WIRED
Why Amazon Really Raised Its Minimum Wage to $15
How a Facebook Group for Sexual Assault Survivors Became a Tool for Harassment
Facebook’s Mandatory Malware Scan Is an Intrusive Mess
The Cynical Misdirection Behind #ReleaseTheMemo
What Would Really Happen If Russia Attacked Undersea Internet Cables
How The Government Hides Secret Surveillance Programs
Facebook Confirms It’s Working on a New Internet Satellite
Why So Many People Make Their Password ‘Dragon’
The Most-Cited Authors On Wikipedia Had No Idea
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MOTHERBOARD / VICE
Google Employee’s Anti-Diversity Manifesto Goes ‘Internally Viral’
Here Are the Citations for the Anti-Diversity Manifesto Circulating at Google
DIY Powerwall Builders Are Using Recycled Laptop Batteries to Power Their Homes
The Motherboard Guide to Sexting Securely
Twitter Told Congress This Random American Is a Russian Propaganda Troll
Meet the DIY Mechanics Retrofitting Classic Cars With Electric Motors
Copyright Law Makes Artificial Intelligence Bias Worse
This Is How Much Marketers Know About You Based on One Facebook Like
PewDiePie Is Inexcusable but DMCA Takedowns Are Not the Way to Fight Him
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MASHABLE
No, Zuckerberg isn’t running for office—his tour is much bigger than that
Apple finally approved an app that tracks drone strikes, then abruptly deleted it
Twitter’s backend is breaking under Trump’s tweets
How Twitter took on Trump’s bot army—and won
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTING
Ghana’s First Microbrewery Is Changing the Way Beer Is Made in Africa (MUNCHIES)
The majority of African migrants move between countries on the continent (Africa is a Country)