The (Edited) Latecomer's Guide to Crypto
“Here, a group of around fifteen cryptocurrency researchers and critics have done what the New York Times apparently won't.” [Link]
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EU's Digital Markets Act will require Apple to open iMessage
“European regulators on Thursday revealed their plan to rein in the anti-competitive practices of Big Tech and fundamentally remake how some of the world's most powerful companies do business. The rules, which target tech giants like Apple, Amazon, Meta and Google, are far-reaching and would have
Ukraine Is Selling NFTs to Finance Its Military
“While it might seem like a weird attempt to gin up funds, Ukraine claims to have raised more than $54 million so far through cryptocurrency donations in order to help fund war and relief efforts in the embattled country. So there’s definitely something to be said for jumping on
Notable Sandwiches #20: The British Rail Sandwich
“The British Rail sandwich is not really a sandwich at all, but rather a category of sandwiches—modest constructions of hard-boiled egg, cheese and tomato, pressed luncheon meat, tongue, boiled ham, cucumber, prawns, etc., offered on the trains traversing Britain’s many kilometers of railway, particularly (though not exclusively)
These Companies Are Clamoring for Women's Dollars As They Help Tank Pro-Women Legislation
“Companies clamoring for women’s dollars are making huge donations to politicians and political action committees specifically designed to tank legislation aiming to lift women and families out of poverty, according to new research obtained by Jezebel.” [Link]
Crows possess higher intelligence long thought primarily human
“Research unveiled on Thursday in Science finds that crows know what they know and can ponder the content of their own minds, a manifestation of higher intelligence and analytical thought long believed the sole province of humans and a few other higher mammals.” [Link]
The web is for everyone: Our vision for the evolution of the web
“We believe to make the web a better place we need to focus our work on these nine areas.” From Mozilla. [Link]
What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination means to Black women
“At the start of this week’s hearing, The 19th spoke to people who gathered on the steps of the high court about what her historic journey to the most powerful bench in the United States means.” [Link]
In most states, over half of all women of color earn less than a living wage
“In nine states, 50 percent or more of all women workers are earning less than $15 an hour. But in 40 states, 50 percent or more of all women of color — Black women, Latinas, Native American women and Asian American and Pacific Islander women — are earning below a living wage.
That's one highly leveraged squirrel video
That's one highly leveraged squirrel video
Equal Pay Day: What can transparency laws do to the gender pay gap?
“After years of little progress toward pay equity, more and more states and localities are passing pay transparency laws that eliminate the secrecy around salaries and could be a powerful tool for eliminating the gender pay gap.” [Link]
Dual use of artificial-intelligence-powered drug discovery
“An international security conference explored how artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for drug discovery could be misused for de novo design of biochemical weapons. A thought experiment evolved into a computational proof.” Nightmare fuel. [Link]