The Lonely Work Of Moderating Hacker News
Can a human touch make Silicon Valley’s biggest discussion forum a more thoughtful place?

August 8, 2019 at 11:18AM
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I Tried Hiding From Silicon Valley In A Pile Of Privacy Gadgets
Avoiding digital snoops takes more than throwing money at the problem, but that part can be really fun.

August 8, 2019 at 09:12AM
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Wait, People Pay For Tinder?
Like a mobile game, the dating app offers paid features that increase the odds of success. Lots of people are buying.

August 8, 2019 at 06:54AM
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How Android Paved The Way For The Smartphone
From today’s vantage point, it’s easy to view the ubiquity of the smartphone as preordained, but only an extremely optimistic tech seer would have predicted it when Google bought a startup called Android in 2005.

August 7, 2019 at 05:36PM
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How TikTok Could Fail
It’s only a year old, but it already faces significant challenges around the world.

August 7, 2019 at 05:36PM
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The Race To Design Personalized, Wearable Air Conditioning
Extreme heat around the world is pushing companies — and researchers — to find new ways to cool down the human body.

August 7, 2019 at 12:06PM
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How Artificial Intelligence Is Learning What People Look Like Just By Hearing The Sound Of Their Voice
Engineers are working hard at developing visualizations of people from hearing their voices.

August 7, 2019 at 08:18AM
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The Large-scale Effort To Replicate London’s Tower Bridge For ‘far From Home’s’ Finale
Lidar, shooting panos and textures three times a day, and closing the bridge for just two minutes at a time.

August 7, 2019 at 06:48AM
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Python Is Eating The World: How One Developer’s Side Project Became The Hottest Programming Language On The Planet
Frustrated by programming language shortcomings, Guido van Rossum created Python.

August 6, 2019 at 03:24PM
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Attention Apple Retro-Heads: Claris Is Back!
Apple revives the original name of its software subsidiary, which it abandoned in 1998. The rebranded Claris also is acquiring an Italian software company.

August 6, 2019 at 12:02PM
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