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Censorship

Cops Are Arresting Indians For Critical Posters of Modi That They Didn’t Make

India gave away 58 million vaccines to 65 countries at the beginning of this year. Indians are now struggling to get vaccinated themselves.
Pallavi Pundir
5.17.21
climate change

A ‘Complete’ Energy Transition Is Needed By 2030 to Avoid ‘Existential Threat’ to Humanity

A Swiss government-backed study suggests that we could see major warming in the near future if we do not have a "fast and complete" renewable energy transition.
Nafeez Ahmed
5.17.21
Hacking

AirTags Can Be Used To Figure Out When a House Is Empty, Researcher Warns

A security researcher warns that a feature that displays when an AirTag was last seen could give away some sensitive information about its surroundings.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
5.17.21
school surveillance

Tech Companies Want Schools to Use COVID Relief Money on Surveillance Tools

As schools reopen with billions in federal aid, surveillance vendors are hawking expensive tools like license plate readers and facial recognition.
Todd Feathers
5.17.21
Tech

‘Cryptographic Attestation of Personhood’ Could End CAPTCHAs Forever

"Prove you're not a robot" challenges could soon mean pushing a literal button with your finger.
Matthew Gault
5.17.21
lin wood

QAnon Lawyer Lin Wood Thinks the Election He Lost Must Be Rigged

Wood says his loss is proof the entire system is rigged, and he’s calling for an audit of all recent election results.
David Gilbert
5.17.21
china

Here’s the Story Behind Snowden’s Mysterious Chinese Tweet

The former NSA contractor and whistleblower was following a long tradition of coded dissent.
Viola Zhou
5.17.21
Environment

This ‘Woke’ Oil Company Has Been Illegally Polluting a Poor Latino Community

Oil giant Suncor vowed to fight racism in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. But it’s still releasing cancer-causing chemicals into a low-income Latino neighborhood north of Denver.
Geoff Dembicki
5.17.21
wellness

Am I Taking Plan B Too Much?

Emergency contraception is great in a pinch, but has its limits.
Hannah Smothers
5.17.21
Recipe

Pad Korat Recipe

Pepper Teigen, mom of Chrissy, makes her hometown version of pad Korat. Like a saucier and spicier iteration of pad Thai, it can be made with chicken, beef, tofu, eggs, or vegetables.
Pepper Teigen
5.17.21
Social Media

I Tried The Inverted Filter on TikTok to Find Out Why It's Messing With People’s Self-Esteem

TikTokers are having meltdowns seeing their faces inverted. I tried the cursed filter out myself.
Koh Ewe
5.17.21
vaccines

We Talked to People Flying Across the World To Get the COVID Vaccine

“Also, we just need to travel. Sounds crazy, but we really do.”
Caleb Quinley
5.17.21
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