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COVID-19

Rio's Favela Museum Organizes Community and Memorializes Its People

The interdependent culture of Brazilian favelas offer a means of survival.
Jessica Jacolbe
11.3.20
Coronavirus

You And a Friend Can Protest As Much As You Like During England's COVID Lockdown

There will be no exemptions to allow for protests of more that two during the incoming COVID lockdown, set to begin on Thursday and last a month.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
11.3.20
2020 election

Trump Kicked Off Election Day Complaining on Fox News That He Hates His Job

“It’s hard to have friends these days,” the president lamented on live television, moments after polls opened.
Paul Blest
11.3.20
venezuela

Venezuela’s Maduro Is Calling His Left-Wing Critics ‘Terrorists’ and Throwing Them in Prison

Repression against supporters of the original revolution is growing.
Lexi Parra
11.3.20
privacy

Amazon’s Surveillance Drones Violate FCC Rules. It's Time To Enforce Them

Home surveillance devices like Amazon Ring are already illegal, but the Republican-led FCC has done nothing to enforce its own rules.
Albert Fox Cahn
Evan Greer
11.3.20
Games Podcasts

The Dualsense, Haptic Zipper Feedback, and Bizarre Video Game Ads

Marketing for the next generation of consoles has been markedly tame compared to the ads of yore.
Ricardo Contreras
11.3.20
Games News

Nintendo Will Stop Selling Multiple Games in March 2021. But Why?

The cynical answer, according to analysts and one developer, is likely the correct one: it's to juice game sales.
Patrick Klepek
11.3.20
Bitcoin

Iran Is Pivoting to Bitcoin

Iran is hoping to sidestep US sanctions by becoming the first country in the world to use the digital currency to pay for imports.
Mohammed Rasool
11.3.20
5-minute crafts

Viral Russian YouTube Channel Not a PsyOp, Just Good at Making Videos

5-Minute Crafts, which has 70 million YouTube subscribers, has been the subject of many theories about its true motives. It's actually just very good at making viral videos.
Jason Koebler
11.3.20
Life

This Is What Happens When You're Facing Redundancy

Here's what to expect if you're facing a job loss this year, with advice from people who have been through the process before.
Hayden Vernon
11.3.20
Games Features

The 'Oregon Trail' Studio Made a Game About Slavery. Then Parents Saw It

'Freedom!' tried to show the horrors of antebellum slavery and the courage of escaping slaves. But neither schools nor audiences were ready for it.
Robert Whitaker
11.3.20
Disinfo Dispatch

Trump Continues to Lie On Twitter, and There's Nothing They Can Do to Stop Him

The night before polls opened, Trump used Twitter to undermine the election, again, and Twitter's response was way too slow.
David Gilbert
11.3.20
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