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What Social Media needs to learn from traditional Media. On October 10, 1999, the Los Angeles Times published a special issue of its Sunday magazine devoted entirely to the opening of the Staples Center arena in downtown LA. Apparently unbeknownst to the Times editorial staff, including the writers and… (Gilad Edelman via WIRED)
The energy future needs cleaner batteries. Late in August, at a precisely specified point in the low Arctic, a geologist named Dave Freedman stood in a raw wind and a limitless expanse of tundra and began to thwack with a sledgehammer at a rock outcrop jutting up from the soil. (Drake Bennett via Bloomberg)
Facebook is starting to share more about what it demotes in News Feed. The way that Facebook controls its News Feed is often controversial and largely opaque to the outside world. Now the social network is attempting to shine more light on the content it surpresses but doesn't remove entirely. (Alex Heath via The Verge)
Summer Wildfires Emitted More Carbon Dioxide Than India Does in a Year. The world set a scary new record last month: Wildfires around the world pumped out more carbon dioxide than ever before. Forests on multiple continents went up in smoke, spewing out billions of tons of carbon dioxide, new data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service shows. (Gizmodo)
Are Eastern European startups overlooked and undervalued?. Russian-speaking and Eastern European technology entrepreneurs are acknowledged as some of the most technically skilled in the world. (Alexander Chachava via TechCrunch)
No, Vaccinated People Are Not 'Just as Likely' to Spread the Coronavirus as Unvaccinated People. For many fully vaccinated Americans, the Delta surge spoiled what should've been a glorious summer. Those who had cast their masks aside months ago were asked to dust them off. Many are still taking no chances. (Craig Spencer via The Atlantic)
China Makes Preparations for Evergrande's Demise. Chinese authorities are asking local governments to prepare for the potential downfall of China Evergrande Group , according to officials familiar with the discussions, signaling a reluctance to bail out the debt-saddled property developer while bracing for any economic and social fallout from the company’s travails (Keith Zhai via Wall Street Journal)
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