‘You know for a fact that the children you leave behind are going to die. I took 12 with me. Later on, I asked myself, “Why not 13?”’

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It’s in the news for health reasons, but its true birth is marketing.

@paulg Oh Paul, you know better. I had to borrow money from my mom to pay my taxes when we were starting Cloudflare. But I certainly came from a relatively privileged background, and so did the AirBnB founders. It’s hard to take risks if you don’t have a…

The dispute between the USA/Trump and Huawei continues to escalate. The USA had accused the Chinese manufacturer of espionage in the course of the discussion about 5G upgrades. In the USA, Huawei will therefore not be able to enter the market for now. Only…

The triumphant return of aimless digital chatter.

Imagine calling a friend. Only instead of hearing a ring tone you hear a police siren, and then a voice intoning, “Be careful in your dealings with this person.” Would that put a damper on your...

I went to Synchrony, one of the US's last active demoparties, where programmers showcase artistic audiovisual works made in marathon coding sessions.

Success stories like these rarely break through the news cycle.

A dramatic escalation in the US war on Chinese tech firms

Every night, several times a night, Uber and Lyft drivers at Reagan National Airport simultaneously turn off their ride share apps for a minute or two to trick the app into thinking there are no drivers available---creating a price surge. When the fare goes…

Decades of early research on the genetics of depression were built on nonexistent foundations. How did that happen?

Recently I've been studying the semantics of WebAssembly (wasm). If you've never heard of WebAssembly, it's a new web programming language that's planned to be a low-level analogue to JavaScript that's supported by multiple browsers. Wasm could be used as...

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by Jean-Louis Gassée

The Wikileaks founder is facing extradition requests from Sweden and the US over separate accusations.