Sunday, May 31, 2020

How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance

Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here's how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.

source https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protest-safely-surveillance-digital-privacy

Should We Purposely Infect Healthy Volunteers With Covid-19?

Such studies could speed up the development of a vaccine—but would mean deliberately giving people a disease that could kill them.

source https://www.wired.com/story/should-we-purposely-infect-healthy-volunteers-with-covid-19

The Women of Ukraine's Railroads Keep the Trains Running

The under-sung heroes of the country's rail system keep vigilant watch from colorful mini-castles.

source https://www.wired.com/story/women-ukraine-railroads

How to Add a Weighted Vest to Your Workouts at Home

Why the weighted exercise vest is the best piece of home workout gear you're not using.

source https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-workout-with-a-weighted-exercise-vest

A Taylor Swift, 'Killing Eve' Mystery Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup

Last week, social media did some sleuthing to figure out who recorded a haunting cover of the singer's “Look What You Made Me Do” for the BBC America show.

source https://www.wired.com/story/internet-week-272

Covid-19 Is History’s Biggest Translation Challenge

Services like Google Translate only support 100 languages, give or take. What about the thousands of other languages—spoken by people just as vulnerable to this crisis?

source https://www.wired.com/story/covid-language-translation-problem

How to Take Your Work Offline in Case of an Emergency

Internet outages, blackouts, and other accidents can make working from home more complicated. Here's how to protect yourself.

source https://www.wired.com/story/work-offline-blackout-google-gmail