown
- Weight of the world: Change in the world's BMI since 1980 | The Washington Post