January 2, 2022
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Is Bluetooth holding back Apple’s AirPods? We asked the man who made them
“First, a qualification: Gary Geaves isn’t quite “the man who made the AirPods”, and I’m sure he’d never describe himself as such. He is, though, the fabulously…”
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Presentations — Benedict Evans
“What mattered in tech this week? Once a week, I send an email newsletter to over 150,000 people – what happened in tech that actually mattered, and what it…”
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Two NFT copycats are fighting over which is the real fake Bored Ape Yacht Club
“A pair of non-fungible token projects are testing the boundary between plagiarism and parody. Digital marketplace OpenSea has banned the PHAYC and Phunky Ape…”
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“These days so much of my free time is booked with calls to explain to people outside the software industry why crypto assets are such a destructive force and…”
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We Surveyed Experts on Democracy. They’re Worried About the U.S. Turning Even More Authoritarian.
“As Trump’s Big Lie festers among the Republican Party and political norms continue to erode, we at The New Republic are pretty concerned about the future of…”
December 31, 2021
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“Selection of political officials by random sample from a pool of candidates “Demarchy” redirects here. It is not to be confused with démarche . In governance ,…”
December 29, 2021
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The New Get-Rich-Faster Job in Silicon Valley: Crypto Startups
““It’s the perfect storm,” Carter said. “The momentum we’re seeing in this space is just incredible.” Carter is part of a wave of executives and engineers…”
December 25, 2021
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How Many Books Does It Take to Make a Place Feel Like Home?
“There’s a reason that some people won’t let go of their physical books — and a new term for it: ‘book-wrapt.’ Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have…”
December 23, 2021
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We’re About to Lose Track of the Pandemic
“As the Omicron variant sprints to dominance across the United States , the country’s ability to track the resulting infections is about to evaporate. There are…”
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Gray Hair Can Return to Its Original Color—and Stress Is Involved, of Course
“Credit: Getty Images Few harbingers of old age are clearer than the sight of gray hair. As we grow older, black, brown, blonde or red strands lose their…”
December 21, 2021
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“African music has been part of America’s cultural DNA since roughly 1619. But in 1982—the year Michael Jackson’s seismic “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’”…”
December 17, 2021
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But Who Tells Them What To Sing?
“Adrian Daub | Longreads | September 2021 | 21 minutes (5,894 words) When a new trailer for the Marvel film Black Widow dropped in April of this year — after the…”
December 16, 2021
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America Is Not Ready For Omicron
“America was not prepared for COVID-19 when it arrived . It was not prepared for last winter’s surge. It was not prepared for Delta’s arrival in the summer or…”
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““We specifically chose this transparent floatie for Jeremy because I hoped that if we got the angle of the sunlight right, it would do this incandescent…”
December 15, 2021
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Toyota opens up about its battery EV strategy, shows off new SUVs
“Enlarge / Toyota is playing EV catchup, but it’s evidently been busy behind closed doors working on some ideas, as seen above. Noriaki Mtsuhashi/N-RAK PHOTO…”
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“From: Robin Sloan To: The Media Lab Sent: November 2021 Kvindedansen i Megara, 1888-1889, Niels Skovgaard It’s possible you have, in recent months, seen…”
December 6, 2021
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“The Balkanization of media will continue, until it doesn’t Douglas Rushkoff Nov 15 · 5 min read Photo: Luke Jones/Unsplash As we all predicted back in the…”
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Opinion | Why international election observers would give Wisconsin a failing grade
“Laura Thornton is director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. On Nov. 10, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and…”
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The TikTok Algorithm Knew My Sexuality Better Than I Did
“Despite being a Social Media Manager and having an embarrassing relationship with my screen time reports, as soon as I became aware of the rise of TikTok, I…”
November 30, 2021
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“In 1993, a SWAT team equipped with night-vision goggles and assault rifles surrounded Mel Gibson’s mansion under the cover of darkness. They burst into the…”
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‘House of Gucci’ Review: Murder, Italian-Style
“Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino and Jared Leto serve up a heaping platter of prosciutto in Ridley Scott’s tale of family treachery. Send any friend a story As…”
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The Underappreciated Genius of William Lindsay Gresham’s Nightmare Alley
“Many who read this will have read Nightmare Alley . But it is to be hoped that others will be drawn to read this singular work for the first time. I envy the…”
November 22, 2021
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The Decline and Fall of the Galactic Empire
“This article contains spoilers through the first season of Foundation . Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series is perhaps the definitive expression of mid-century…”
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Why You Gravitate to Puzzles When You’re Depressed
“As the summer of 2021 dragged on, my mental health waned toward depression—and I’m certainly not the only one struggling right now. Along with other depressed…”
November 13, 2021
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“There was a serendipitous overlap between my Twitter feed and this newsletter earlier this week: as I was posting the first part of my exchange with Chris Dixon…”
November 9, 2021
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Why are all the movies in black and white?
“Clockwise from top left: Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand in The Tragedy of Macbeth ; Timothée Chalamet in The French Dispatch ; Gunda ; Ruth Negga and…”
November 7, 2021
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“Ever since I entered what can generously be called my “mid-30s,” doctors have asked about my pregnancy plans at every appointment. Because I’m career-minded and…”
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“Getty Images Last week the Salt Lake County Department of Public Health posted a lighthearted graphic on Twitter, purporting to show Covid vaccination rates by…”
November 5, 2021
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Rocky exoplanets are even stranger than we thought
“Rocky debris, the pieces of a former rocky planet that has broken up, spiral inward toward a white dwarf in this illustration. Studying the atmospheres of white…”
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Opinion | The Mystery of ‘Havana Syndrome’
“Serge Schmemann The Mystery of ‘Havana Syndrome’ Nov. 3, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET Credit… Ibrahim Rayintakath Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10…”