April 3, 2019: the morning read

EdTech: To Optimize Campus IT, Start by Building a Better Team Culture

NY Times: Media Companies Take a Big Gamble on Apple

CNET: Equal Pay Day: Women in tech are still making less than men

CNET: Astronomers set to make ‘groundbreaking’ black hole announcement

Ars Technica: Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand

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April 2, 2019: the morning read

EdTech: Drones Take Flight on Campus for Teaching, Research and Administrative Tasks

Ars Technica: NASA chief says a Falcon Heavy rocket could fly humans to the Moon

Ars Technica: FTC gives ISPs green light to block applications as long as they disclose it

TechCrunch: Gmail turns 15, gets Smart Compose improvements and email scheduling

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April 1, 2019: the morning read

CNET: Vivaldi mobile browser due in 2019 — but no ad blocking

NY Times: Bret Easton Ellis Has Calmed Down. He Thinks You Should, Too.

CNET: Google’s most secure login system now works on Firefox and Edge, too

Ars Technica: Valve’s long-rumored VR headset is finally real: the Valve Index, coming in May

NY Times: Fossil Site Reveals Day That Meteor Hit Earth and, Maybe, Wiped Out Dinosaurs

The Verge: Mark Zuckerberg says the internet needs a ‘more active role’ for regulators

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March 29, 2019: the morning read

NY Times: Brexit Live Updates: U.K. Parliament Debates Theresa May’s Departure Plan

NY Times: Lyft Prices I.P.O. at $72 a Share

The Verge: Security researcher pleads guilty to hacking into Microsoft and Nintendo

The Verge: Here’s proof Huawei is now a titanic consumer brand

Ars Technica: Former NSA contractor pleads guilty to stealing classified material

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March 28, 2019: the morning read

NY Times: Brunei to Punish Adultery and Gay Sex With Death by Stoning

NY Times: Gen Z in Their Own Words

NY Times: Alternate Brexit Plans Rejected; Theresa May Offers to Step Down

CNET: Why facial recognition’s racial bias problem is so hard to crack

CNET: Will Apple’s TV app on Roku, Fire TV and Samsung kill the Apple TV box?

The Verge: How Grindr became a national security issue

TechCrunch: The danger of ‘I already pay for Apple News+’

NY Times: Protecting Your Internet Accounts Keeps Getting Easier. Here’s How to Do It.

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March 27, 2019: the morning read

NY Times: Inside Google’s Rebooted Robotics Program

NY Times: Protecting Your Internet Accounts Keeps Getting Easier. Here’s How to Do It.

NY Times: Why You Procrastinate (It Has Nothing to Do With Self-Control)

CNET: Google looks to outside experts to guide work on controversial AI issues

CNET: Article 13: EU approves controversial copyright law

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Books I’m Reading

17) Rogues edited by George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois (March 26, 2019)

18) Six Months, Three Days by Charlie Jane Anders (March 26, 2019)

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March 26, 2019: the morning read

NY Times: Trump and Republicans Seek to Turn the Tables in Post-Mueller Washington

NY Times: Once Jailed in Guantánamo, 5 Taliban Now Face U.S. at the Negotiating Table

NY Times: NASA Cancels First All-Female Spacewalk Over Spacesuit Sizes

NY Times: Apple Unveils Video Service With Celebrity Parade but Few Details

NY Times: Depressed and Anxious? These Video Games Want to Help

CNET: Apple spent its whole event subtweeting Facebook and Google

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March 24, 2019: the morning read

NY Times: How Anne Welsh McNulty, Philanthropist, Spends Her Sundays

NY Times: Its Territory May Be Gone, but the U.S. Fight Against ISIS Is Far From Over

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March 25, 2019: the morning read

NY Times: Mueller Finds No Trump-Russia Conspiracy, but Stops Short of Exonerating President on Obstruction

NY Times: How to Not Ruin Your Life (or Just Die of Embarrassment) With a Screen Share

NY Times: The Week in Tech: Our Future Robots Will Need Super-Smart Safety Checks

EdTech: What Universities Can Do to Limit the Cybersecurity Risk of Personal Devices on Campus

CNET: Apple’s TV streaming and news party may end with an antitrust hangover

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