[nonostantement #306] - tony hawk / long covid / dystopian fiction in 2023
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[Video] - Tony Hawk's "Tapes you leave Behind"
My Life With Long Covid
Ms. Lupi is an information designer who has been experiencing symptoms of long Covid for over three years.Is Your Phone the Reason You Feel Broke?
"The smartphone economy is booming — and it also feels awful"Stanford Prison Experiment: why famous psychology studies are now being torn apart
The most famous psychological studies are often wrong, fraudulent, or outdated. Textbooks need to catch up.Popular Dystopian Fiction If It Were Describing 2023 - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
[Video] - Hank Green On The Problem With Being A Creator
[...] the creator economy, the finances of making content on platforms like YouTube and TikTok, and the exchange of uploading stuff for free.
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ChatGPT turns one: How OpenAI’s AI chatbot changed tech forever
OpenAI’s low-key launch inspired huge change from Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and the whole startup industry. It’s an AI boom, or an AI bubble. But where does it go next?Sony debuts first PS5 controller for disabled gamers
The Access Controller is a 'highly customisable kit' of buttons, triggers and sticks, the firm says.
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Trains were designed to break down after third-party repairs, hackers find
The train manufacturer accused the hackers of slander.E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance
As the Internet Archive appeals a court decision blocking alternatives to digital book licenses, a new report reveals that the world’s largest publisher may be selling readers’ intimate personal data to the highest bidder.How Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras
Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on what was sold as a revolution in transparency and accountability. Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill.
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