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We take a look at how site speed and Core Web Vitals have changed over the last 12 months. There are new web standards, better support for existing...

An investigation by The Markup and STAT found 49 out of 50 telehealth websites sharing health data via Big Tech’s tracking tools.

In this article, Keima Kai provides a brief history of AI in web design, explores its current implications for creativity, and offers suggestions for how web...

Are you ready for the countdown to Christmas? This year, the web community was once again busy creating tech advent calendars jam-packed with fantastic...

The evolution of this weapon may have had little to do with threats from predators.

A conversation with Danielle Citron.

Tesla confirmed that Tesla Cybertruck will also take advantage of the company's 1 MW ultra-fast charging technology.

Belkin this week announced the launch of a new AirPods Cleaning Kit, which is designed to remove earwax and dirt build-up from the earbuds to restore...

R&D is researching and exploring design patterns and building blocks that will be needed to build news stories in MR in the immediate future.

The data Movetodon accesses is never stored on its server, and both app connections ask for limited permissions.

Links to adult content overwhelmed other posts from Chinese cities where rallies escalated.

Built around AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton, the Vector Institute is a $135M bid to ‘put Canadian companies in the big leagues.’ Is it living up to its promise?

As Elon Musk sends Twitter into chaos, we’re sharing what we picked up about Mastodon as we selected a server.

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Employees and advertisers keep telling him about the risks of the changes he’s making to Twitter — but he’s not listening.

Two new malicious dropper apps have been discovered spreading the Xenomorph banking malware via the Google Play Store.

In addition to group topics and collectible usernames.

Seedy scam networks are using social media to organize campaigns that influence product ratings. They’re a headache for shoppers—and tough to crack down on.

Those little stickers given out at poll sites have been proven to encourage us to vote. On the eve of the midterms, top designers push their potential.

Meta deserves a bit of a discount off of its recent highs, but a number of myths about its business have caused the market to over-react.

Emmy-winning producer James Gordon Meek had his home raided by the FBI. His colleagues say they haven’t seen him since.

A strong batch of earnings have propelled bank stocks in recent days, but investors remain more cautious on the outlook of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

Government fritters away homegrown technologies and has no strategy to lessen reliance on other countries.

Apple’s looking to shift some production away from China.

Trombones. Hot dogs. Baboons. Collectible cards. Lore. Trombone Champ has it all.

One day in February, Wiktor Daniec stood in a medieval town of his own creation. Daniec, who lives in Warsaw, Poland, owned the land, on which he’d built a...

Well, this is unfortunate. We’ve already highlighted the many, many problems with the Online Safety Bill in the UK, which will be a massive attack on free...

Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard pioneered ways to use sound waves in stars to reveal their internal dynamics. We asked him what they revealed about life in the...

The stakeholders also agreed to meet every month virtually, with representatives from industry bodies including Nasscom in attendance.

Edge Computing World (ECW) is back in person at the Santa Clara Convention Center from October 11th to 12th, 2022. In its 4th year, Edge Computing...

ValiDate: Struggling Singles in Your Area is the most inclusive and brutally honest queer dating simulator.

By Tom Warren / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.

Twitter Blue subscribers will get the edit button first.

An explosive whistleblower complaint from Peiter "Mudge" Zatko alleges that Twitter misled regulators and investors about gaping security holes and efforts...

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Gepek has over 4,200 users in Croatia and is expanding into Europe. The startup has made deliveries to Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Serbia and Slovenia.

Neurologist Christopher Walsh discovered genes that direct cerebral cortex development. We asked him what they reveal about intelligence, psychiatric...

Trying to modify the potential deal could scuttle the entire package.

Every so often, our star fires off a plasma bomb in a random direction. Our best hope the next time Earth is in the crosshairs? Capacitors.

By Jim Waterson / The Guardian. View the full context on Mediagazer.

Newspaper says possible definitions of renamed HTSI include ‘how to save it’ as cost of living crisis bites.

Goldman and Dzotsi’s announcement is the latest blow for the embattled eight-year-old show.

"These efforts are like building a big bonfire in the woods and hoping someone finds you.".

Twitter should go private and return to its pre-2012 approach of being a centralized service with third-party clients.

From Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

Physicists are reexamining a longstanding assumption: that big stuff consists of smaller stuff.

How does a crypto hype man stay ahead of regulators? He keeps running.

Accel and Index Ventures are by far the most active investors in European unicorns over time. And their lead persists when it comes to investments in the new...

Meet Insify, an insurtech startup that raised a $17 million (€15 million) Series A round led by Accel. The company wants to modernize the insurance market....

Nieman Lab is open to pitches! Please send them to staff@niemanlab.org with PITCH in the subject line. What makes a good Nieman Lab pitch? A pitch...