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For years we’ve noted how broadband providers impose all manner of bullshit fees on your bill to drive up the cost of service post sale. They’ve also historically had a hard time being …

The hacktivist group Cult of the Dead Cow will release details about the system at Def Con next week.

One of the news industry’s longest-standing problems is that have failed to properly value the work they create. They should take a cue from the music industry.

Back in January, Bloomberg News published a story quoting an obscure government official named Richard Trumka Jr. He works with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which regulates stuff like furniture and electronics and household appliances. Basically, the agency is supposed to make sure that the stuff we buy is safe, and won’t kill us or

Men suffer under patriarchy, too – and Ryan Gosling’s man-child Ken is a brilliant demonstration of that

North Carolina state Rep. Tricia Cotham shocked the country when the vocally pro women’s rights to healthcare legislator suddenly switched parties to vote against women’s rights. Turns …

Climate "doomers" believe it’s far too late to do anything about climate change - but they're wrong.

In a few days, Alyssa K. Watson’s interview with me on Carbon Culture Review will no longer be featured, replaced by an interview with Alia Gee or Claudie Arsenault. Not sure who’s next…

An outdated law prevents the federal government from responding to heat waves the way it does to hurricanes and wildfires.

A new Bankrate analysis looks at the best and worst states for retirees based on factors such as cost of living, cost of healthcare, crime, and quality of life.

Trends in alcohol consumption from the middle ages to the modern world tell a story.

On July 6, the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) launched their Legacy of Structural Racism Interactive Report. While this report is far from the first piece of literature to connect policies such as single-family zoning to structural racism, it provides a high-level overview and collection of resources on this history of structural racism in the

We’ve published our joint paper with Google Research in Nature Medicine, which proposes CoDoC (Complementarity-driven Deferral-to-Clinical Workflow), an AI system that learns when to rely on predictive AI tools or defer to a clinician for the most accurate interpretation of medical images.

Special Operations vet Jeff Tiegs runs Skull Games, where evangelical Christians use internet surveillance to locate and bust sex workers.

A new report adds to a growing line of research showing that police departments don’t solve serious or violent crimes with any regularity, and in fact, spend very little time on crime control, in contrast to popular narratives.

Gone are the small, clean, cheap motels and public spaces where anyone can find a place to nurse a cup of coffee. Yet the camaraderie of the Greyhound is hanging on

The defining problem driving people out is ... just how American life works in the 21st century.

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Extra terrestrials? Intra-terrestrials? Inter-dimensionals? Weather-balloons? Secret military tech? Or something even stranger…? An infographic summary of all the major theories, from ordinary to out-there.

J.B. Pritzker, governor of Illinois, in a commencement address at Northwestern University, June 12, 2023: The best way to spot an idiot? Loo...

While other streamers are cutting costs and trying to minimize subscriber churn, Roku is finding adventurous ways to grow ad revenue.

About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters.

The Texas Education Agency took over Houston ISD, the state’s largest school district. Parents and teachers are furious.

Photo by David Tomaseti on Unsplash These are dangerous days. To say what you feel is to dig your own grave. Sinead O’Connor/Black Boys on Mopeds