Andy Piperflipped into Andy Piper's News PicksMacron looks on as France's Africa policy crumblesbbc.co.uk - By Hugh SchofieldWhy is it so often that problems seem to get worse just when they ought to be getting better? Or in a French-African context, how come President Emmanuel Macron is surveying the tatters of French policy - coups in four Francophone states - just when he thought he had turned his back on all the …
Andy Piperflipped into Andy Piper's News PicksThe end of the Googleverseverified_publisherThe Verge - Ryan BroderickWhat made Google’s results different from AltaVista’s was its algorithm, PageRank, which organized results based on the amount of links between pages. In fact, the site’s original name, BackRub, was a reference to the backlinks it was using to rank results. If your site was linked to by other …
Andy Piperflipped into Techie StuffBluetooth Battery Monitors That Also Monitor Your Position, Without Askinghackaday.com - by: Maya PoschThese days Bluetooth-based gadgets are everywhere, including for car and solar batteries. After connecting them up to the battery, you download the …
Andy Piperflipped into Andy Piper's News PicksApple joins opposition to encrypted message app scanningbbc.co.uk - By Chris VallanceApple has criticised powers in the Online Safety Bill that could be used to force encrypted messaging tools like iMessage, WhatsApp and Signal to scan messages for child abuse material. Its intervention comes as 80 organisations and tech experts have written to Technology Minister Chloe Smith urging …
Andy Piperflipped into Andy Piper's News PicksHumans pump so much groundwater that Earth’s axis has shifted, study findsCNNNew research shows that persistent groundwater extraction over more than a decade has shifted the axis on which our planet rotates.
Andy Piperflipped into Andy Piper's News PicksLast surviving gaslit cinema in world to reopen in Leedsverified_publisherThe Guardian - Robyn VinterWhen Hyde Park Picture House first opened its doors to the public shortly before the first world war, women were at the mercy of groping men, who used the darkness as a cover to carry out attacks. It was such a problem that the owner of the Leeds cinema installed gas lamps in the auditorium in the …
