April 16, 2019: the morning read

NY Times: A France in Turmoil Weeps for a Symbol of Paris’s Enduring Identity

NY Times: ‘As a Proud New Yorker Who Loves Giving Directions, I Decided to Step In’

NY Times: Big Companies Thought Insurance Covered a Cyberattack. They May Be Wrong.

Ars Technica: Hackers could read non-corporate Outlook.com, Hotmail for six months

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April 12, 2019: the morning read

NY Times: How Katie Bouman Accidentally Became the Face of the Black Hole Project

NY Times: Falcon Heavy, SpaceX’s Giant Rocket, Launches Into Orbit, and Sticks Its Landings

CNET: Congress wants to put a stop to illegal robocalls

CNET: Google loses diversity chief amid unrest over workplace issues

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April 11, 2019: the morning read

NY Times: Darkness Visible, Finally: Astronomers Capture First Ever Image of a Black Hole

NY Times: Net Neutrality Vote Passes House, Fulfilling Promise by Democrats

NY Times: Organizing Your Unwieldy Photo Collection Is Easier Than You Think

CNET: Julian Assange arrested at Ecuadorian Embassy in London

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April 10, 2019: the morning read

EdTech: 3 Ways Universities Can Keep Their Data Safe

CNET: In a world of Google and Amazon, libraries rethink their role

CNET: Facebook still tracks you after you deactivate account

The Verge: Scientists are about to unveil the first images of a supermassive black hole

The Verge: Behind the process of Helvetica’s 21st century facelift

Ars Technica: Mysterious safety-tampering malware infects a second critical infrastructure site

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April 9, 2019: the morning read

NY Times: At Long Last, a Glimpse of a Black Hole

NY Times: Felicity Huffman and 13 Others to Plead Guilty in College Admissions Scandal

NY Times: Olympic Cyclist Kelly Catlin Seemed Destined for Glory. Then She Killed Herself.

NY Times: Culture of Secrecy Shields Hospitals With Outbreaks of Drug-Resistant Infections

NY Times: Britain Proposes Broad New Powers to Regulate Internet Content

CNET: What e-books at the library mean for your privacy

CNET: In defense of the Apple MacBook keyboard

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April 8, 2019: the morning read

NY Times: The Week in Tech: Facebook Is Desperate to Shape Tech Regulation. Should It?

CNET: Apple’s latest hire might help burnish its AI image

CNET: Facebook, Google, Twitter to face US lawmakers about tech ‘censorship’

Ars Technica: Here’s why NASA’s audacious return to the Moon just might work

TechCrunch: GPS Rollover is today. Here’s why devices might get wacky

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April 6, 2019: the morning read

NY Times: Watch a Great White Shark Hunt Through a Kelp Forest for Its Next Meal

CNET: After fleeing New York, Amazon finds warmer welcome for other HQ2

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Books I’m Reading

19) Leviathan Awakes by James S. A. Corey (April 5, 2019)

20) Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch by Ruth Cowan (April 6, 2019)

21) The Fever King by Victoria Lee (April 7, 2019)

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April 5, 2019: the morning read

NY Times: Watch Two Eclipses on Mars, Recorded by NASA’s Curiosity Rover

NY Times: A.I. and Privacy Concerns Get White House to Embrace Global Cooperation

NY Times: From Bubble Memory to Hot Spots and a Fly Rod

CNET: Google shuts down AI ethics council after controversy over members

CNET: A music nerd’s last stand: You’ll pry my CDs out of my cold dead hands

The Verge: Apple has poached another of Google’s top AI researchers

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April 4, 2019: the morning read

NY Times: Apple AirPods Review: The Perfect Earbuds, Except They Don’t Last

NY Times: A.I. Experts Question Amazon’s Facial-Recognition Technology

CNET: Privacy experts: Focus on controlling damage caused by data collection

The Verge: The problem with AI ethics

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