Hacking Humanity

Brian Patrick Eha / BREAKER: How cryptocurrency lobbying evolved from startup employees educating local officials on basics of blockchain to well funded PACs for electing

Bálint’s extended musings: Starting with Chrome 69 on desktop, users logging in to a Google site or service are automatically logged in to Chrome, which

Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi / Reuters: The Swiss Bankers Association unveils new guidelines for banks that could make it easier for cryptocurrency/blockchain companies to open corporate

Steven Sinofsky / Learning By Shipping: Amazon increasingly looks like a traditional retailer, with Prime as a loyalty program, Basics as its house brand, and

Arielle Pardes / Wired: Museums around the world, including the Smithsonian, are increasingly using augmented reality technology to engage visitors at the exhibits  —  MAE

Ian King / Bloomberg: Sources shed light on how Qualcomm’s nascent server chip unit withered amid Broadcom takeover saga that resulted in cost cuts and

Lux Alptraum / The Verge: A look at SASS, which provides anonymous online counseling on abortion pills and helps women avoid prosecution in states where

New York Times: Doctors and scientists at Sloan Kettering Cancer Center strongly object to its for-profit deal with AI startup PAIGE for exclusive rights to

Alyssa Hertig / CoinDesk: Bitcoin Core client, patched earlier this week, contained a second vulnerability which let attackers create new bitcoins above the 21M hard

Washington Post: White House says draft EO ordering probes into practices of Facebook and Google is not an official document; sources: Yelp contacted WH aides