Grammar This Is the Most Bizarre Grammar Rule You Probably Never Heard OfInc Magazine - Minda ZetlinBut I've been following it all my life, and so have you. Adjectives in English must always be used in a very precise order. And even though none of us has officially learned this rule, we somehow all to
Venice Beach Snapchat’s Disappearing Act Leaves Venice Beach Searching for Its FutureThe New York TimesStreet performers have had a big role in shaping Venice’s creative ethos. The Gingerbread Court on Ocean Front Walk once housed the lively Sean’s Cafe. Snap took up the lease and turned it into an employee
Opinion I Visited 47 Sites. Hundreds of Trackers Followed Me.The New York Times I pulled back the curtain on digital tracking. What I found was staggering.
23andMe The Ethics of Hiding Your Data From the MachinesWIRED - Molly Wood I don’t know about you, but every time I figure out a way of sharing less information online, it’s like a personal victory. After all, who have I …
Business The Big Business of Scavenging in Postindustrial AmericaThe New York TimesBreaking down transmissions at Buffalo Engine Components, where roughly 1,000 tons of engines and transmissions are recycled every week. An oven at Buffalo Engine Components. Aluminum melts at a temperature
World News The Right Answer? 8,186,699,633,530,061 (An Abacus Makes It Look Almost Easy)The New York TimesThe All-Japan Abacus Championship at Kyoto International Conference Center, in Kyoto, Japan, this month. Daiki Kamino, 16, center, winner of one of the events at the tournament. A scene from the tournament.
Apple Store Apple Puts the AR in 'Art' (and in 'Transparent Sky-Being')WIRED - Condé Nast The result, as with the best of the pieces in the process, hinges on some painstaking procedural hygiene. Two employees from Apple's in-store events …
The Brain What does running do to your brain?The GuardianNeuroscientists have studied treadmill runners, ultramarathon athletes – and a number of lab animals – to investigate the effects of running on grey matter It may seem obvious – as you push on through
Technology Smart ovens have been turning on overnight and preheating to 400 degreesThe Verge - Ashley CarmanAt least three smart June Ovens have turned on in the middle of the night and heated up to 400 degrees or higher. The ovens’ owners aren’t sure why this happened, and June tells The Verge that user error
Renault Sport Formula 1's underdogs struggle with the technical challenges of the sportEngadget - Steve DentChanges are coming, but they might not be big enough for teams like Renault. As Renault approached the French Grand Prix, a lot was at stake. The race was on the team's home turf, at a make-or-break point
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSatellites Planetnbremer.github.io - Nadieh Bremer The visual below shows the locations of 20% of the photos that were taken on January 25th, 2018 by Planet's satellites (the white circles) which are …
UK News Biostar security software 'leaked a million fingerprints'bbc.co.uk - Chris Baraniuk More than a million fingerprints and other sensitive data have been exposed online by a biometric security firm, researchers say.
UberEATS The Rise of the Virtual RestaurantThe New York Times - By MIKE ISAAC and DAVID YAFFE-BELLANYSAN FRANCISCO — At 9:30 on most weeknights, Ricky Lopez, the head chef and owner of Top Round Roast Beef in San Francisco, stacks up dozens of hot beef sandwiches and sides of curly fries to serve hungry
Drones How to Travel With a DroneThe New York Times - By GEOFFREY MORRISONYou’ve got it all planned. You’ll launch your drone from the grass beside the Eiffel Tower. When it reaches the top, you’ll circle around the tower once, then end the video with a perfect landing. It’s
Opinion Useful Idiots and Trumpist BillionairesThe New York Times - By PAUL KRUGMANWhoever came up with the phrase “useful idiots” — it’s often credited to Lenin, but there’s no evidence he ever said it — was on to something. There are times when dangerous political movements derive
Play buttonTesla Model 3 This Tesla Mod Turns a Model S Into a Mobile 'Surveillance Station'WIRED - Condé Nast Automatic license plate reader cameras are controversial enough when law enforcement deploys them, given that they can create a panopticon of transit …
LinkedIn Why Aren’t We Talking About LinkedIn?The New York Times - By JOHN HERRMANTwitter helps the powerful discover their worst selves and leaves everyone else vulnerable. Facebook brings people together only to subject them to marketing and manipulation. Our social feeds aren’t for
Opinion Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? Let’s Not Find OutThe New York Times - By PRESTON GREENESince the 1990s, researchers in the social and natural sciences have used computer simulations to try to answer questions about our world: What causes war? Which political systems are the most stable?
Play buttonThe Arts Digital Fur, Digital Folks: Reality Is Starting to Feel OverratedThe New York Times - By BILGE EBIRIIf the historians of the future try to pinpoint the exact moment when the term “digital fur” became ubiquitous in our culture, they might eventually identify the evening of July 18, when the “Cats” trailer
Real Estate Could Your House Be an Instagram Star?The New York Times - By RONDA KAYSENErin Vogelpohl has tried mixing darker blues and greens into the décor of her five-bedroom house in Dallas, but they don’t play well with her 447,000 Instagram followers. So she sticks with a soft blush
Technology Some robocall blockers sent private data without permissionEngadget - Jon FingasAs helpful as robocall blocking tools can be, they can sometimes create their own problems. NCC Group security researcher Dan Hastings has found that some of the more popular robocall blocking apps have
Tesla Model 3 Our Cars Are Trying to Keep Us Safe. Here’s How.The New York Times - By TOM VOELKRegrettably, personal jet packs and flux capacitors remain figures of science fiction and have not appeared in our garages. The same goes for fully self-driving automobiles. A few years ago, breathless
Play buttonTechnology Apple (gently) taps ASMR fans with its latest iPhone adsEngadget - Jon FingasApple wants to show that it's hip to what the kids are watching, and that apparently includes latching on to one of YouTube's biggest trends: ASMR videos. The company has posted a series of iPhone-captured
Harley Davidson An Electric Harley Loses the Growl but Still Aims to Turn HeadsThe New York Times - By SUSAN CARPENTERQuiet. Sleek. Unintimidating. The LiveWire is the antithesis of everything Harley-Davidson has ever stood for. And yet, it is undeniably a Harley. The LiveWire, the first production electric vehicle from
Easter Egg The Secret History of ‘Easter Eggs’The New York Times - By DAVID POGUEEvery car can accelerate, brake and turn. But only the Tesla Model X can put on a three-minute dance performance. The windows open, the speakers blast a holiday carol, the exterior lights flash in sequence,
Education Bulletproof Backpacks in Demand for Back-to-School ShoppingThe New York Times - By DAVID YAFFE-BELLANYBefore his freshman year at the University of Connecticut, J.T. Lewis received an unusual gift from his mother: a bulletproof backpack. Mr. Lewis, who will be a sophomore at the university, comes from
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSpaceX SpaceXspacex.com SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program will provide small satellite operators with regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions to SSO for …
