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A beginners guide to Esperanto (2003)
Target Venus not Mars for first crewed mission to another planet, experts say
Australian telco Optus, which has suffered a massive cyberattack, has repeatedly opposed changes to privacy laws to give customers more rights over their data
Columbia whistleblower on exposing college rankings
World on brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points, study finds | Climate crisis | The Guardian
World on brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points, study finds | Climate crisis | The Guardian
Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death | UK news | The Guardian
UK-based Darktrace's stock falls 32.47% after US private equity firm Thoma Bravo ends bid interest in the scandal-hit AI and cybersecurity company
As Spotify and YouTube's rivalry heats up, some worry the podcasting industry's pivot to video could risk ruining what makes the audio format so satisfying
Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse | The super-rich | The Guardian
Not a wonderful world: Louis Armstrong tapes reveal how racism scarred his life and career | Louis Armstrong | The Guardian
The Iranian government plans to use facial recognition on public transport to identify women who are not complying with its strict new hijab laws
The UK Treasury adds cryptoassets to its sanctions guidance, mandating crypto exchanges report suspected breaches immediately to authorities or face penalties
The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse | The super-rich | The Guardian
A girl wanted to keep the goat she raised for a county fair. They killed it
Snowden: US asked British spy agency to stop Guardian publishing revelations
‘Police don’t produce safety’: the Black feminist scholars fighting for abolition | US policing | The Guardian
French tax authorities, using aerial photos and AI software developed by Google and Capgemini, identify 20K+ unregistered pools, leading to ~€10M more in taxes
Diet for a hotter climate: 5 plants that could help feed the world | Environment | The Guardian
Google refuses to reinstate account after man took medical images of son’s groin
Smoking, alcohol and high BMI are leading risk factors for global cancer deaths
Australia's high court says Google is not a publisher, reversing a lower court decision that said Google was liable for a defamatory article in search results
Man overcharged 20 rupees for India train ticket wins 22-year legal battle
Google has agreed to pay $60M to settle a court case with Australia's ACCC over misleading some Android users about collection of personal location data
Twitter lets Saudi official and MBS aide Bader al-Asaker, who is implicated in a plot to recruit Twitter staff, keep his verified account with 2.1M+ followers
US library defunded after refusing to censor LGBTQ authors: ‘We will not ban the books’ | Libraries | The Guardian
The UK government plans to require that migrants convicted of a crime scan their faces up to five times per day on a smartwatch; locations will be tracked 24/7
Global heating means almost every sea turtle in Florida now born female
‘Soon it will be unrecognisable’: total climate meltdown cannot be stopped, says expert | Climate crisis | The Guardian
DeepMind uncovers structure of 200m proteins in scientific leap forward | DeepMind | The Guardian
Amazon UK plans to raise its monthly Prime subscription price by £1 to £8.99 and by £16 to £95 annually starting on September 15, the first increase since 2014
Techmeme · 2 months ago