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Just how anonymous is the NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app?
WIRED UK
7 min read · 10 saves · 2020-05-12 · The NHS app isn’t anonymous but extra information would be needed to work out who you are
How Skype lost its crown to Zoom
WIRED UK
5 min read · 15 saves · 2020-05-12 · Skype should have dominated lockdown communications, but now we’re all stuck on Zoom calls. What went wrong?
Starting a Business That People Need
Entrepreneur
2 min read · 235 saves · 2020-04-02 · Businesses succeed by solving real problems. Here's how to determine what problems you can solve to make your new business a success.
Deep Learning Algorithms — The Complete Guide
Towards Data Science
~16 min read · 425 saves · 2020-04-07 · Oleksii Kharkovyna · An in-depth look at the world of deep learning.
The History of Cities Is About How We Get to Work
Bloomberg CityLab
~14 min read · 149 saves · 2019-08-29 · From ancient Rome to modern Atlanta, the technologies that allow people to commute in about 30 minutes have defined the shape of cities.
With 1,000 deaths a day, our leaders should be facing far tougher questions
The Guardian
4 min read · 51 saves · 2020-04-10 · Dominic Raab should be addressing kit shortages for NHS staff, not his ‘letters of last resort’, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
This Is Trump’s Fault
The Atlantic
~19 min read · 160 saves · 2020-04-07 · David Frum · The president is failing, and Americans are paying for his failures.
The tech sector is finally delivering on its promise
Vox
8 min read · 131 saves · 2020-04-07 · Matthew Yglesias · The internet has been a productivity bust — until now, when it’s emerged as vital
Test and trace with Apple and Google
TechCrunch
4 min read · 33 saves · 2020-03-29 · After the shutdown, the testing and tracing. “Trace, test and treat is the mantra … no lockdowns, no roadblocks and no restriction on movement” in South Korea. “To suppress and control the epidemic,…
How to Hold on to Happiness When Your World Collapses
Psychology Today
4 min read · 91 saves · 2020-03-27 · Tips for 4 weeks of self-isolation: An evidence-based guide
LATER DATE
laterdate.net
2020-04-09 · I think one day we will be able to go outside again. Honestly, I am fantasizing about this later date. This is a performance in two parts.
He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus
The New York Times
20+ min read · 278 saves · 2020-04-11 · An examination reveals the president was warned about the potential for a pandemic but that internal divisions, lack of planning and his faith in his own instincts led to a halting response.
