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Oct
24

ReHacked vol. 238: Commercially Available Chairs in Star Trek, A search for life on Earth from the Galileo spacecraft, Encrypting all your private data and communications is an ethical duty and more

“A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” --W. Bagehot
10 min read
Oct
17

ReHacked vol. 237: 47 Anime for 47 Prefectures in Japan, Who Runs the Best U.S. Schools?, The Evolution of Tunnel Boring Machines and more

...let the Russian soldiers and the Russian people know that this is an unjust war that is not provoked. --A.Schwarzenegger
6 min read
Oct
10

ReHacked vol. 236: Tales from the Crypto: How the Baltic states became the hub of money laundering, DC's ban on cashless businesses takes effect, BBC Sticks With Mastodon and more

Life is unfair and then... you die --Someone on the internet
6 min read
Oct
03

ReHacked vol. 235: AI is fundamentally ‘a surveillance technology’, A new era for Arecibo, Norway wants Europe-wide ban on Facebook behavioral ads and more

It requires the surveillance business model<...> --M.Whittaker about AI
6 min read
Sep
26

ReHacked vol. 234: NASA’s Osiris-Rex capsule lands in Utah with Bennu asteroid sample, The World’s Oldest Active Torrent, Light Saber Transportation and more

‘A treasure for scientific analysis’: Nasa holds Bennu asteroid sample press conference – as it happened | Nasa | The Guardian #science #space
5 min read
Sep
19

ReHacked vol. 233: Americas richest 10% is responsible for 40% of its planet heating pollution, TikTok fined €345m for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts, Fireball over Iceland and more

<...> students need more textbooks. Physical books are important for student learning. --L.Edholm
4 min read
Sep
12

ReHacked vol. 232: On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations, Rare oxygen isotope detected, The Most Enchanting Art Nouveau Buildings and more

Electrospaces.net: On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations #history #privacy #longread Between June 2013 and May 2019, the
8 min read
Sep
05

ReHacked vol. 231: Tolkien, 50 years on, Harry Browne’s 17 Golden Rules of Financial Safety, Google Preemptively Banned Hundreds of Millions of 'Pirate' URLs and more

The latest Bing popup appeared above the taskbar on Windows 11. Screenshot by Tom Warren / The Verge Make a donation
5 min read
Aug
29

ReHacked vol. 230: The Hunt for the King of the Dark Web, How to sabotage your salary negotiation efforts, Someone needs to save the Internet Archives from the lawyers and more

“We're all just temporarily abled” --Cindy Li
4 min read
Aug
22

ReHacked vol. 229: Nakano Sun Plaza, The Truth Behind Poland's 'Anti-Vampire' Graves, Write about what you learn and more

Make a donation - support Ukraine Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights | Supporting women and LGBTQI+ people in
6 min read