The question nobody asked that Ghana teacher

The Internet is going wild about a Ghana teacher who is teaching how to pass a Microsoft Word examination test using only a blackboard. As far as I can tell, however, so far nobody asked him (and the Ghana government, of course) this specific question:

The science of genetics-based dating is dubious at best. If you are lucky

Wired reports that a new dating app sends users a swab kit in order to “match potential mates based on genetic and social compatibility”.

Father of school shooting victim fights conspiracy theories with censorship

I sincerely apologize for the clickbait title, but sometimes you really can’t avoid them.

5000 concepts for Europe: update 2018/02/24

Below please find the over 300 suggestions received so far for my proposal of a “5000 concepts for Europe” book. Respect to the previous updates, the biggest news seem to be lots of suggestions for novels, and about Eastern Europe.

The intrinsic dumbness of connected cars, part 2

Picture this: you’re driving home from work, doing something completely useless.

Please STOP demanding (self) regulation of Facebook, INSTEAD of turning it into a...

Today, a former Washington Post publisher and Facebook board member rightly opposed requests “for the regulation of big technology companies”… but omitting a crucial point.