As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants - The New York Times
So as recently as 2017, or *this year* in some cases, Facebook allowed third party companies extensive access to user data, including the... »
thenib.com/petty-offense
New from @Lubchansky: Rudy Giuliani has some ideas on what constitutes a "big crime" all of a sudden. »
firesidefiction.com/on-beautiful-words
I made some words about how @FiresideFiction approached publishing some work by @tithenai, @mollycrabapple, @fran_wilde, and @gaileyfrey... »
remove.bg
Today I'm launching – a tool to automatically remove the background of any image (with a person in it)… »
Amazon and Facebook Reportedly Had a Secret Data-Sharing Agreement, and It Explains So Much
Amazon reportedly had a secret data sharing agreement with Facebook and it explains SO much »
The Nib Magazine Scams Issue: Call for Pitches – The Nib – Medium
Yo cartooning universe -- have you been scammed? Have you scammed someone else? Keen on a bit of historic scamming? PITCH @thenib MAGAZIN... »
Subscribe to read | Financial Times
Well done to the FT for naming George Soros person of the year and a strong recommendation that everyone out there reads the piece as a c... »
Introducing LeapUVC: A New API for Education, Robotics and More - Leap Motion Blog
Leap Motion unlocked their firmware to support USB-UVC beyond the Leap SDK. This is great news for all kinds of AR/VR/hardware hackers be... »
Here’s How Your Apps Reveal Personal Information To Facebook
It’s another day! That means another way Facebook didn’t let people know how it was collecting data. This time it’s from third party app... »
Unity Careers - Senior Designer, Unity Labs @ San Francisco
My small team (Advanced UX at Unity Labs) is hiring a Sr UX Designer here in SF Come work on som… »
Half a Century in the Making: Tree ‘Crop Circles’ Emerge in Japan | Colossal
50-year experiment in Japan produces cedar tree crop circles »
"Immense growth" makes Bay Area world's 19th-largest economy
Entire U.S. states w/ smaller economies than the Bay Area (ht @mmcphate) »
Dirty dealing in the $175 billion Amazon Marketplace - The Verge
this story is an excellent read, but also ... this headline »
Package Thief vs. Glitter Bomb Trap - YouTube
At Amazon, we work every day to solve problems around package theft. Maybe we should hire this guy »
Molly Crabapple's illustrated report from the immigration detention Gulags of Texas / Boing Boing
Molly Crabapple's illustrated report from the immigration detention Gulags of Texas »
Amnesty Report: Twitter Abuse Toward Women Is Rampant | WIRED
“Twitter is a place where racism, misogyny, and homophobia are allowed to flourish basically unchecked.” Amnesty International quantifie... »
As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants - The New York Times
“…the records show, and gave Netflix and Spotify the ability to read Facebook users’ private messages.” Cool co... »
Let’s Just Tell the Mars Colonizers That Earth Is Mars – Hmm Daily
Let's Just Tell the Mars Colonizers That Earth Is Mars via @Hmm_Daily »
Poll: Most Americans Are Against U.S. Becoming More Politically Correct : NPR
“Do you favor the country becoming more politically correct” is a terrible, loaded survey question. »
Using Radio To Dispel Myths — Diffusion Network
Great article on how @SciDevNet's new podcast/radio show is helping to bust science myths in Senegal, Niger, Cameroon and Benin. Very ple... »
I took a ride through Elon Musk’s new tunnel in California - The Verge
Essential reading, as is any time @mslopatto goes to one of Elon Musk's events: I took a ride through Elon Musk’s new tunnel in Californi... »
Daniel Ortberg: Top surgery was the best $6,250 I ever spent - Vox
Well ⁦@danielortberg⁩ continues to be the best »
Smart Speakers and Thermostats Will Monetize Life at Home - The Atlantic
get these fucking smart devices out of your goddamn house »
Why, After 2018’s Privacy Scandals, Does Facebook Deserve Our Data?
Zuckerberg said that if Facebook couldn’t protect our data they didn’t deserve it. And then more breaches of privacy occurred. https://t... »
Download the latest indie games - itch.io
Woo! My new game, Wreck the Party: Christmas Edition is out and featured on today! It's about a… »
torrez/detweet · GitHub
@mattb I ran detweet on everyone like two years ago and now reflexively turn off RTs on anyone new I follow. It made things so much bette... »