Estimate How Long It Will Take To Read A Book: Critical Linking, June 6, 2019
Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by All the Books, our weekly podcast about new...
Python 3.8.0 beta 1 has arrived: Have you peeked at the new v3.8 features yet?
Python 3.8 is currently still undergoing development, but developers who want a preview of all the new features can whet their appetite. The beta preview for...
Working to map the air everywhere and help #BeatAirPollution
Whenever I go for a bike ride, I use Google Maps to find bike lanes and avoid busy streets. When I take my kids to the...
Nuheara IQbuds Boost Review: Potentially Life-Changing
Nuheara Wireless earbuds seem to be everywhere. Most offer the same primary feature: play music in your ears. Nuheara is different; it wants to improve your...
Donate, Recycle, or Trash? How to Get Rid of Difficult Items
trekandshoot/Shutterstock Over the past few years, Marie Kondo has introduced the world to the simple pleasure of getting rid of things. However, deciding whether or not...
Why Do Found Texts Fascinate Us So Much?
1. Ghosts A few years ago, on a hike in central Oregon, my niece found this scrap of paper alongside the trail. It reads: “ghosts are...
Tayari Jones Wins 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction
Tayari Jones won the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel An American Marriage. Jones also won the Aspen Words Literary Prize this year, and...
Pratilipi, a ‘YouTube for writers’ storytelling platform in India, raises $15 million
Pratilipi, an app that is uniting writers in India and encouraging others to try their hand at storytelling, has just raised $15 million to expand its...
Preparing students and teachers for the jobs of the future
49-year-old primary school teacher Daiva Gaučytė is always looking for inspiration to make her computer science lessons more fun and relevant. But with minimal computer science...
“I think women in tech should try to step out of their comfort zone more, speak up more without having imposter syndrome.”
A research study by The National Center for Women & Information Technology showed that “gender diversity has specific benefits in technology settings,” which could explain why tech...
