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crypto wars

Encrypted Messaging App Signal Says It Won’t Comply With Australia’s New Backdoor Bill
Signal joins Apple, Google, Microsoft, and other tech giants who have already condemned and protested the bill.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
12.14.18
sexual harassment

$20 million of Les Moonves’ planned severance will go to these groups
Check out the full list
Rex Santus
12.14.18
Tunnel Vision

Could Weed Save New York's Awful Subways?
A new proposal called Weed for Rails thinks so.
John Surico
12.14.18
Drugs

We Looked Into Whether CBD Would Show Up in a Drug Test
Despite the wellness glow surrounding CBD products, could they make you fail a pre-employment pee test?
Elizabeth Brico
12.14.18
This Week in Science

Just Hearing the Results of a DNA Test Can Make Your Body Act Differently
People who were told that they were genetically at risk for poor exercise capacity couldn’t run as long as they could before they were told about their “risk.”
Shayla Love
12.14.18
Internet Insecurity

'Donald' Is Now One of the Top 25 Most Commonly Used Passwords
Another year of horrendous, terrible, no good passwords is in the books.
Yael Grauer
12.14.18
Travel

The Cheapest Places to Fly This Winter and Still Have an Amazing Vacation
Only suckers travel during peak season. Here are five great winter vacations you can take for under $350 for a round-trip flight.
Evie Carrick
12.14.18
dead whales

Rotting Whale Carcasses Are Bringing Risk of Shark Swarms to Australian Coast
The government of Western Australia revealed that a historic number of dead whales littered its beaches this year.
Sarah Emerson
12.14.18
immigration

Everything we know about the 7-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody
Twenty-four hours after she and her father turned themselves in at the border, the girl was dead.
Tess Owen
12.14.18
Future Proof

How a labor union is using an algorithm to predict when to organize
The algorithm is only one way unions have recently embraced tech in bargaining.
Jamie Maxwell
12.14.18
Expert Witness with Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau on CupcakKe's Literotica and Leikeli47's Smokescreens
The Dean of American Rock Critics reviews CupcakKe's 'Ephorize,' 'Queen Elizabitch,' and 'Eden' alongside Leikeli47's 'Wash and Set' and 'Acrylic.'
Robert Christgau
12.14.18
exoplanets

This Alien World Is Evaporating Faster Than Any Known Planet
“In only a few billion years from now, half of the planet may be gone.”
Becky Ferreira
12.14.18
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