Oct 18
The general election win ushers in New Zealand’s first purely left-leaning government in decades.
Oct 18
It will likely come as no shock to you that I’m having a pretty unhappy time right now. I know I’ve got it pretty good, all things considered. But what with the global covid-19 pandemic and economic decline, the onslaught of election news, the ever-worsening existential threat of climate change, and also, uh, life…
Oct 18
Hitting the Books: The latest 'Little Brother' is a stark cybersecurity thriller
Posted in: Today's ChiliBack in 2008, New York Times best-selling author and Boing Boing alum, Cory Doctorow introduced Markus “w1n5t0n” Yallow to the world in the original Little Brother (which you can still read for free right here). The story follows the talented teenage…
Oct 18
Dutch King And Queen Abandon Vacation After Being Slammed For Travel Amid Pandemic
Posted in: Today's ChiliKing Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima abandoned their stay in Greece.
Oct 18
NASA has announced that it intends to fund a project with Nokia to build a 4G cellular communication network on the moon. NASA plans to contribute $14.1 million to the project. Nokia’s share is part of $370 million in new contracts for lunar surface research missions announced on Wednesday. The bulk of the money went to contracts with United Launch … Continue reading
Oct 18
Uber, Lyft Are Spending Millions To Fight Labor Protections For Their Workers
Posted in: Today's ChiliHow organized labor is teaming up with app-based workers in California to take on corporate giants.
Oct 18
Thanks to a new book
written by Lucasfilm Star Wars fact
extraordinaire Pablo Hidalgo, we have a lot of interesting new information
about the galaxy far, far away. And it turns out George Lucas’s original plans
for a sequel trilogy bore some interesting resemblances to what actually
happened.
Oct 18
I Stopped Studying For The SAT And ACT And Found A Much Better Way To Use My Time
Posted in: Today's Chili“Colleges should release their applicants from the need to study for a three-hour test not just during the pandemic….”
Oct 18
Mandatory Windows 10 updates aren’t new, but the latest example is raising a few hackles. Windows Latest, ZDNet, The Verge and users are reporting that Windows 10 is force-restarting PCs to install links to Office web apps that launch in Edge, includ…
Oct 18
Of all the racecar liveries ever to grace the track, one of the most attractive has always been the Gulf livery. Gulf cars are known for their baby blue and bright orange color scheme. McLaren has announced that its MSO division has built an Elva that wears the Gulf livery that will debut at Goodwood SpeedWeek. The special car celebrates … Continue reading
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