QR codes are ubiquitous in China. Whether tracking your health or charging your phone, buying a beer or booking a workout, here are 16 surprising uses for QR codes.

England's Euclidean Revolution

Gaggle monitors the work and communications of almost 5 million students in the US, and schools are paying big money for its services. Hundreds of company documents unveil a sprawling surveillance industrial complex that targets kids who can’t opt out.

Most people own things they don’t really need. It is worth thinking about why.

Domestic workers have been illegally sold via Instagram and other apps on Google and Apple's stores.

The federal government's outstanding public debt has surpassed $23 trillion for the first time in history, according to data from the Treasury Department.

Architects are taking issue with risk-averse playparks full of sluggish roundabouts and tiny climbing frames. But are playgrounds in the middle of roads really the answer?

It is a good question, but I was a little surprised to see it as the title of a research paper in a medical journal: “How Happy…

Midori Takada’s Through The Looking Glass almost vanished when released in 1983, but thanks to a quirk of the video streaming platform, it’s been hailed as an ambient masterpiece

Recently, we caught a new unknown exploit for Chrome browser. After reviewing of the PoC we provided, Google confirmed there was a zero-day vulnerability and assigned it CVE-2019-13720.

A minimalist, general-purpose programming language based on meta-programming and parse tree rewrites - c3d/xl

California is cutting ties with the for-profit detainment sector. Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday that will ban all new contracts and contract renewals with for-profit, private prisons starting January 1. 

An estimated 1.4 million litres of oil have spilled from TC Energy Corp.'s Keystone crude pipeline in North Dakota, state authorities said on Thursday, a major leak at a time of increased regulatory scrutiny of oil pipeline expansions.

The final version of the AI designed keyboard layout - kaievns/halmak