Mark Zuckerberg suggested that social media is a “Fifth Estate”; in fact, social media is a means by which the Third Estate — commoners — can seize political power. Here history matters…

There are a lot of ways companies can rack up high bills for using cloud services, sometimes unexpectedly. One particularly stiff expense is the cost of shifting data from one cloud provider’s servers to another provider, or to a company’s own data center.…

RLSL A Rust to SPIR-V compiler Maik Klein, Embark Studios

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A class action lawsuit filed in January 2019 claims Equifax used "admin" as both password and username for a portal with sensitive information.

Management tried to shut down an employee-led talk on unionization at its Zurich office, but it happened anyway.

CRISPR therapy — Injecting the gene-editing tool CRISPR into the brains of mice may reverse the effects of an autism mutation at any age.

Residents of Norilsk long felt isolated from their country’s turbulence. Then a mining company strung a fiber-optic cable across 600 miles of tundra.

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence

It’s been a long, confusing, exhausting federal election season. We’re all tired. But put aside your worries, fellow citizens; it’s time for the invented Chinese names of the 2019 Canadian federal …

The fashion industry is the second-largest consumer of water and the second-largest polluter of water. Here's why.

Samsung will no longer provide support for the program for future operating systems and devices.

At the beginning of October, Lyft rolled out a mandatory app update for its drivers. After installing the update, drivers noticed they could no longer see how much the rider paid for any given trip. It’s yet another move that potentially undercuts Lyft’s…

The deal values WeWork between $7.5 billion and $8 billion, sources familiar with the matter say.

WikiLeaks founder’s legal team wanted an extra month to submit evidence

A long long rant about my continued frustration with today's Apple. Nothing new, really.