trumpism A human being at Facebook manually approved the idea of targeting ads to users interested in "white genocide" Cory Doctorow
los angeles Hollywood assistants are the latest group to come together, share their salaries, and demand better working conditions Thom Dunn
youtube YouTube removed battlebot videos because its system thought they contained "animal suffering" Clive Thompson
Business Amazon on Prime Day Strike: 'People who plan to attend the event on Monday are simply not informed' Xeni Jardin
Business The empirical impact of Lyft and Uber on cities: congestion (especially downtown, especially during "surges"), overworked drivers Cory Doctorow
gwot Big Tech is deleting evidence needed to prosecute war crimes, and governments want them to do more of it Cory Doctorow
china A rapidly proliferating software license bars use by companies with poor labor practices Cory Doctorow
eff The European Copyright Directive: What is it, and why has it drawn more controversy than any other Directive in EU history? Cory Doctorow
Business Uber's internal investigators 'overworked, underpaid, emotionally traumatized' with 1,200 cases a week: Report Xeni Jardin
climate Facing unpaid overtime, cuts and austerity, French cops threaten to join Gilets Jaunes protesters Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Thousands of sleep apnea sufferers rely on a lone Australian CPAP hacker to stay healthy Cory Doctorow
picks An overworked US postal worker shares what life is like delivering Amazon packages Rusty Blazenhoff
lifehacks Tip for preventing burnout: collect information in big buckets, not tiny cups Mark Frauenfelder
politics Australia put an algorithm in charge of its benefits fraud detection and plunged the nation into chaos Cory Doctorow
security The Trump family's holidays and business trips have used up the entire Secret Service budget Cory Doctorow
corruption Louisiana's public defender's office is largely nonexistent so poor people just plead guilty Cory Doctorow
