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08.03.23
PUBLIC HEALTH | 4-MINUTE READ
Covid's Summer Wave Is Rising—Again
BY AMANDA HOOVER
Covid-19 cases are slowly increasing across the US for the fourth summer in a row.
POST-DOCS | 11-MINUTE READ
The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movement Set Us Free?
BY GREGORY BARBER
Tired of relying on Big Tech to enable collaboration, peer-to-peer enthusiasts are creating a new model that cuts out the middleman. (That's you, Google.)
DEALS | 9-MINUTE READ
The Best Back-to-School Deals on Laptops, Backpacks, and Earbuds
BY LOURYN STRAMPE AND JULIAN CHOKKATTU
Everyone can benefit from these back-to-school deals ahead of the new semester.
FREE BIRD | 3-MINUTE READ
Hackers Could Have Scored Unlimited Airline Miles by Targeting One Platform
BY LILY HAY NEWMAN
Flaws in the Points platform, which is used to manage dozens of major travel rewards programs, exposed user data—and could have let an attacker snag some extra perks.
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A New Wave of Peer-to-Peer Apps Heralds a Farm-to-Table Internet
This week, we discuss the local-first computing movement and its push to reduce our reliance on the corporate-owned, cloud-based software tools we use every day.
BUYING GUIDE | 2-MINUTE READ
The Best Laptop Totes for Work and Weekends
BY MEDEA GIORDANO
We filled these bags to the brim with our tech, wallets, and water bottles. They held up to the test.
SCANDI DRAMA | 3-MINUTE READ
Norway Took On Meta's Surveillance Ads and Won
BY MORGAN MEAKER
Meta has long fought Europe's demands that it get people's consent before using their data for targeted ads. Then a Norwegian regulator threatened fines of $100,000 per day.
PRODUCT REVIEW | 4-MINUTE READ
OnePlus' Mechanical Keyboard Is Sturdy and Surprisingly Quiet
BY ERIC RAVENSCRAFT
The first collaboration between OnePlus and Keychron is a heavy, customizable keyboard with a soft typing experience—if you're into that kind of thing.
IDEAS | 3-MINUTE READ
What Meta's New Studies Do—and Don't—Reveal About Social Media and Polarization
BY JONATHAN STRAY
The papers are neither proof that Facebook divides us nor a vindication of social media. They're a starting point.
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