SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix suffered its first subscriber loss in more than a decade, causing its shares to plunge 25% in extended trading amid concerns that the pioneering streaming service may have already seen its best days.

In the 1980s the Egyptian government was determined to stop the spread of the “vulgar” cassette.

How the Postgres planner breaks down a query into scans and how this impacts indexing choices

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Facebook is now reviewing whether Sandberg violated its rules, unnamed sources told The Wall Street Journal.

The U.K’s largest grocery collects the most difficult plastics to recycle. We tracked its recyclables across Europe and uncovered a system that’s more about passing the buck than reducing waste.

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Organizing my thoughts regarding an argument about the Dunning-Kruger study and statistics in general

Polyester went from being the world’s most hated fabrics to one of its favorites. It's so successful that many people don’t even realize they’re wearing polyester today.

The social-media executive, who dated the Activision Blizzard CEO, was part of a campaign to persuade the U.K. tabloid to shelve a potential article.

The immune system protects us from a full spectrum of pathogens, but without balance, it can end up hurting us over time, too. The immunologist Shruti Naik explains how our defenses can turn on us.

Read writing from Kaveh Kardan on Medium. MIT mathematics degree • wrote animation software used in “Jurassic Park” • software R&D lead on “Final Fantasy” movie • software dev on “The Hobbit” films

What would “open sourcing the Twitter algorithm” actually look like? In Part 1 of this series, we focus on understanding how Twitter’s algorithmic feed works under the hood.