In 2018 police arrested “the Golden State Killer” — now a 72-year-old man who had committed 13 murders between 1974 and 1986, the New York Times remembers: What made the investigation possible was GEDmatch, a low-frills, online gathering place for people to upload DNA test results from popular direct-to-consumer services Read more…
Wikipedia points out that America’s two largest-circulation publications are the two magazine sent out to over 38 million members of massive non-profit AARP (originally the American Association of Retired Persons). It’s now starting its own social network to compete with Facebook (which according to a recent survey is being used Read more…
“Wannabe innovation hubs from coast to coast have been slavering over the prospect that the work-from-home revolution triggered by the COVID pandemic would finally break the stranglehold that California and Silicon Valley have had on high-tech jobs,” writes a business columnist for the Los Angeles Times. “Here’s the latest picture Read more…
As viewership drops for Hollywood’s annual Academy Awards ceremony, “Everyone has a theory about the decline…” argues an opinion piece in the New York Times. “My favored theory is that the Oscars are declining because the movies they were made to showcase have been slowly disappearing.” When the nominees were Read more…
A new essay from The Baffler suggests burnout is “a personal malady that indexes a broken labor system,” rather than a trendy term that “resonates with affluent professionals who fetishize overwork.” And then the essay turns to Jonathan Malesic’s new book The End of Burnout: He casts a critical eye Read more…
“Pong on a Commodore 64 is one thing… but Pong in a single C64 sprite? That’s uncharted territory,” writes Slashdot reader segaboy81. The Commodore 64 is an iconic machine. For many of us boomers, it was our introduction to programming… Josip Retro Bits is a YouTube channel that specializes in Read more…
Protocol reports: The web is overrun with junk. This is so obvious, I almost don’t need to say it. But I will: Between the pop-ups, the autoplaying videos, the cookie banners, the incessant calls for sign-ups, the coupon offers, the “Don’t forget to subscribe!” reminders on top of the other Read more…