Reason magazine
How To Get Better At Budgets
YOU DON’T HAVE to be an avid consumer of news about the federal government to know that Uncle Sam’s annual budgeting process is a mess.
10+ min |
July 2019
Bloomberg Businessweek
Hong Kong Protesters' Biggest Demand Is Democracy
Voting rights are at the heart of tensions with China.
3 min |
July 15, 2019
Techlife News
Twitter Bans ‘Dehumanizing' Posts Toward Religious Groups
Twitter now prohibits hate speech that targets religious groups by using dehumanizing language, a ban it says may extend to other categories like race and gender.
1 min |
July 13, 2019
Techlife News
Germany Fines Facebook $2.3 Million Under Hate Speech Law
German authorities said that they have imposed a 2 million-euro ($2.3 million) fine on Facebook under a law designed to combat hate speech.
1 min |
July 6, 2019
Bloomberg Businessweek
Under The Banner Of Biodiesel
Polygamist Jacob Kingston got fabulously rich running a company that, the government charges, collected $500 million in tax credits it didn’t earn.
10+ min |
July 01, 2019
Bloomberg Businessweek
Baruch Vega - King Of The Snitches
At the height of the drug wars, Baruch Vega won the trust of American cops, Colombian cartel bosses, and coked-up hit men. Was he the ultimate spy or the ultimate con man?
10+ min |
July 01, 2019
Us Weekly
Scientology: What The A-List Members Know
A new lawsuit accuses the controversial church of kidnapping, abuse and human trafficking. US reveals how much its celeb followers have seen
5 min |
July 8, 2019
AppleMagazine
Facebook To Help French Police Identify Hate Speech Suspects
Facebook is agreeing to help French police identify hate speech suspects, in what the French government is celebrating as a global first.
1 min |
June 28, 2019
New York magazine
"A List Of The Most Revolting Scoundrels I Have Met"
Donald Trump assaulted me in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room 23 years ago. But he’s not alone on the list of awful men in my life.
10+ min |
June 24 - July 7, 2019
Techlife News
Twice Burned: Winklevii Overshadowed By Zuckerberg Yet Again
Can a Libra and two Geminis get along? How about Facebook and the Winklevoss twins?
1 min |
June 22, 2019
Reason magazine
Psychonaut Hamilton Morris On Drugs After Prohibition
What will American drug culture look like once prohibition is finally over and we can start to legally use more substances in more settings?
3 min |
August - September 2019
AppleMagazine
Robot System Puts Long-Distance Students Inside Classrooms
A southeast Nebraska community college is using robots to put long-distance students inside the classrooms.
1 min |
June 21, 2019
Bloomberg Businessweek
What's A Global Economy Between Friends?
Trump and Xi have turned this year’s G-20 into a high-stakes showdown.
4 min |
June 24, 2019
Mother Jones
Corruption Isn't Just Another Scandal. It's The Rot At The Core
We’re launching a new reporting project.
7 min |
July/August 2019
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Long March To Openness
China’s once-cloistered central bank is becoming more communicative.
4 min |
June 17, 2019
Techlife News
Customs Says Hack Exposed Traveler, License Plate Images
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said this week that photos of travelers and license plates collected at the nation’s borders have been exposed in a malicious cyberattack.
1 min |
June 15, 2019
AppleMagazine
Britain To Intensify Fight Against Climate Change
Britain’s outgoing prime minister on Wednesday announced plans to eliminate the country’s net contribution to climate change by 2050.
1 min |
June 14, 2019
AppleMagazine
Russia Demands Tinder Give User Data To Secret Services
Russia is requiring dating app Tinder to hand over data on its users — including messages — to the national intelligence agencies, part of the country’s widening crackdown on internet freedoms.
2 min |
June 7, 2019
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Privacy Hawk Who Take On Big Tech
A California lawmaker’s bill went after Amazon and its peers. They fought back
4 min |
June 10, 2019
Techlife News
Colorado Students Photographed For Facial Recognition Study
More than 1,700 people walking on a University of Colorado campus were unknowingly photographed as part of a facial recognition research project funded by U.S. intelligence and military agencies, a newspaper reported.
1 min |
June 01, 2019
AppleMagazine
Americans Think Fake News Is Big Problem, Blame Politicians
Half of U.S. adults consider fake news a major problem, and they mostly blame politicians and activists for it, according to a new survey.
3 min |
June 7, 2019
Techlife News
Why A U.S. Vs China 'Tech Cold War' Could Be Upon Us
Perilous stakes for both superpowers
6 min |
June 01, 2019
Bloomberg Businessweek
Millions Of Dollars Go Missing In Mexico
American expats say their accounts were emptied and Monex isn’t making them whole
5 min |
May 27, 2019
PC Magazine
Airbnb Guests Find Hidden Camera Live-Streaming Their Stay
A family made a creepy discovery at an Airbnb in Ireland in March: Their host was secretly filming them with an internet-connected camera.
1 min |
May 2019
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Enemy Of My Enemy
Saudi Arabia and Iran battle each other via proxies, but their rivalry has trigger points for more direct conflict
8 min |
May 27, 2019
Techlife News
California Sues Over $1B In Canceled High-Speed Rail Money
California sued to block the Trump administration from cancelling nearly $1 billion for the state’s high-speed rail project, escalating the state’s feud with the federal government.
2 min |
May 25, 2019
The Atlantic
To Save The Church, Dismantle The Priesthood
Catholics must detach themselves from the clerical hierarchy— and take the faith back into their own hands.
10+ min |
June 2019
Globe
Malia Obama Humiliated!
Barack & Michelle’s daughter caught up in Harvard bribe scandal.
3 min |
May 27, 2019
Techlife News
Explorer Recounts Making The Deepest Ocean Dive In History
Taking the hours-long journey to what is believed to be the deepest point mankind has visited in any ocean was a complicated one, and for Victor Vescovo, it meant being constantly on the alert as he monitored his state-of-the-art vessel.
3 min |
May 18, 2019
The Atlantic
Liberalism's Last Stand
As Viktor Orbán systematically removed all impediments to his autocratic regime, one independent institution stood defiant: a university, in the heart of Budapest, founded by George Soros. The school’s survival became a test of liberalism’s ability to beat back its new ideological foe—in Hungary and beyond.
10+ min |