PHP to Hack, an Incrementally Typed Adventure at Slack
In 2016, Slack began a migration of its multi-million line PHP codebase to Facebook’s Hack programming language. As we say a bittersweet goodbye to the final...
5 new features in Android 11 that will redefine mobile app development
The Android platform is one of the most popular mobile app platforms. With Android 10, Google changed to a numeric naming system for their OS and...
Geek Trivia: Why Were Children’s Action Figures Reduced In Size During The Late 20th Century?
Oil Shortages The Vietnam War Government Regulations Consumer Backlash Think You Know the Answer? Source : Geek Trivia: Why Were Children’s Action Figures Reduced In Size...
Study Maps the Hundreds of Bacteria That Live in the Human Vagina
Scientists say they’ve for the first time conducted an extensive analysis of the bacteria that live in the human vagina. And they seem to have found...
Seamless+ Exists Now, Because Every Goddamn Thing Needs to Be a Subscription Service
Ten dollars a month will buy you some decent things, even in this economy. Or you can flush it down the shiny new toilet that is...
Someone Set Up a Weird, Fake Corporate Website to Trick Twitch Into Banning Left-Wing Streamers
Streaming giant Twitch.tv issued 24-hour bans to some of its biggest left-wing podcasters on Tuesday night, including Chapo Trap House, radio host David Pakman, and Mychal...
Data Breach at Controversial Face Recognition Firm Shows Company Can’t Be Trusted, Officials Say
A security breach at a face-recognition startup, already embattled over its unfettered collection of Americans’ personal data on behalf of its hundreds of law enforcement clients,...
Amazon Manager Was Asked to Perform Racial Profiling, Lawsuit Alleges
Until recently, Lisa McCarrick was a loss prevention manager at Amazon, albeit one who alleges she was compensated significantly less than men who held her title...
Why It’s Hard, But Not Impossible, to Make a Board Game About Climate Change
Game designer Elizabeth Hargrave helped jumpstart a tabletop revolution with Wingspan, an environmental board game about creating habitats for birds. Her upcoming release, Mariposas, has players...
Is Gmail Biased Against Elizabeth Warren or Is Everything Just Awful?
If for some reason you have willingly handed over your Gmail address to allow yourself to be spammed by presidential campaigns—perhaps because you want to be...
