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    • "Amazon nomads" crisscross the US looking for cheap, sometimes rare, goods at small-town superstores and outlet clearance sales to sell on Amazon Marketplace (Josh Dzieza/The Verge)

    Josh Dzieza / The Verge: “Amazon nomads” crisscross the US looking for cheap, sometimes rare, goods at small-town superstores and outlet clearance sales to sell on Amazon Marketplace  —  To stock Amazon’s shelves, merchants travel the backroads of America in search of rare soap and coveted toys "Amazon nomads" crisscross the US looking for cheap,

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    Four Chips To Retro Perfection

    Over the years, we’ve seen many people build a computer from the ground up. It’s always great, but this one takes the cake. I’m not just saying that because there’s a cute little ‘Z80 Inside’ logo on the silk screen, either. It’s a four IC Z80 computer, a tiny board, and [Just4Fun]’s entry into this

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    A hit-and-run scooter crash nearly killed him. Now he’s fighting for the data that could reveal the rider’s identity.

    A Chicago cyclist was injured by an electric scooter rider who fled the scene. Now he’s gone to court to get the city’s e-scooter companies to turn over personal information about their riders and their history. A hit-and-run scooter crash nearly killed him. Now he’s fighting for the data that could reveal the rider’s identity.

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    • PE group Bridgepoint to buy a majority stake in Qualitest, an Israeli developer of AI-based software testing and quality assurance tools, source says for ~$420M (Steven Scheer/Reuters)

    Steven Scheer / Reuters: PE group Bridgepoint to buy a majority stake in Qualitest, an Israeli developer of AI-based software testing and quality assurance tools, source says for ~$420M  —  JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Private equity group Bridgepoint has agreed to buy a majority stake in Qualitest, and Israeli software testing firm … PE group Bridgepoint

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    • Charting how Google's privacy policy has changed since 1999, when it was a mere 600 words, until now, when it's 4,000 words, and what it says about the internet (New York Times)

    New York Times: Charting how Google’s privacy policy has changed since 1999, when it was a mere 600 words, until now, when it’s 4,000 words, and what it says about the internet  —  The late 1990s was a simpler time for Google.  The nascent company was merely a search engine, and Gmail, Android and YouTube

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    • The Art of Self-Defense functions like a 20-year anniversary remake of Fight Club

    In Riley Stearns’ new movie The Art of Self-Defense, a lonely, mild-mannered office drone has an experience that forces him to reevaluate his lowly place in a supposedly civilized society. He joins a group with a charismatic leader who encourages a reclamation of traditional masculinity built around boundary-breaking physical conflict. He meets a similarly minded

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    • Researchers, educators, writers, and activists talk about how trans people found each other in the early days of the internet (Henry Giardina/Gizmodo)

    Henry Giardina / Gizmodo: Researchers, educators, writers, and activists talk about how trans people found each other in the early days of the internet  —  This week, we’re looking at the state of free speech on the internet, how we got here, and where we’re going.  —  Trans people have existed since the dawn of

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