Why I regret using 23andMe: I gave up my DNA just to find out I’m British: The results weren’t exciting, and the company was in the process of imploding.
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2025-03-29
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada: So as “to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship”.
2025-03-28
Napster Just Sold For $207 Million. Yes, That Napster. And It’s Headed Straight Into The Metaverse: Napster is not what is used to be.
America Is Done Pretending About Meat: Gone is the dream of a cruelty-free world of vegans; apparently Real Men eat raw beef testicles
2025-03-27
The 2025 journalist’s digital security checklist: Some good ideas in here even if you’re not a journalist.
Pixelfed leaks private posts from other Fediverse instances: Fixed but admins would need to update.
Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28: They’re disabling the ‘Do Not Send Voice Recordings' setting of your Echo.
Is it safe to travel to the United States with your phone right now?: It’s worth taking precautions, as a minimum.
Days after the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned the app was the target of hackers: Via tricking people into using the linked devices feature to devices they don’t own.
Rachel Reeves accused of balancing books on back of UK’s poorest: Based on this year’s Spring Statement.
How Terrorgram Collective Influencers Groomed a Killer: Juraj Krajčík, who shot people outside an LGBTQ+ bar in Bratislava
2025-03-26
As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them: The incredible work of the folk at the Internet Archive.
2025-03-25
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans: The top US national security brass, VP and all, inadvertently included a journalist in their military ops groupchat.
2025-03-24
‘There was just wave after wave’: Gaza doctors recount horror of the last week: Israel’s airstrikes mark the end of the Gaza-Israel ceasefire arrangement.
Trump administration’s blockchain plan for USAID is a real head-scratcher: insomuch as no one can possibly think of what adding $TRUMP memecoins to the system could possibly do to help the beleaguered.
2025-03-23
What happens when the internet disappears?: For so many links, the internet is not forever.
‘Key lessons of Covid are being forgotten,’ UK scientists warn: There’s little suggestion we’ll really know any better what to do next time.
All UK families ‘to be worse off by 2030’ as poor bear the brunt, new data warns: Labour need to correct this asap.
2025-03-22
How do Britons feel about Brexit five years on?: Poll shows 55% of us would support a complete undoing of Brexit.