Hafiz AladinThe Next Big Blue-Collar Job Is CodingWIRED - Clive ThompsonWhat if we regarded code not as a high-stakes, sexy affair, but the equivalent of skilled work at a Chrysler plant? When I ask people to picture a …
Hafiz AladinThe Human Toll of Protecting the Internet from the Worst of Humanityverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Adrian ChenHenry Soto worked for Microsoft’s online-safety team, in Seattle, for eight years. He reviewed objectionable material on Microsoft’s products—Bing, the cloud-storage service OneDrive, and Xbox Live among them—and decided whether to delete it or report it to the police. Each day, Soto looked at …
Hafiz AladinWhat’s inside London’s secret green shelters?CNNCNN — For Londoners and visitors alike, they’re an often overlooked quirk – if they’re even noticed at all. But the handful of green wooden sheds known as taxi cabmen’s shelters have a fascinating history. They date to 1875, back when horse-drawn Hansom cabs were the vehicle of choice for London’s …
Hafiz AladinThe Accidental Whistle-Blower: How a Retired London Journalist Uncovered Massive Corruption Half a World AwayTIME - Nash Jenkins / Kuala Lumpur, London and SingaporeA week before she was to give a keynote address at an antifraud conference in Singapore, Clare Rewcastle Brown received an anonymous email. “Dear Madam, I want to thank you for exposing all the corruption and wrongdoing in Malaysia,” it read. “I am writing to you urgently with regards to your …
Hafiz Aladin17 Badass Women You Probably Didn’t Hear About In 2016BuzzFeed - Rossalyn WarrenBadass women alert. 1. This girl who stared down a riot policeman during a protest in Chile to remember the country’s disappeared. The unidentified girl took part in a protest to mark the anniversary of Chile’s 1973 military coup. According to La Tercera, the photo was taken after police began …
Hafiz AladinCaesarean births 'affecting human evolution'bbc.co.uk - By Helen BriggsThe regular use of Caesarean sections is having an impact on human evolution, say scientists. More mothers now need surgery to deliver a baby due to their narrow pelvis size, according to a study. Researchers estimate cases where the baby cannot fit down the birth canal have increased from 30 in …