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What an excellent puzzle game! First of all, it's very beautiful and simple. The style makes it look like a child's game but it gets hard. The first time I played I lost patience a…

People jaywalk often, I feel like this issue should have appeared before. Would it be possible Uber was using some of Otto's technology (self-driving trucks) then decided to replac…

In "AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order", Kai-Fu Lee (former president of Google China) says many US companies don't give enough resources to their Chine…

A few weeks before launch, Steve Jobs replaced screens on the iPhone because they would get scratched too easily. You don't see this level of care anymore. > For weeks, he had been…

Is there currently a way to get the elevation of a point? I know Google Earth has one but it's very imprecise

> AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon have pledged to stop selling location data to brokers who may sell the information on the black market. Most of them stopped according to the article.

> giving the right to sue to customers who have had their location data shared without their explicit permission. Are Terms of Service considered explicit?

If you're interested in the effects of conspiracy theories on society, it is a fascinating watch. You see how people get pulled into the theory, get marginalized by society and how…

What if an automated voice asks you to spell out your username/ID?

In order to get people to care about their online privacy, use what they're most private about. Last Week Tonight used the same trick on their segment with Snowden. https://www.wir…

> The deal is for new installations of the Amazon Assistant, a comparison-shopping tool that customers can add to their web browsers. It fetches Amazon’s price for products that us…

If Pearson is down, does the exam get cancelled?

> Photos have emerged of a repainted 737 Max in Ryanair colours outside Boeing’s manufacturing hub, with the name 737 Max replaced by 737-8200 on the nose. Now I'm worried about bo…

It might have been for free, it's unclear they bought it https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/12/18137369/duckduckgo-duck...

If you want Google search without tracking, you should try StartPage https://www.startpage.com/

spinlock seems mutex

I guess they're learning for OpenAI's mistakes on Dota2 (people were exchanging strategies online) https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/6t8qvs/openai_bots_w...

France is an ecosystem where smaller (tech) companies get acquired by massive conglomerates (Vivendi, LVMH...). Or more recently like Zenly's acquisition by Snapchat. https://en.wi…

A possible alternative would be to tax carbon emissions

It seems most people share your sentiment http://plus.lefigaro.fr/note/the-most-hated-airport-in-the-w...

Is there any way this could impact plane manufacturers? Lighter planes would mean less pollution.