blog.google/technology/safety-security/project-strobe
Really, really bad look for Google to have kept this Google+ security vulnerability quiet. Not a great way to build trust. »
Portal from Facebook: Voice Enabled Hands-Free Video Calling
Today we're excited to introduce @PortalFacebook to everyone. Come say hi and check out to learn more… »
Facebook's Portal Device Has A Tracking Camera And Knows When You're Home
Facebook's Portal Device Has A Tracking Camera And Knows When You're Home via @itsnicolenguyen »
Relax, Ladies. Don’t Be So Uptight. You Know You Want It
“Want to know what a feminist is? A feminist is a person who, instead of being the docile pet of their generation, rears back and bares t... »
French spy used darknet to sell access to national mass-surveillance databases / Boing Boing
French spy used darknet to sell access to national mass-surveillance databases »
Officials probe mysterious origin of Nazi symbol on fired cop's flashlight / Boing Boing
Officers probe mysterious origin of Nazi symbol on fired cop's flashlight »
RIP, Google+: long ailing and finished off by a security bug / Boing Boing
RIP, Google+: long ailing and finished off by a security bug »
Virginia towns' trick-or-treat laws threaten over-12s with jail-time / Boing Boing
Virginia towns' trick-or-treat laws threaten over-12s with jail-time »
Russians' support for Putin drops off a cliff after pension cuts / Boing Boing
Russians' support for Putin drops off a cliff after pension cuts »
Tech workers are downing tools and refusing to work on unethical projects / Boing Boing
Tech workers are downing tools and refusing to work on unethical projects »
Something Awful receives legal threat over hotlinked image of Hitler fan / Boing Boing
Something Awful receives legal threat over hotlinked image of Hitler fan »
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
This and every @metasynthie thread is ?, and also if you want a closer look at what capital actually does in the face of climate change, ... »
Facebook announces Portal, an Echo Show rival focused on video chat - The Verge
If the idea of voluntarily installing a Facebook-branded camera in your home ain’t some straight up Black Mirror »
Opinion | In Praise of Mediocrity - The New York Times
'Our “hobbies,” if that’s even the word for them anymore, have become too serious, too demanding, too much an occasion to become anxious ... »
Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040 - The New York Times
Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040 »
The New Atlanta Billionaires Behind An Unlikely Tech Unicorn
We’ve been waiting for this @Forbes feature! @alexrkonrad wrote about @Mailchimp’s unique story - worth over $4B and never took a dollar ... »
The planet is on a fast path to destruction. The media must cover this like it’s the only story that matters. - The Washington Post
.@Sulliview on the only story that matters, the impending death of the planet. With this enraging remi… »
The world has barely 10 years to get climate change under control, U.N. scientists say - The Washington Post
The world has barely 10 years to get climate change under control, U.N. scientists say »
Native-Land.ca | Our home on native land
Search your location on a native land map #IndigenousPeoplesDay2018 »
VOTE.org - Everything you need to vote
This is the last week to register to vote in many states. Go to to register to vote and to double… »
Christopher Columbus was awful (but this other guy was not) - The Oatmeal
Yearly re-post: Christopher Columbus was awful. Celebrate Indigenous People's Day instead. »
Switchboard
As we move into fall, the activity on the @pdx_startups Switchboard always seems to pick up »