Week of 2018/08/12

[NyTimes]

• "$100 Million Was Once Big Money for a Start-Up. Now, It's Common." [nytimes]
• "Larry David: What Really Happened at Trump Tower" [nytimes]
• "These MoviePass Superfans Found Each Other. But What's Next?" [nytimes]
• "Uber and the False Hopes of the Sharing Economy" [nytimes]
• "Inside Twitter's Struggle Over What Gets Banned" [nytimes]
• "Banks and Retailers Are Tracking How You Type, Swipe and Tap" [nytimes]
• "Don't Let TripAdvisor Kill Adventure" [nytimes]
• "What's the Right Number of Taxis (or Uber or Lyft Cars) in a City?" [nytimes]
• "The Trouble With Trucking" [nytimes]
• "The 'Zombie Gene' That May Protect Elephants From Cancer" [nytimes]
• "60 Times Madonna Changed Our Culture" [nytimes]
• "Richard Jarecki, Doctor Who Conquered Roulette, Dies at 86" [nytimes]

[Links]

• A first look at San Francisco's sensational new elevated park [link]
• The first graphene jacket is here, and it's magical [link]
• SpaceX reveals the controls of its Dragon spacecraft for the first time [link]
• What is the Application for Segway's Self-Balancing, Powered Single-Wheel Rollerskates? [link]

Week of 2018/08/05

[NyTimes]

• "Inside Twitter's Struggle Over What Gets Banned" [nytimes]
• "Why Apple Is the Future of Capitalism" [nytimes]
• "NASA Names Astronauts for Boeing and SpaceX Flights to International Space Station" [nytimes]
• "A Generation Grows Up in China Without Google, Facebook or Twitter" [nytimes]
• "Welcome to the World, Little Fish. In 14 Days You'll Start Making Babies." [nytimes]

[Links]

• I tried Magic Leap and saw a flawed glimpse of mixed reality's amazing potential [link]
• 7 of the most innovative watches ever made [link]

Week of 2018/07/29

[NyTimes]

• "Stumbles? What Stumbles? Big Tech Is as Strong as Ever" [nytimes]
• "For Sale: Survey Data on Millions of High School Students" [nytimes]
• "'Lopping,' 'Tips' and the 'Z-List': Bias Lawsuit Explores Harvard's Admissions Secrets" [nytimes]
• "The Fight for the One-Piece Swimsuit Emoji" [nytimes]

[Links]

• Nissan's Senior VP of Design, Alfonso Albaisa, on His Design Process, Working in Japan & Advice for Young Designers [link]
• Australia's Wendy Tuck wins Clipper Round the World yacht race [link]
• This record-breaking Everest climber has reached the summit nine times. She makes $11.50 per hour washing dishes at Whole Foods. [link]

Week of 2018/07/22

[NyTimes]

• "Idaho Inmates Hacked Prison Service for $225,000 in Credit" [nytimes]

[Links]

• Over $118bn wiped off Facebook's market cap after growth shock [link]
• What if people were paid for their data? [link]
• Why I'd never do a TED talk (and it’s not just because they're named after a man) [link]
• The World Economy Runs on GPS. It Needs a Backup Plan [link]

Week of 2018/07/15

[NyTimes]

• "They Bought a Ghost Town for $1.4 Million. Now They Want to Revive It." [nytimes]
• "Amazon's Curious Case of the $2,630.52 Used Paperback" [nytimes]
• "Are You Ready to Fly Without a Human Pilot?" [nytimes]

[Links]

• Google's iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary [link]
• A Short History of Prediction-Serving Systems [link]
• The Productivity Booster You Have in Your Pocket, But Probably Don't Use [link]
• Netflix has revolutionised television. But is its crown starting to slip? [link]

Week of 2018/07/08

[NyTimes]

• "'Still Can't Believe It Worked': The Story of the Thailand Cave Rescue" [nytimes]
• "Women Making Science Videos on YouTube Face Hostile Comments" [nytimes]
• "Seriously, Juice Is Not Healthy" [nytimes]
• "This Snail Goes Through Metamorphosis. Then It Never Has to Eat Again." [nytimes]
• "I Used Apple's New Controls to Limit a Teenager's iPhone Time (and It Worked!)" [nytimes]

[Links]

• Can you trust Big Tech to cure you of your smartphone habit? [link]
• How to fix reinforcement learning [link]

Week of 2018/07/01

[NyTimes]

• "The Millennial Socialists Are Coming" [nytimes]
• "Can Elon Musk and Tesla Reinvent the Way Cars Are Made?" [nytimes]
• "How Smart TVs in Millions of U.S. Homes Track More Than What's on Tonight" [nytimes]
• "The Rise of the Stressed-Out Urban Camper" [nytimes]
• "The Balancing Act of Arches" [nytimes]

[Links]

• The AudioKit Synth One is a pro-level iPad synth that’s completely free [link]
• I couldn't test-drive Radio Flyer’s Star Wars landspeeder, but my 5-year-old did [link]
• Swiss Investors On What Silicon Valley Can Learn About Blockchain Adoption From 'Crypto Valley' [link]
• Cruel pranksters made NYC internet kiosks play ice cream truck tunes [link]

Week of 2018/06/24

[NyTimes]

• "California Passes Sweeping Law to Protect Online Privacy" [nytimes]
• "We Have Reached Peak Screen. Now Revolution Is in the Air." [nytimes]
• "Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse" [nytimes]

[Links]

• The AudioKit Synth One is a pro-level iPad synth that’s completely free [link]
• This device will literally tell you how much you stink [link]
• Hands-On with Lightform Projection Mapping! [link]
• Facebook drops solar-powered Internet drone business, cans Aquila [link]

Week of 2018/06/17

[NyTimes]

• "Review: 'Incredibles 2' Is a Fast Blast (With Red Flags)" [nytimes]
• "Christo's Latest Work Weighs 650 Tons. And It Floats." [nytimes]
• "At Snapchat, Redrawing the Bounds of Reality" [nytimes]
• "Chicago Says Elon Musk's Boring Company to Build High-Speed Link to O'Hare" [nytimes]
• "The Winners and Losers From the AT&T Verdict" [nytimes]
• "Why We Are So Vulnerable to Charlatans Like Trump" [nytimes]

[Links]

• China Just Handed the World a 111-Million-Ton Trash Problem [link]
• Ford's Detroit Investments Are Bigger Than a Train Station [link]
• The Story Behind Susan Kare's Iconic Design Work for Apple [link]
• ARKit 2: Why Apple keeps pushing AR, and how it works in iOS 12 [link]

Week of 2018/06/04

[NyTimes]

• "In the World of Cryptocurrency, Even Good Projects Can Go Bad" [nytimes]
• "Booking With Airbnb? Here's Your Survival Guide" [nytimes]

[Links]

• 'He would be an incredible president': Steve Kerr is US sport's voice of reason [link]
• Lightform Projected AR Platform [link]
• Apple announces a very international group of Apple Design Award winners [link]
• Unfortunately, the Electric Scooters Are Fantastic [link]
• Uber keeps on truckin' as Freight expands nationwide [link]
• The Nissan Recon is the Camper Van You Don't Know You Want [link]
• A Beginner's Guide to Blockchain Programming [link]