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https://www.fastcompany.com/90316833/scientists-have-discovered-a-shape-that-blocks-all-sound-even-your-co-workers

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bizcarson/2019/02/22/lime-scooter-software-glitch-causes-random-braking-dozens-of-rider-injuries/

caused the scooters’ front wheels to lock up randomly mid-ride. The sudden braking caused at least 30 injuries in 155 known incidents

usually occurred when riders were going downhill at high speeds

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3mm4z/the-rise-and-demise-of-rss

Before the internet was consolidated into centralized information silos, RSS imagined a better way to let users control their online personas.

https://loupventures.com/annual-smart-speaker-iq-test/

Google Assistant was able to answer 88% of them correctly vs. Siri at 75%, Alexa at 73%, and Cortana at 63%

Over a 12-month period, Google Home improved by 7 percentage points, Echo by 9 points, Siri (9-month) by 22 points, and Cortana by 7 points

https://m.signalvnoise.com/become-a-facebook-free-business-5bfefc20c09d

https://www.diyphotography.net/samsung-used-my-dslr-photo-to-fake-their-phones-portrait-mode/

Earlier this year, Samsung was busted for using stock photos to show off capabilities of Galaxy A8’s camera. And now they did it again – they used a stock image taken with a DSLR […]

https://www.nrk.no/norge/vil-la-e-tjenesten-lagre-nordmenns-nett-trafikk-1.14291174

Mulighetene for masseovervåking av den norske nettrafikken nærmer seg dermed det Snowden-saken avslørte at amerikanske etterretningstjenester gjør i USA, sier fagdirektør Torgeir Waterhouse i […] IKT Norge.

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https://www.wired.com/story/weather-channel-hurricane-florence-storm-surge-graphic/

It fills in the gaps of your imagination, and hopefully underscores for anyone in a flood zone all the reasons they should not be.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5nzx4/what-was-the-first-blockchain

the world’s oldest blockchain predates Bitcoin by 13 years and it’s been hiding in plain sight