Blockbuster report by Joseph Menn for Reuters : Apple Inc. dropped plans to let iPhone users fully encrypt backupsof their devices in the company’s iCloud service after the FBIcomplained that the move would harm investigations, six sourcesfamiliar with the matter told Reuters. The tech giant’s…

Great explanation from Jack Nicas, in his column for The New York Times: Tools like those from Cellebrite and Grayshift don’t actuallybreak iPhones’ encryption; they guess the password. To do so, theyexploit flaws in the software, like Checkm8, to remove the limitof 10 password attempts. (After…

The Mojo Lens is the world's densest display. Image Credit: Mojo Vision Mojo Vision is revealing a smart contact lens with a tiny built-in display that lets you view augmented reality images on a screen sitting right in front of your eyeballs. It’s an achievement that just makes me say, “Wow. This…

You probably know by now that whenever possible you should be making data-driven decisions at work. But do you know how to parse through all of the data available to you? The good news is that you likely don’t have to do the number crunching yourself (hallelujah!) but you do need to correctly…

Apple reportedly abandoned plans to roll out end-to-end encrypted iCloud backups, apparently due to pressure from the FBI https://t.co/v0ydDh2Vjl by @bzamayo https://t.co/Lgo3TDke9D

Monolith to microservices has become a popular talking point in the digital space. Microservices offer more flexibility, quicker time to market, and the removal of the barriers to scaling associated with the monolithic approach. But what do these terms mean, and how will a broad movement from…

In our first post in this two-part series on eye contact, we discussed the importance of eye contact and some of the reasons we don’t always feel comfortable

Smart piece by @jtemple: Addressing climate change is going to require the building and rebuilding of a staggering amount of infrastructure. America has become really inept at doing that, for a whole bunch of reasons, and that'll need to change, fast. https://t.co/QjpW40Padk

I wrote a throwaway line in last week’s set of charts about just how the Apple of 2020 is not the Apple of 2010 just as the Apple of 2010 was not the Apple of 2000. I deleted the reference because I thought the thought deserved its own chart and its own article, which is this one. Here’s the chart:…

Woa. @AnnieLowrey deems #SB50 "the most economically transformative legislation of the Trump era". Agreed. California is the 5th largest economy in the world and #SB50 is the first proposed solution that matches the scale of the housing crisis. https://t.co/Cc2rgmovmo

How often have you talked with another guy who never looked you in the eye during the entire length of the conversation? Or perhaps he did meet your gaze a few

If you are struggling to concentrate at the moment and if you’re new to working in intervals, give yourself an easy start and set a goal of 2 or 3 Focus sessions a day. This may seem to be too little for a day, but consider those sessions for working on tasks which require a high level of focus. You…

What @slatestarcodex learned this decade: https://t.co/MN1nxWjCUr. (It would be great if there were more such round-ups.)

Meaning of your query Meaning of your query To return relevant results for your query, we first need to establish what information you’re looking forーthe intent behind your query. Understanding intent is fundamentally about understanding language, and is a critical aspect of Search. We build…

Big trends and takeaways from the 2010s: the "capital as a moat" model has failed, machine learning has become table stakes for tech companies, and more (@fredwilson / AVC) https://t.co/xpImuI5MDR https://t.co/zHtCs7yL3C

Every new year of the last decade I set a personal challenge. My goal was to grow in new ways outside my day-to-day work running Facebook. These led me to learn Mandarin, code an AI assistant for my home, read more books, run a lot more, learn to hunt and cook, and get more comfortable with public…

The End of the Beginning https://t.co/kuEyX8lS1D The beginning of technology was about the shift from batched computing in one place to continuous computing everywhere. That era of paradigm changes may be over, which means the real changes are only beginning.

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are expected to have a combined 20,000 workers in New York City by 2022, mostly concentrated along Manhattan's West Side (@matthewhaag / New York Times) https://t.co/EY6dE3qnoQ https://t.co/EmGP8mVHBh

Credit Card Basics The most important thing about using credit cards in your budget has nothing to do with credit cards. It's this: In your YNAB budget, you'll make spending decisions based on your categories. Is there enough money in your clothing category for the shirt you want? Great. That has…

In 2015, Sam Altman wrote a post titled “Bubble Talk” which lamented the “boring reading” of ongoing press coverage of a bubble in tech valuations, and laid out 3 scenarios he believed would be true by January 1, 2020. To win, Sam has to be right on all three propositions laid out in the post and…

When we finally stop running away or resisting boredom, then wherever we are can actually become interesting. https://t.co/56ZwkgvSMc

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This is Chapter 7 in a blog series. If you’re new to the series, visit the series home page for the full table of contents. ___________ Part 3: Thinking, in 3D “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves and wise people so full of doubts. ” –…

One of my favorite scenes in The Matrix is when Tank the operator hooks up Neo to a brain-computer interface and starts uploading all kinds of skills directly into his mind. In seconds, Neo becomes a kung fu master. I've always imagined nonfiction books to be kind of like those hand-labeled "skill…

Whatever a person frequently thinks and reflects on, that will become the inclination of their mind. —Buddha Speak and act from unwise thoughts, and sorrow will

E veryone’s on drugs here . . . and stealing,” an ex-felon named Shaku explains as he rips open a blue Popsicle wrapper with his teeth. Shaku is standing in an encampment of tents, trash, and bicycles, across from San Francisco’s Glide Memorial Church. Another encampment-dweller lights a green crack…

Column More and more Americans are single and childless. This is why the holidays are great for us. Meghan Daum Dec 20 · 7 min read Photo: Betsie Van der Meer/Getty Images “I m so sorry you have no family,” an old friend said to me this fall. We were having coffee, catching up after many years while…

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The merger would create a brokerage giant with roughly $5 trillion in assets as the industry copes with zero commissions on stock trades. Schwab announced last month that it would allow customers to trade stocks free, a move its rivals, including Ameritrade, followed. Credit... Michael…

Japan now has over 70,000 people who are more than 100 years old. That stunning fact comes from Extreme Economies , an interesting new book by Richard Davies.

An overview of the CCPA, set to go into effect Jan. 1, and the confusion surrounding it due to its technical complexity and rushed timeline (@samaugustdean / Los Angeles Times) https://t.co/ZJSuNGAlwu https://t.co/j4yDb7bhn9

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If you're fed up of turning up to your workouts feeling tired, lethargic and unmotivated, taking pre-workout may help you alleviate your training lull. A study published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition reported that combining pre-workout with HIIT workouts resulted in…

Just a few years ago, product management was a function that did not have a clear definition. For many companies, product managers were confused for user experience designers, senior technology leads, or, more controversially, project managers . At best, teams acknowledged that PMs were product…

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has vetoed a bill that would have made electric scooters and bikes legal in the state, citing the lack of a mandatory helmet requirement and other safety concerns . The veto means e-bikes and e-scooters will continue to…

Chances are, if you live in an older New York City building, you have an old fashioned radiator. That's because most New York buildings are steam-heated, which means that water heated in a boiler and steam is then distributed throughout the building. And as every New Yorker knows, radiators can be…

If you're familiar with Intuitive Eating, then you know about the hunger and fullness scale, a tool to help you get back in touch with your hunger and fullness cues. This post goes beyond the hunger fullness scale to talk about some of the common questions and barriers I get from clients in my…

If you haven’t already, I highly recommend reading the How to Honor Your Hunger post before reading this one. Respecting your fullness is intuitive eating