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The New Ways Your Boss Is Spying on You
It’s not just email. Employers are mining the data their workers generate to figure out what they’re up to, and with whom. There’s almost nothing you can do about it.
What Is the Heat Index? Is it the Heat, the Humidity, or Both?
With a heat wave spreading to about two-thirds of the United States, you’re going to hear a lot about the heat index rather than the air temperature. Here’s what it all means.
Rogue P. Bigha📢!!
i believe that weather should care more about sustained deep impact and innovation over time, rather than some arbitrary metric of enthalpy
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On TikTok, Teens Meme the Safety App Ruining Their Summer
Parents can use Life360 to track their teen’s location in real time. The company can use that data to sell car insurance.
0x0018 - The Full Office 97 Floppy Experience
Druaga1 sent me an "invite.doc" and I needed to open it. Office 97 install time I guess.... If you've seen any of my later videos on this laptop you'll know ...
For years, automakers wildly overpromised on self-driving cars and electric vehicles—what now?
Tech execs and auto company leaders are becoming increasingly pessimistic about the future of AVs—and they are far less sanguine about electric vehicles (EVs) as well—because the raft of rosy projections in recent years have not even remotely come...
Sonder raises $210 million to offer apartments with hotel-level service
San Francisco-based hospitality company Sonder announced that it's raised $210 million in venture capital, bringing its total raised to $400 million.
I Tried Emailing Like A CEO And Quite Frankly, It Made My Life Better
Replying immediately and with two words to all emails is actually heaven.
A Woman Was Fatally Impaled by a Metal Straw
A coroner’s report about the grisly case in Britain highlighted the potential dangers of metal straws.
UC and Elsevier
The University of California is re-negotiating its systemwide licenses with some of the world’s largest scholarly journal publishers, including Elsevier, to provide additional open access options for UC authors. In these negotiations, the UC is...
The World’s Fastest (Old) Man
Age has slowed Charles Allie, but only slightly. At 71, he wants the world record in 100 meters to go along with his age group records in the 200 and 400.
Who’s Listening When You Talk to Your Google Assistant?
A Belgian broadcaster obtained recordings of more than 1,000 conversations with Google's automated assistant, some including personal details and medical information.
Hey Instagram bully, you might want to rethink that hurtful comment
Facebook-owned Instagram wants to weed out hateful comments before they appear.
Exclusive: The true origins of the Seth Rich conspiracy theory. A Yahoo News investigation.
In the summer of 2016, Russian intelligence agents secretly planted a fake report claiming that Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was gunned down by a squad of assassins working for Hillary Clinton, giving rise to a notorious...
New Feature for the MTurk Marketplace - Happenings at MTurk
Workers can now see Requester activity level, approval rate and average payment review time.
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One of the things we have heard from Amazon…
Zoom Zero Day: 4+ Million Webcams & maybe an RCE? Just get them to visit your website!
Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom Client allows any malicious website to enable your camera without your permission. The flaw potentially…
Volunteer for CSCW 2020 Organizing Committee
The success of CSCW depends on the volunteer efforts of our community members! Please fill out this form if you are interested in being on the organizing committee for CSCW 2020. This is not a commitment, only an expression of interest. Please also...
Call for Participation | UIST 2019
The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) is the premier forum for innovations in human-computer interfaces.