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U.S. Freelance Workforce, Now 56.7M People, Grew 3.7M Since 2014
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Self-control signals and affords power
New research from the UC San Diego Rady School of Management and Texas A&M University finds that having self-control is often what leads to power.
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China listening in on Skype - Microsoft assumes you approve
Fighting censorship with technology since 2011. We use AI to monitor censorship and expand free speech worldwide.
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When the business model is the privacy violation
Sometimes, when we worry about data privacy, we’re worried that data might fall into the wrong hands or be misused for unintended purposes. If I’m considering participating in a medical study, I’d want to know if insurance companies will obtain the data and use it against me. In these scenarios, we should look for…
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Controversial pesticide research all but vanished from a major conference
During hundreds of sessions, a significant topic went missing: scholarly research on one of Corteva’s products – neonicotinoids.
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Tor in 2022
It has become a tradition for me to write a blog post at the end of each year, sharing my vision for the Tor Project for the upcoming year. Before talking about what I see for us in 2022, I want to reflect on 2021 and how this has been a year of resilience for Tor.
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Supporting Hypothesis
Stripe is supporting the development of Hypothesis, an open-source testing library for Python
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Wikipedia Workers in Britain set global first by seeking union recognition
Wikipedia workers in Britain request union recognition with UTAW, national branch of the CWU
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The Library Card Project: The Ease of Forming Anonymous Companies in the U.S.
As it happens, more corporations – anonymous and public – are established in the United States each year than in any other jurisdiction.
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20,000 UC Berkeley Lectures Made Illegal, So We Irrevocably Mirrored Them
Update 12/21/2019: just looking to access these videos? Check out the @UCBerkeley channel on lbry.tv or download the app and…
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Break Up Big Tech: Civil Society Declaration
We, people and civil society organisations from Europe and around the world, call on the European Commission to act now to break up the powerful Big Tech
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MythBusters Helped a Wrongly Convicted Man Prove His Innocence
John Galvan was arrested at 18 and spent 35 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
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Blogwashing
Blogwashing is a scammy SEO tactic which involves changing an old blogs publish date to a more current date to fake freshness to a search engine.
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TeleSign profiles half of the world’s mobile phone users
TeleSign generates a “reputation score” and sells it to various clients. TeleSign secretly received the mobile phone data from BICS, a Belgian company that provides interconnection services
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Rijksmuseum to Stage the Largest Vermeer Exhibition in 2023
In the spring of 2023, the Rijksmuseum, the national museum of the Netherlands, will dedicate a retrospective exhibition to the 17th-century master Johannes Vermeer for the first time in its history. With loans from all over the world, this promises to be the largest Vermeer exhibition ever. The Rijksmuseum itself has…
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How I Ran An Ad on Fox News via Google TV Ads
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Squatting in Spain: Understanding Spain's "okupas" problem
With the rise of 'okupación' in Spain, property owners and individuals alike are seeking to navigate the legal landscape and social implications of squatting.
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Where do stolen bikes go?
Researchers tracked the whereabouts of stolen bicycles in Amsterdam, revealing patterns of activity after bikes are pilfered. The work was led by members of MIT’s Sensable City Lab.
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Swedish government agencies say energy-intensive crypto mining should be banned
The most common method for producing crypto-assets requires enormous amounts of electricity and generates large CO2 emissions. Crypto-asset producers are keen to use more renewable energy, and they are increasing their presence in the Nordic region. Sweden needs the renewable energy targeted by crypto-asset producers…
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We have surpassed 6 of the 9 planetary boundaries that sustain human life (2023)
The planetary boundaries framework highlights the rising risks from human pressure on nine critical global processes that regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth
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Call for Participation to Chaos Computer Club’s 37C3
The Chaos Communication Congress is the Chaos Computer Club’s (CCC) annual symposium and hacker party.
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Is Spending Time on Social Media Bad for Us?
With people spending more time on social media, many rightly wonder whether that time is good for us. Do people connect in meaningful ways online? Or are they simply consuming trivial updates and polarizing memes at the expense of time with loved ones?
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If David Cameron bans secure encryption he can't intercept
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