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CBS News
MUST WATCH: Alma Deutscher: The 12-year-old prodigy whose "first language" is Mozart
by Scott Pelley and 60 Minutes
Alma Deutscher was playing piano and violin by the time she was 3 years old and wrote her first opera at 10. For her, making music seems as natural as breathing
Stratechery
Apple at Its Best
by Ben Thompson
Apple’s original competitive advantage - the integration of hardware and software - is more durable than disruption theory would suggest.
The Guardian
Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner associate
by Jon Swaine and Luke Harding
Institutions with close links to Kremlin financed stakes through business associate of Trump’s son-in-law, leaked files reveal
The Washington Post
Trump’s message of mistrust is sinking in, even in journalism’s new ‘golden age’
by Margaret Sullivan
The media has never seen anything like Trump’s presidency. After a year, we still don’t know how to deal with it.
The Verge
Review sites have deep ties to the rehabs they promote
by Cat Ferguson
Popular publications covering addiction and treatment are operated as marketing arms for treatment centers.
Business Insider
'The Martian' author Andy Weir is convinced we'll colonize the moon — but says colonizing Mars doesn't make any sense
by Dave Mosher
Andy Weir's new book "Artemis" is a sci-fi novel about a heist on the moon. He thinks a lunar city is a must for Elon Musk's Mars colony to be feasible.
The Next Web
The Web began dying in 2014, here's how
by André Staltz
Amazon, Google, and Facebook are at the center of a fundamental transformation of the Web -- which will end with bypassing it completely.
MIT Technology Review
Eugenics 2.0: We're at the dawn of choosing embryos by health, height, and more
by Antonio Regalado
Will you be among the first to pick your kids’ IQ? As machine learning unlocks predictions from DNA databases, scientists say parents could have choices never before possible.
Los Angeles Times
Fashion in L.A. marches to the beat of its own drum, and now the world is listening
by Melissa Magsaysay
Jeans and T-shirts aren't the only fashion looks coming out of free-spirited Los Angeles anymore. More designers are creating sophisticated styles and upping the fashion game in the West Coast city. Here are nine to watch.
The New Yorker
The Problem of Voting
by David Remnick, Jeffrey Toobin and George Saunders
We look at the claim of voter fraud, and whether gerrymandering will put two-party democracy out of business.
mediocrity
JSTOR Daily
The Marketable Misogyny of James Bond
by Benjamin Winterhalter
The attitudes reflected in the James Bond franchise are wildly out of touch with social reality.
A blog by Vinny Lingham
Why Tokens are Eating the World
by Vinny Lingham
The title of this post pays homage to Marc Andreessen's epic post in 2012, " Why Software is Eating the World." Marc made some very interesting observations in that seminal post where he succinctly forecasts much of what has transpired over the past half-decade.
Variety
How ‘Stranger Things’ Star Millie Bobby Brown Made Eleven ‘Iconic’ and Catapulted Into Pop Culture
by Debra Birnbaum
"I've never seen that in a child actor." It's almost a mantra for anyone who's worked with Millie Bobby Brown. Whether it's " Stranger Things " executive producer Matt Duffer praising her on-set technical knowledge, co-star David Harbour extolling her emotional intelligence or casting director Sarah Finn explaining why she selected her for the next installment in the "Godzilla" film franchise - even the most seasoned industry pro marvels at the young actor's preternatural ability.
The Atlantic
The 'First Lady of ISIS'
Tania Georgelas, the ex-wife of the highest-ranking American member of ISIS, reckons with her extremist past and attempts to build a new life.
POLITICO Magazine
Will America Ever Have a Woman President?
by Patti Solis Doyle, Liesl Hickey, Marcia Chatelain...
A year ago, it seemed like a safe bet. Today, it feels further away than ever. 20 women consider what it would take to get there.
The Daily Beast
The Miami Hotel Where All the Narcos Came to Play
by Roben Farzad
The unbelievable yet true story of the Mutiny, the hotel at the center Miami’s cocaine cowboys heyday-and an inspiration for the film, ‘Scarface.’
The Ringer
Skinny Love: Why Players Across the NBA Are Slimming Down
by Paolo Uggetti
The days of bulk and big muscles are gone. Today’s NBA is all about speed and space, and players are rapidly cutting weight to fit in.
Wired UK
You should ignore film ratings on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes
by Matthew Reynolds
We compared how IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic rate their movies. While the ratings differ, they all have one thing in common: a bias toward men
Paste Magazine
Transparent and Streaming TV's Increasingly Short Shelf Life
by Matt Brennan
Six weeks after its debut, Jill Soloway's family portrait has come and gone from the conversation. What if the problem isn't "Transparent," but the conversation itself?
Co.Design
How The Seamless Era Is Changing Restaurant Design
by Diana Budds
At a difficult time for chain restaurants, Tender Greens is taking a different approach to fast-casual.
Hodinkee
Why Clocks Run Clockwise (And Some Watches And Clocks That Don't)
by Jack Forster
Most timepieces have hands that turn clockwise, and the reason is much older than clocks themselves.
Dazed Digital
Watching 'Hackers' in 2017 -- what happened to all the anarchy?
by Brittany Newell
The 1995 cult classic depicts a vision of techies as stylish, punk and sexy -- over twenty years later that aesthetic and attitude is nowhere to be seen.
recode
Should I be worried that Amazon knows so much about me?
by Kara Swisher, Lauren Goode, Jason Del Rey...
The commerce giant’s power in search is growing, thanks to Alexa, Recode’s Jason Del Rey says.
Motherboard
How iFixit Became King of the iPhone Teardown
by Jason Koebler
We went to Australia to learn how--and why--iFixit does its electronics teardowns.
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